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Read More »Harrison on Piston and Shield: ‘Hardware is a hard thing to do’
Microsoft exec warns of the difficulties ahead for Nvidia and Steam
Read More »Rare’s Henson becomes new Lionhead boss
Industry verteran Scott Henson has been named as the new head of operations at Fable studio Lionhead. Announced by Microsoft EMEA corporate VP Phil Harrison during a press event, Henson will take the reigns from Mark Webley, who had led the studio during the interim period following Peter Molyneux’s departure. …
Read More »Phil Harrison lifts lid on Lift London
New Microsoft UK studio to focus on cloud games; Headed up by longstanding Rare exec Lee Schuneman
Read More »Microsoft: ‘We’re moving away from being a maker of packaged goods’
The future of the games industry is in the cloud, Microsoft VP Phil Harrison said today. He made his statement as he lifted the lid on the firm’s new London Studio: Lift London. The new studio is entirely focused on the cloud and will not be making physical video games. …
Read More »Deep Silver wants to pay for your (zombie themed) wedding
Times are tough and money is tight. You want to marry your beloved partner but how are on earth are you going to pay for it? Turns out you’re in luck. Publisher Deep Silver will pay for the whole thing AND send the both of you on a luxury Caribbean …
Read More »GT Academy gets ITV4 TV show
ITV4 is to screen a six-part TV series focusing on the real-world racing antics of Sony’s GT Academy winners. GT Academy saw players of Gran Turismo 5 compete online for the chance to prove themselves on a real track and ultimately race for Sony’s Nissan-powered racing team. The show will …
Read More »Connecticut community cancels plan to destroy violent video games
Community members of Southington, the Connecticut town that made news last week when it revealed the blueprints for a program to collect and destroy violent video games, have announced they no longer plan to proceed with that portion of their mission. We succeeded in our program," spokesman Dick Fortunato told …
Read More »Major redundancies at Majesco UK – report
Zumba Fitness publisher Majesco has reportedly laid off a significant number of staff at its European HQ in Brompton. Games Industry claims to have first hand reports that the job losses could be fairly wide ranging”. It is also understood that Majesco’s Boston studio has also been closed, although the …
Read More »60m sales and counting for Windows 8
Microsoft has sold in excess of 60m Windows 8 licenses in the ten weeks wince the operating system was launched. 40m licenses were shifted in the first month. That puts the pace of sales roughly in line with those of its predecessor Windows 7. This [number] represents the cumulative sales …
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