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MCV has been lead to believe that reports citing a $149 RRP (103) for Microsoft’s Project Natal are accurate. The number was reported on Edge Online this afternoon, which credtited the information to a ‘trusted source’. Edge also claims that natal will be bundled with the Xbox 360 Arcade for …
Read More »New free games offer for PSPgo
Sony will shortly announce a brand new incentive scheme to encourage sales of the digital-only PSPgo, MCV can exclusively reveal. The offer will entitle anyone who registered their PSPgo after April 1st 2010 to ten full game downloads. Titles in the deal include Gran Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, 2010 FIFA World Cup …
Read More »Bach: Natal is 360s midlife kicker
As Xbox boss prepares for life outside of Microsoft following the announcement of his retirement yesterday, the popular exec has claimed that the release of Natal later this year will provide Xbox 360 with a ‘midlife kicker’. Well, I think initially it presents a great opportunity for us on Xbox,” …
Read More »Modern Warfare hits Games on Demand
Microsoft’s Games on Demand service on Xbox Live has seen a very high-profile entry added to its listings – Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game has been given a premium price of $39.99 and weights in at a quite considerable 6GB. At the time of writing a …
Read More »THQ reveals Partners programme
Not content with seeing EA sign up a number of leading independent third party developers, THQ has this morning unveiled the THQ Partners programme. Like EA Partners, THQ Partners offers "select developers and publishers access to THQ’s global retail and online publishing network". The division will be led by VP …
Read More »Atari reduces losses
As Atari continues to transform its business for the modern games industry, it has seen losses for the year ending March 31st 2010 fall to €19.7m – a year-on-year reduction of 91 per cent. The sale of Atari’s distribution interests and the complete restructuring of its publishing arm were the …
Read More »RTW: No dedicated servers â??a deal-breakerâ??
APB studio says â??philosophy changes may have to happen with the console publishersâ?
Read More »Bach to retire from Microsoft
Following rumours of a significant restructuring to Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, an internal memo from CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed the retirement of EDD president Robbie Bach and, as rumoured, the departure of J Allard. Bach leaves after 22 years at the company, though Allard – himself a 15-year …
Read More »Robbie Bach and J Allard to quit Microsoft
Leaked memo suggests Microsoft shake-up underway [Update: Microsoft confirms]
Read More »Insomniac: EA deal helps us â??reach more gamersâ??
New game will see studio break beyond its PlayStation confines
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