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After cutting the price of the Xbox 360 in the US, Microsoft has done the same on various models in Canada as well. The Premium and Core consoles have been dropped by CA$100, reported Kotaku . However it should be noted that the consoles were nearly $100 more in Canada …
Read More »Oxygen unveils new Wii and DS studio
Another studio has pledged its allegiance to Nintendo, Develop has discovered: UK games firm Oxygen has founded a new development studio in London that will be committed to making games for just the Wii and DS. Publishing director Kevin Hassall explained to us that Oxygen Studios’ Nintendo-only focus was spurred …
Read More »Cryptic Studios sets up board of heroes
Cryptic Studios, the team behind MMO City of Heroes, has formed an advisory board made up of veterans from the development, financial, retail and publisher communities to help it in its expansion, reported Games Industry . Joining the board will be Jeff Braun, co-founder of Maxis, id Software co-owner Kevin …
Read More »PS3 ad banned in UK
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a Sony PS3 internet advert in the UK, reported Life Style Extra. The organisation said that the advert "could be deemed to condone or glamorize violence or anti-social behaviour.” After forcing it to be withdrawn, the ASA issued Sony with a warning regarding its …
Read More »AUSSIE CHARTS: Mario parties on
GfK’s latest all formats top ten for the week ending August 5th shows a dominant Nintendo and Sony carve up the spoils between them. Microsoft doesn’t get a look in as Guitar Hero Encore ‘80s is the only new title to break into a PS2-dominated chart, while Motorstorm leaps up …
Read More »Oxygen opens Wii and DS studio in London
Publisher's new internal team targets Nintendo platforms
Read More »Scott McCloud: storytellers have only ‘scratched the surface’ of games
SIGGRAPH 07: Famed comic guru talks through the challenges of producing stories in the age of computer graphics
Read More »Parappa developer branches into iPod game development
Musika available now on the iTunes store
Read More »Wii to Boogie on August 31st
New IP, exclusive to Nintendo – not terms you’d be quick to associate with EA only 12 months ago, but with Wii powering its way to market leadership in the next-gen race, EA will unleash its latest new IP on the console later this month. Boogie, which combines karaoke and …
Read More »Mercury releases MultiCore Plus SDK for PS3
SIGGRAPH 07: Development environment brings Cellâ??s power to all
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