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It seems to be an argument that is picking up momentum – first EA’s Gerhard Florin calls for a unified single games platform, and then Silicon Knights boss Dennis Dyack backs him up. And now Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi has added his approval to the debate. Talking to GameSpot …
Read More »Games can help people learn
I’d filled a lab with a cornucopia of games technology, from deafening arcade machines to tiny pocketable gadgets, and then over a period of some time, watched carefully as the under 20s, and often the under 11s, played them for all they were worth. At the time horror stories were …
Read More »Simpsons dev lashes out at Rockstar
Following its previous admission that parts of its upcoming The Simpsons Game had to be cut following complaints from rival Rockstar, some of the development team from EA’s title have lashed out at the developer. Gamepolitics reports that speaking on the US Game Head programme, The Simpson Game’s executive producer …
Read More »Burnout Paradise dated in US
All has been quiet on the Burnout front in the last few months, but reports that the game is more or less complete and ready to go have been backed by the announcement of the North American release date of January 22nd. However, European gamers have yet to hear when …
Read More »Fake cards trouble Sonys Eye of Judgement
It has emerged that the anti-cheating measures Sony implemented for the recently released Eye of Judgement on PS3 can be easily bypassed with the use of a simple colour printer. Eye of Judgement is a card game that comes bundled with the new PS3 EyeToy, the PlayStation Eye. The game …
Read More »Screen Digest – Q4 Prediction
Since the late 2005 launch of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 marked the beginning of the current next-gen home console generation, all three platforms have had to contend with the issues of hardware supply problems, paucity of games releases and transitioning gamers from previous generation (128 bit PS2, GameCube, Xbox) console platforms …
Read More »PC mag takes on Future
Imagine Publishing is gunning for Future’s market share with the launch of a new PC gaming title, which it claims will fill a gap in a sector by offering more holistic content. Total PC Gaming, which will launch on November 8th, will cover MMOs, retro games and hardware as well …
Read More »Pinnacle strikes RealPlay deal
Pinnacle Software has signed an exclusive deal with British vendor In2Games to distribute its range of RealPlay wireless motion sensing games. The first slew of titles – RealPlay Racing, RealPlay Pool, RealPlay Golf, RealPlay and PuzzleSphere (pictured) will be released on November 30th priced at 34.99 each. Each title comes …
Read More »‘Cash-free’ Football Manager media blitz hailed
The studio behind Football Manager 2008 has heralded the series’ ‘best ever’ presence in the UK media – and revealed that no cash was spent on securing the exemplary editorial coverage. The game nabbed the top spot in ChartTrack’s All Format listing last week, becoming one of the ten fastest-selling …
Read More »Rising Star to publish No More Heroes
No More Heroes, the latest title from acclaimed developer Goichi Suda aka Suda 51, will be published by Rising Star in Europe in February next year, it has been confirmed. Suda’s last title, Grasshopper Manufacture’s Killer 7, may not have been a massive commercial hit, but its release on GameCube, …
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