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Read More »O2 nabs white Xperia Play exclusivity
UK mobile firm operator O2 has revealed that it has obtained the exclusive rights to sell the white version of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play – the first ever PlayStation Certified mobile device. The confirmation came via O2’s Twitter feed. Until now the existence of a white SKU was unknown to …
Read More »How to make award-winning childrenâ??s games
BAFTA award-winning studio Plug-in offer some helpful advice on pitching and production
Read More »Shift 2 delayed
As part of a press release issued today, EA has quietly confirmed that upcoming racer Shift 2: Unleashed has seen its release date slip by one week in Europe. The game will now arrive in the UK on April 1st, a day after its continental release on March 31st. Previously …
Read More »New speculation values Zynga at $10 billion
Report claims the social games kingpin may be going public
Read More »Intel criticises Nokia’s WP7 switch
Intel CEO Paul Otellini has lashed out at Nokia over its decision to side with Microsoft and adopt its Windows Phone 7 software platform in its future smartphone handsets. Otellini’s firm is likely annoyed that Nokia’s decision also meant the abandonment of plans to use Intel’s MeeGo platform in its …
Read More »GAME: The New Rules
But this generation has delivered a lesson that throws that existence into doubt. It turns out no one ‘owns’ those customers. Gamers can be just as easily distracted by download games via Xbox Live, mobile or social networks as they are by the industry trying to court them. And the …
Read More »NPD: Xbox claims January win
Microsoft has claimed both another month of strong sales in the US and another month of console market leadership. Following NPD’s January report, the platform holder released a statement confirming Xbox 360 hardware sales of 381k units – that’s up 15 per cent or 48k units year-on-year. Microsoft adds that …
Read More »Infernal Engine expands to 3DS
The scalable multiplatform engine to support Nintendoâ??s next handheld
Read More »Sony ‘not deliberating’ PS4
In keeping with Sony’s ethos of a ten-year life cycle for its home hardware, Sony Computer Entertainment head Kaz Hirai has claimed that Sony isn’t even strategising its next home console. "We’re not even at the halfway point [with PS3]," Hirai stated, as reported by Kotaku. "Every year, we reveal …
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