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Read More »Channel 5’s Kate Barnes joins Microsoft Studios Soho Productions
Microsoft has announced that former Channel 5 digital boss Kate Barnes has joined Microsoft Studios’ Soho Productions as executive producer. She will in her new role be responsible for the studio’s EMEA TV strategy. Barnes was made boss of Channel 5’s digital channels 5* and 5USA in 2007 and oversaw …
Read More »Gas Powered cans Kickstarter amid studio turmoil
Wildman crowdfunding campaign stopped with only 50 per cent of target goal achieved
Read More »Microsoft opens Xbox Entertainment Studios in LA
New company to focus on creating interactive content and live event programming
Read More »Real Racing 3 release date announced, freemium model detailed
EA has announced a 28th February release date for Firemonkeys’ hotly anticipated Real Racing 3. Alongside the release date announcement, several hands-on previews have popped up online, shedding some light on how the series’ newly adopted freemium model works out. The game will feature two forms of currency, Touch Arcade‘s …
Read More »US Democrat Nancy Pelosi defends games
Anti-violence laws must be comprehensive, says former Speaker of the House
Read More »EA Origin nears 40 million users
Digital distribution platform makes way to Mac
Read More »LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm devs drop PS4 game hints
It looks like at least three Sony properties will have new game announcements alongside the PS4 next Wednesday. LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule has added a mysterious ?” to its list of titles on its website, the contents of which is an embedded YouTube video of Toyah Wilcox performing It’s a …
Read More »Killzone 4 for PS4 tipped for February 20th reveal
Sony’s February 20th PlayStation reveal will bring with it the first news of Killzone 4, rumours claim. VideoGamer says it has word from an industry source” that the Guerrilla Games developed title will be announced alongside the PS4 and will most likely be a launch window” title for the console. …
Read More »Dead Space 3 claims simple No.1
EA’s action horror title Dead Space 3 has, in the words of UKIE GfK Chart-Track, comfortably” claimed the No.1 spot this week. Nonetheless, sales of the game tracked 26.2 per cent lower than its predecessor Dead Space 2, which also claimed No.1. The Xbox 360 version of the new title …
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