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Edinburgh Interactive will be bringing an event based on the popular BBC 2 show Dragons’ Den to the Edinburgh Interactive Festival on the 9th August. The event, titled ‘Thare Be Dragons’, will take place at The Radisson Blu Hotel on the Royal Mile and see budding games entrepreneurs present their …
Read More »Sony to embark on ‘Storyteller’ ebook initiative at E3
A PS3 ebook strategy will be unveiled by Sony at E3, MCV understands. It will be called ‘Storyteller’ and will see PS3 – and possibly Vita – used to present interactive documents and books, with a particular focus on children’s content. This content will form another sub-section of Sony’s PlayStation …
Read More »Xbox 360 hits 67m units, over $56bn generated in retail
Microsoft has announced some key figures for the Xbox 360, including the console’s lifetime sales numbers. Since its launch in 2005 the 360 has sold 67m units, bringing in over $56bn at retail. Xbox Live boasts 40m members, and Kinect has sold 19m units. A rise in sales like-for-like from …
Read More »West-Zampella vs Activision delayed
Trial set to begin June 1st, must end by July 2nd
Read More »Konami streaming pre-E3 press conference this week
Konami has announced their second annual pre-E3 show is taking place later this week, where the publisher plans to reveal ‘all’ of its show announcements ahead of the conference. The presentation takes place on Thursday, May 31st at 10PM Pacific. Konami will be showing the event live on their website, …
Read More »G.I.R.L. scholarship winner announced
Sony's scholarship for women in games goes to Quinne Larsen
Read More »Crytek joins forces with 2012 Develop Awards
CryEngine outfit on board as platinum partner, as early bird discount deadline nears
Read More »Kerri West joins Namco
Former EA and PlayStation product manager Kerri West has joined Namco Bandai. West joins as senior product manager following a two year stint at SCEE. Prior to this, she worked at EA for over three years on The Sims. Namco Bandai marketing and PR director Lee Kirton said: Kerri brings …
Read More »Kinect to help UK satellites dock in space
Technology taken from Microsoft’s Kinect is being used to help two future UK satellites dock whilst in orbit. Eurogamer reports that scientists at the University of Surrey and Surry Satellite Technology are planning to implement the tech into a planned mission called STRaND. Both satellites – which are each the …
Read More »THQ plans reverse stock split
Publisher looks to avoid NASDAQ delisting with new stock market strategy
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