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In news that isn’t all that surprising, Microsoft’s European creative director of Microsoft Game Studios Peter Molyneux has confirmed that Lionhead’s upcoming RPG Fable III will support the motion-sensing Natal camera. News first came from Gamesbrief’s Nicholas Lovell, who was in the audience at Molyneux’s BAFTA seminar last night. Seeing …
Read More »Xbox 360 Blu-ray debate reignited
Many headlines on the internet this morning will lead you to believe that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed overnight plans to release an external Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360. Whether this is actually the case or not remains to be seen. The furore comes courtesy of an interview with Gizmodo. …
Read More »Sony â??budget cutsâ?? bring layoffs to Pain studio – Report
Anonymous source alleges that Sony has cut half the workforce at Idol Minds
Read More »Glu impresses Deloitte
Having seemingly got its business back on track after a tough spell spent adapting to the modern market conditions of the now iPhone-dominated mobile sector, Glu has won acclaim in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 listings. The firm ranked 129th in the report, which outlines the 500 fastest growing technology and …
Read More »Head First celebrates 10th birthday
Advertising and design agency Head First is looking ahead after celebrating its tenth birthday. The firm has re-designed its website to highlight the milestone and is even running a series of blogs around the number ten. And the company is now looking to grow its presence in front of the …
Read More »Transmission Games goes under
Troubled Australian studio shuts up shop; was working on unannounced LucasArts game
Read More »More Hero discs due next year
The CEO of Guitar Hero has confirmed to MCV that retailers can expect more disc-based releases for its music games in 2010. In an exclusive interview, Activision’s music game boss Dan Rosensweig said retailers can expect more Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Band Hero games next year – but perhaps …
Read More »NFS: Nitro gets early release
With its next-gen cousin Need for Speed: Shift still riding high in the UK charts, publisher EA has announced that it has bought forward the release date for it’s second NFS title of the year, Nitro. Originally scheduled for release on November 20th, the Wii and DS game will now …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Charlie Brooker
Having taken video games TV to a previously unexplored level with his post-watershed BBC Four one-off Gameswipe, Ben Parfitt sat down for a frank and exclusive interview with the man himself – Charlie Brooker. In this final part of our three part interview, we learn about some of Brooker’s favourite …
Read More »First Microsoft store opens this week
Microsoft will open the first of its branded retail stores next Thursday, October 22nd, according to the Wall Street Journal. The date is in line with the release of its next operating system, Windows 7. The site, in Scottsdale, Arizona, is expected to showcase PCs and mobile phones running Microsoft …
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