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38 Studios files for bankruptcy, FBI investigating

Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios has declared bankruptcy, and that may not even be the worst news surrounding the company in the past 24 hours. Both state and federal officials have launched an investigation into the studio, following the series of events that brought about the MMO developer’s sudden …

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E3 2012: Sony says its competitors "are losing the plot"

As so it begins. Sony has lashed out at rivals Microsoft and Nintendo for neglecting the core gamer in their respective E3 presentations. The reaction to the press conference has been just amazingly positive,” Sony’s head of digital games Jack Buser told VentureBeat. While some of our competitors, seemingly, are …

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Peter Molyneux’s £50,000 DLC

Oh Peter. Outspoken creative experimenter Peter Molyneux has confirmed that his next game will contain DLC… that costs 50,000. His first project post-Lionhead is Curiosity. It’s a virtual room that contains a single black cube. Players can then tap away at the cube with a chisel, causing fractures. Fractures caused …

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E3 2012: Gaikai denies Sony takeover deal

Gaikai boss David Perry has denied that his company is in talks with Sony over either a streaming games deal or a takeover. MCV reported last week that Sony was close to agreeing a buyout of a streaming games firm. Gaikai then appeared to become the front-runner after issuing a …

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INTERVIEW: Yusuf Mehdi talks about the future of Xbox

After the Xbox E3 press briefing, MCV took the time to speak with the CMO of Mircosoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, Yusuf Mehdi. Mehdi came out of the Online Services Business, and has been in the new role working on Xbox for 7 months, and delivered a talk during the press …

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