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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
Read More »Motion-sensing DS on the way?
Following the tremendous success of its once mocked and now reverenced motion-sensing Wii console, it has emerged that Nintendo has filed a patent for a motion-sensing handheld console, CVG reports . Filed only a few months ago on March 30th, the patent reads: The housing [console] incorporates an XY-axis acceleration …
Read More »Sony withdraws two more PSN titles
Following last week’s removal of PSOne title MediEvil from Sony’s PS3 download network PlayStation Network following the discovery of a game-crashing bug, two more titles have experienced technical problems and been temporarily removed. As you have probably noticed by now, Spyro 2 and Crash Bandicoot 2 have also been temporarily …
Read More »Wii gets firmware upgrade
A new layout for the Shop Channel and some interface alterations are the main talking points of Nintendo’s updated firmware release for its Wii console – with version 3.0 now available for download. Along with the addition of a digital clock on the bottom of the Wii Channel menu, several …
Read More »Transformers captures top spot at last
After spending two weeks at second spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, Activision’s Transformers: The Game has finally secured first place at the third attempt, usurping Nintendo’s Pokemon Diamond in the process. However, it’s still good news for Nintendo – the firm increases its stranglehold on the Top …
Read More »The problem with games retail
I’m not sure the long-term outlook really is. There is a structural problem with specialist entertainment-media retail and it is one that threatens to bring the whole thing down. You’re expecting me to say digital distribution but I’m talking about something even more fundamental than that. I’m talking about one …
Read More »Track & Field leads summer Xbox charge
One of the most anticipated games bound for Xbox Live, Konami’s 1983 arcade sports title Track & Field, will finally arrive on the service tomorrow at a cost of 400 Microsoft points. The game will stay true to the original, boasting the same array of button-bashing sports events. It will …
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