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For Part Two of our Charlie Brooker interview, click here. For Part Three of our Charlie Brooker interview, click here. In Part One of our three part interview, we discuss what Brooker makes of the criticism of the show and find out that gaming hasn’t always been seen as something …
Read More »Silent Hill slips to February
Konami has confirmed that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will not arrive on retail shelves this year. The game has previously been dated as a vague ‘Autumn 2009′ release, but a representative for the publisher told MCV: This has now slipped to February.” Shattered Memories is a remake of the original …
Read More »Face facts: Why Facebook games can’t be ignored
Examining the power of social games
Read More »Microsoft dates Sky on Xbox Live
Microsoft’s Xbox community manager for Europe Graeme Boyd, otherwise known as AceyBongos, has revealed that Sky’s long-awaited Xbox 360 functionality will go live on October 27th. In a Tweet just a few moments ago, Boyd stated: October 27 – that’s the date when you’ll be able to watch TV from …
Read More »Nintendo: Openness is key for WiiWare
European boss Laurent Fischer discusses how Nintendo is competing with App Store and other rivals
Read More »Xbox 720 will be ‘powered by AMD
Just hours after talk of the DS 2 first materialised, eyes has now turned to the next Xbox, with reports claiming that Microsoft’s next machine will use AMD’s GPU tech. Tech site Fudzilla – which has a mixed record of success with trade speculation – is suggesting that AMD will …
Read More »Manab Roy joins Disney
Shortly after ending his eight year stint at Ubisoft, Manab Roy has re-emerged as head of UK PR at Disney Interactive Studios. He will be looking after the label’s growing roster throughout the specialist media sector as well as managing Disney’s agency, Kazoo, in the mainstream arena. Roy’s role at …
Read More »inFamous sequel chat emerges
One of the best PS3-exclusives to date looks to be preparing for the sequel treatment following a confession from actor David Sullivan that he has auditioned for the part of Cole in the as-of-yet unannounced sequel to inFamous. Joystiq picked up on a Tweet from Sullivan which stated: First voiceover/motion …
Read More »Yamauchi: We could release GT5 now
The wait has been a long one and whilst Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo 5 should be with us by the spring, boss Kazunori Yamauchi has claimed that his studio could in theory release the game at any moment should it choose to. The scale of this title is just dizzying, …
Read More »Ready to Ware
Nintendo's European boss Laurent Fischer on attracting more developers to WiiWare and DSiWare
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