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Few games brands are as heavyweight as EA’s colossal The Sims, and the latest instalment to the series has not failed to disappoint with news that combines sales of both the PC and Mac versions have hit 1.4m worldwide in its first week on sale. The numbers represent the best …
Read More »German city claims to be the next dev hotbed
Survey suggests Hamburgâ??s games industry workforce has doubled to 1700 since 2004
Read More »EA: We nearly had Natal first
EA’s John Riccitiello has revealed his company could have been the first to use the motion-sensing technologies unveiled by Microsoft and Sony at this year’s E3. The publisher’s CEO told Kotaku that EA had been working on the camera-based motion control system before Microsoft announced its Project Natal, but decided …
Read More »Capcom and Sony unite for PSP bundle
Capcom has united with Sony to bring a PSP bundle to retail promoting the latest entry in the Monster Hunter series. The bundle will include the new Mystic Silver PSP-3000, a copy of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, and a Monster Hunter-branded PSP carry-pouch, screen wipe and branded skin that fits …
Read More »Microsoft’s Kodu to launch by end of June
Microsoft’s Kodu is set to launch by the end of this month, according to blog post by lead designer Matt MacLaurin. The Xbox 360 app, which will be available to download over Xbox Live, allows users to create games using a simple visual rule-based language and a library of supplied …
Read More »Tiga urges Tories to support game tax breaks
CEO Richard Wilson says a £150m tax break would trigger a £220m investment surge, creating some 1,600 graduate jobs
Read More »Bethesda sponsors studio night
US outfit takes topline sponsorship of the Develop Quiz - limited team slots left
Read More »Sony says 360 and Wii owners will upgrade to PS3
Andrew House, the president of SCE Europe, has suggested that owners of current consoles such as Wii and Xbox 360 will ‘upgrade’ to a PS3 in an effort to keep track of the technology offered by Sony’s machine. If you look back at previous lifecycles, like PS2 versus N64, we …
Read More »EA lashes out at licensed games
Publisher EA has once again poured scorn over the licensed games market – a sector it was once famed for bossing. Following reportedly disappointing sales of recent console release The Godfather II, the president of the EA Games label Frank Gibeau told the LA Times that: We’re not going to …
Read More »The Dare to be Digital race begins
Over 70 students from around the world embark on a ten week contest to design a BAFTA-winning game
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