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During its GDC 2008 opening keynote, Microsoft has unveiled its answer to the often-speculated idea of ‘a gaming YouTube’, with a service called Xbox Live Community Games – and Microsoft has got the ball rolling by adding a number of new games to the service made by amateur developers from …
Read More »Gears of War 2 confirmed
Epic Game has revealed Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360 at this year’s GDC. Cliff Bleszinski unveiled the game during Microsoft’s GDC keynote, after Tim Sweeny had demonstrated the significant improvements to the Unreal 3 engine earlier in the show. Bleszinski claimed that Gears of War 2 will …
Read More »Microsoft unveils Xbox Live Community Games
GDC08 KEYNOTE: Satchell demos XNA game distribution service to hit Xbox Live
Read More »SAW game being taken as seriously as a movie
The creator and chief scriptwriter of the original SAW movie has talked of his excitement of working on the upcoming game adaptation of the horror franchise. James Wan, the executive producer for the original SAW movie as well as Saw III, is penning the plot for the Brash Entertainment release. …
Read More »WiiWare dated for May 12th
Nintendo’s WiiWare platform will launch in North America on May 12th. The new service has been designed with developers in mind, letting them upload and sell games via digital distribution to Wii owners. For the full strory, head over to the world’s number one games development site and the premier …
Read More »Play.com Live tickets on sale to public
Tickets have gone on sale for Play.com Live – the online retailer’s Wembley showcase for games, which take place over the weekend of March 15th. Play.com has promised an ‘entertainment extravaganza packed full of the latest video games, with exclusive game launches, movie trailers from this years biggest films, live …
Read More »Frontier unveils first WiiWare title
GDC 08: Braben's studio reveals LostWinds, built with in-house tech
Read More »Farrell: Disney’s Toy Story move is no surprise
THQ CEO Brian Farrell has said that the publisher anticipated Disney’s rejection of its pitch for the Toy Story 3 licence. As reported by MCV earlier today, Disney appears to have become the first major media conglomerate to snatch back IP from established independent third-party publishers – by taking development …
Read More »ELSPA praises grown up Home Office report on violence
ELSPA has responded positively to the Home Office’s latest crackdown on violent crime, stating that its efforts in lobbying the government have influenced the report’s ‘grown up’ attitude to gaming. ELSPA had been very concerned about the content of this document as much has previously been made by the media …
Read More »Wii Fit dated
Nintendo has confirmed that Wii Fit will be hitting stores on April 25th. The title has already performed spectacularly in Japan, where it has sold 1.2 million units since its release just nine weeks ago. It’s been an eventful morning for Nintendo, as it also confirmed the European release date …
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