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Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft is to build a brand new campus at its Redmond HQ to house its Entertainment and Devices Division, including its Xbox team, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reports. The 42-acre site will reportedly be detailed to the public in the coming days. It will include a …
Read More »Bookies back Need For Speed as Christmas number one
EA is all but guaranteed another Christmas number one this year according to both Ladbrokes and Paddy Power, with Need for Speed: Pro Street and FIFA ’08 leading the early betting. While Microsoft’s Halo 3, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 and Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy are the closest competitors, it …
Read More »Bandai Namco bolsters dev capacity via Banpresto amalgamation
Japanese publisher grows internal development resource with Banpresto solely focusing on amusements
Read More »Bungie ‘actively engaged’ in creating new IP and new Halo titles
Studio manager reveals next step for the 115-man studio in exclusive Develop interview
Read More »Wii-like control tech for Western mobile devs
GestureTek looking to give mobile game studios tools to make motion-sensing games
Read More »PS3 2.0 firmware update released
Sony’s latest update to the PS3’s on-board firmware, version 2.0, is now live and available to download, and brings with it a host of new functions – though not the expected ability to access the XMB whilst playing games. The biggest new feature is the new Remote Start Up, which …
Read More »Activision backs Bond to come good
Speaking at the BMO Capital Markets Conference earlier this week, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has said that his firm is committed to breathing life back into the James Bond franchise following its acquisition of the licence from EA last year. "The James Bond licence suffered a lot because it wasn’t …
Read More »Sony Online Entertainment adopts database analysis system
New solution allows greater analysis of player trends
Read More »JAPAN: Super Mario Galaxy trounces opposition
Ahead of its release in Europe next week, Nintendo’s critically hailed Super Mario Galaxy has had a tremendous debut week in Japan, shifting 250,000 copies and shooting straight to the top of the Japanese software charts, Kotaku reports. Mario’s latest, and according to some greatest, romp outsold its nearest rival, …
Read More »Scene It confirmed for November 16th
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action and its Buzz-style ‘Big Button Controllers’ marks an important step into casual gaming for Microsoft and Xbox 360. Family rooms everywhere will be buzzing with the biggest stars and blockbusters from the silver screen as we launch Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action on Xbox 360” …
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