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Project delayed to â??2010â?? despite development switching studios to boost performance

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday seemingly confirmed a brand new version of the Xbox 360 hardware that includes the motion-sensing Natal technology built in to the hardware. TGDaily reports that the iconic exec told attendees at The Executive’s Club of Chicago that a new hardware SKU equipped with Natal is …

Christmas 2007 was a period to remember for the video games industry. It was a time of big sales numbers and bar-raising video games that continued to be popular well into 2008, from the record-breaking launch of Halo 3, to the reinvention of the Call of Duty franchise, via system-shifting …

Emerging casual force Playdom, the firm responsible for leading MySpace social network game Mobsters, has joined this morning’s high profile exec merry-go-round by announcing its capture of former EA COO John Pleasants as its new CEO. News broke late last night not only of Pleasants’ departure from EA, but also …

Pleasants vacates COO role for Schappert to fill, MySpace group Playdom delighted

Xbox Live boss leaves Microsoft to become new COO of US publisher

With the Jasper iteration of the Xbox 360’s innards now well and truly out in the market, it transpires that Microsoft has now sneaked a bit of extra memory onto the motherboard’s architecture. When the Japser iteration of the Xbox 360 (identifiable by the 150w power rating on the box’s …

Early buyers of Microsoft’s upcoming FPS Halo 3: ODST will be rewarded with a code that will let them unlock multiplayer character Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson. Bungie’s prequel shooter now boasts a full-length single-player campaign depicting the events leading up to Halo 3, all of which will be playable co-operatively …

APB developer sees staff count reach 250 with plans to reach 300 by early 2010

Develop has launched its comprehensive guide to the key game changers in Lord Carterâ??s report