Publishing

In July of last year MCV ran a piece entitled Riccitiello’s $1bn digital dream”. Now, six months later, we can confirm that the EA CEO’s dreams have come true. Having confirmed the publisher’s achievement, Riccitiello described it as an incredibly important milestone". The most pleasing thing for EA is that …

Microsoft may have been silent since E3, but some of Halo 4’s secrets will be revelaed later this month. Toy specialists Re:creation will be using the 2012 Toy Fair to show off its new range of game-licensed products, including figures based on the hotly anticipated shooter. Central to the line-up …

'No substantial evidence' of health and safety laws breach

Microsoft has announced that more than 66 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide to date. The format holder revealed the console’s latest sales milestone during this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It also announced that there are now more than 40 million Xbox Live members around …

Read the Education Secretary's BETT 2012 conference keynote, made today in London

Big investment will highlight Britain's development prowess, CEO tells Develop

The PlayStation 4 could feature super-hi-res 8k output, haptic touch feedback and Kinect-like sensor functionality, according to SCE’s executive VP of technology and CTO Masaaki Tsuruta. Speaking at the International Electron Devices Meeting in Washington DC in December, he said Sony’s focus for its next gaming projects are focused very …

[Intel Sponsored feature] Softtalk Mobile discusses how giving your game away can increase revenues

Since Wii Fit in 2008, fitness games have established themselves as evergreen titles for a new type of gaming consumer.Zumba Fitness’ chart dominance over the summer allayed fears that the industry was losing the expanded audience cultivated by Wii Fit and Just Dance. And it is around New Year that …

Tomorrow’s release of the OnLive Desktop app does not represent a move away from gaming, cloud computing firm OnLive has pledged. In fact, speaking to Gamasutra OnLive CEO Steve Perlman has said that the Dektop app – which allows users to stream a Windows 7 PC and a set range …