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iPad and iPhone users can now access their Xbox Live account via an official Microsoft app. The iOS software allows 360 owners to sign in and interact with their friends without the need for a console, according to Major Nelson. They can read and send messages, manage their friends list …
Read More »Miyamoto returns to grass-roots game development
Zelda creator wants to step away from day-to-day management and build new, smaller games for Nintendo
Read More »Senior staff bolster THQ UK
THQ has appointed industry veteran Julian Woods as vice president of UK & Export, putting him in charge of all THQ operations in the UK. Woods (left) joins after 16 years at Microsoft, where his most recent position was regional director for Middle East and Africa. I’m incredibly excited,” he …
Read More »Amazing Spider-Man tie-in swings into view
Activision will be publishing the video game companion to Sony Pictures’ The Amazing Spider-Man. The title will launch alongside its big screen namesake in 2012. The movie is a reboot of the popular superhero series and is due to hit cinemas over the summer. Activision’s The Amazing Spider-Man is being …
Read More »Microsoft in major app store push for Windows 8
Devs to get 70-80 per cent royalty on apps
Read More »Last Guardian producer quits for London studio
A clearer picture is emerging on the stormy development of The Last Guardian, as the project’s executive producer resigns to join a London Tech City studio. Yoshifusa Hayama, who had been Vice President at Sony Computer Entertainment for four years, has been appointed creative director at Newscorp owned Bossa. Prior …
Read More »Nintendo: 3DS has regained its vigour
Handheld raises its game with strong sales rush ahead of holiday season
Read More »Nexon sets its value at £4.6 billion
Japan firm aims to raise £750 million
Read More »Kids key to 3DS comeback
The studio behind the hit Cooking Mama series says 3DS will pick up momentum now kids games are coming. The firm blames the portable’s early struggles on a lack of software for the younger demographic. But now it says the games are coming – including its own title Cooking Mama …
Read More »OG wins court battle
A Californian court has blocked Ubisoft’s request for a temporary restraining order on Get Up and Dance. OG International’s dance title was allowed to go on sale as usual in the US. Its UK release was unaffected. Ubisoft claimed Get Up and Dance uses avatars and instructors that look ‘nearly …
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