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Read More »Fable III gets new purchase incentives
Fable III has become the latest title to encourage gamers to buy new rather the pre-owned by offering exclusive DLC. Xbox 360 owners who pick up a brand new copy of Peter Molyneux’s latest fantasy epic will find a code for a range of in-game items inserted into the box, …
Read More »Revamp for Games for Windows Live
The Games For Windows Live Marketplace will be revamped next month. As well as an aesthetic redesign, the service will be receiving a host of new features, including an Xbox Live-style Deal of the Week, pre-order incentives and more, according to Joystiq. Microsoft group product manager Peter Orullian also told …
Read More »Platinum Games eager to sign with Sega
Talks between the two underway, says the Osaka studioâ??s executive producer
Read More »Molyneuxs digital dream
Almost a year after Fable II, Microsoft and Lionhead re-released the game in episodic chunks over Xbox Live. And the game’s creative director Peter Molyneux feels digital is the way to reach an even broader audience. Retail will get you to 70 or 80 per cent of the people who …
Read More »Rosedale departs Second Life
The man who founded Second Life back in 1999 will retire from his short-lived role as interim CEO, despite the search for a permanent replacement not having concluded. Philip Rosedale said in a statement the firm was ready to start the search for a new CEO”. He confirmed he would …
Read More »Molyneux: I’ve made good, not great, games
Microsoft development legend yearns to make a 5m+ seller and join the â??triple-A' elite
Read More »Industry giants hail Nintendo talisman Miyamoto
Inafune, Kojima, Howard and Nagoshi pay tribute to the Mario man
Read More »Motorbikes hinted for GT5
Developer Polyphony Digital has hinted that motorcycles could be introduced to Gran Turismo 5 at some point down the line. The game will ship with over 800 cars included on the disc, but motorcycles will not be a launch feature. The environment we have right now allows us to drive …
Read More »Halo Reach tops US 2010 chart
With just over two months to go before the games industry waves goodbye to 2010, new numbers from US sales tracker NPD shows that for the year-to-date Microsoft’s Xbox 360 exclusive Halo Reach is the best-selling game in the region. Bungie’s shooter enjoyed sales of 3.3m in its launch month …
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