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Namco Bandai and Cartoon Network will teach over 300,000 kids about the solar system with the help of hit cartoon character Ben 10. A full curriculum-mapped series of lesson plans are now available for teachers to use. They are based on Namco’s upcoming video game Ben 10: Galactic Racing, and …
Read More »Sony signs rights to Steve Jobs: The Film
Sony Pictures has reportedly paid $1 million for the rights to produce Steve Jobs’ biopic, after the Apple founder died earlier this month. Former Time Magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson wrote the original biography, which was sourced from interviews with Jobs, his family, and others that knew him. Tributes have …
Read More »MCV Pacific launch party: In pictures
The regional games industry descended on Sydney last week to celebrate the launch of our new trade site, MCV Pacific. Publishers, retailers, developers, educators and more came out to celebrate with the MCV team and you can check out the pictures by clicking here. The aim of MCV Pacific is …
Read More »DICE: Players "ready" for Mirror’s Edge 2
EA’s Mirror’s Edge studio DICE says it knows how to reach a broader audience with a potential sequel to the 2008 title. The developer told Spong a follow-up to the first-person action game wouldn’t be a waste of time, despite DICE stalling its development earlier this year. I think it’s …
Read More »Facebook gaming on the decline?
The biggest 20 games operators on Facebook are combating a steady drop in daily user retention, an analyst group has said. IHS Screen Digest claims that, during the first three quarters of 2011, the likes of Zynga and PopCap noticed a downward trend in user engagement. User engagement is a …
Read More »Facebook games giants ‘suffer activity decline’
'Floating core players' becoming a key battleground across the social network
Read More »Four free EA games for Xperia Play owners
A new offer has been unveiled to attempt to lure consumers to the PlayStation Certified Xperia Play Android handset. EA is currently offering four free games – Bad Company 2, Dead Space, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Need for Speed: Shift – to all owners of the device. The …
Read More »The Sony way is Essex
DanceStar Party is sponsoring the third series of ITV2’s ‘reality’ TV show The Only Way Is Essex. It’s part of Sony’s 1.5m campaign to promote the new title which arrives on Friday, October 21st. Ads are running during the TV show’s ad breaks. It airs at 10pm on Sundays and …
Read More »I miss you, Steve
EA founder and former Apple director pays tribute
Read More »Tax break hopes return as Watson joins Labour front line
Games industry supporter Tom Watson appointed Labour Party deputy chair
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