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The Xbox 360 motion-sensing controller reported on by MTV is real, says 8BitJoystick , and will see a release before the end of the year. According to what the site calls ‘internal sources at Microsoft’, the tech will be remarkably similar to the Wii’s, with a sensor bar, accelerometer, gyroscopic …
Read More »Games may become outdated term, says EA Casual boss
The head of EA’s casual and mobile games business Kathy Vrabeck has forecast that interactive entertainment may evolve to the point that it is now longer referred to as ‘games’. Next-Gen.biz reports that Vrabeck added user-generated content and personalisation of games worlds will become ‘everything’ to consumers. Vrabeck was speaking …
Read More »Peter Moore: Games will change the world
President of EA Sports Peter Moore has predicted that games will play a vital role in the mental and physical health of mainstream consumers in future – claiming that software will allow gamers to do things with games in their own houses that they just can’t do at the gym”. …
Read More »Australian development industry booming
Business showing year-on-year increases of 15 per cent says GDAA
Read More »The world’s top 100 studios – online now
MCV sister publication Develop has unveiled this year’s top 100 studios according to retail sales – head over the the official site to take it all in.
Read More »GTA 360 bundle at Play
In preparation of GTA IV’s release, Play.com is bundling the game with the Xbox 360 premium console. The game and console together costs just 199.99 and gamers can pre-order it now. This news follows the apparent arrival of an official PS3 bundle later in the month.
Read More »Official GTA IV PS3 bundle revealed
Shopto.com has listed and pictured an official GTA IV PS3 bundle on its website. The console bundle is priced at 299.99 and comes with special Grand Theft Auto IV packaging. When contacted a SCE UK spokesperson was unable to comment, but official confirmation of the bundle is expected within the …
Read More »Nintendo topples EA in new Develop 100
The results are in – and Nintendo has shot to the top of the yearly Develop 100 list. Head over to Develop for the full details.
Read More »iPlayer on Wii makes mockery of PS3 and 360, says BBC
Technology editor at the BBC Darren Waters has stated that following Nintendo’s deal with the BBC to bring iPlayer content to the console, the Wii is the only system to offer the kind of multimedia functionality Sony and Microsoft have been talking up for years. How ironic that it is …
Read More »Tanya Byrons difficult meeting with Keith Vaz
Dr Tanya Byron has spoken of her ‘difficult’ meeting with notoriously anti-violent games MP Keith Vaz. The private meeting, which took place as Dr. Byron gathered evidence for her Review, was also attended by Giselle Pakeerah – the mother of murdered Leicester schoolboy Stefan and a constituent of Mr. Vaz. …
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