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Speaking to MCV, Sega’s Sonic’s brand director David Corless has countered claims that Sonic fans are hard to please”, adding that the publisher is now obligated to tailor modern Sonic titles to the IP’s younger fanbase. In August Sonic Colours producer Takashi Iizuka said that there are so many fans, …
Read More »Making Sonic super
Back in the early ‘90s the Sonic series was the pinnacle of platform video games. The 1991 original helped shift millions of Sega Mega Drives, and its sequels are still regarded as some of the finest games ever made. But fast-forward to today and Sonic – still one of the …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Atari GO
As is often the case with any over-orchestrated corporate announcement, Atari last week had a flurry of tech-oriented sites briefly light up, all illuminating the same point: Atari is back. Er, again. For the third time. To recap, if you missed it amongst the run of identikit headlines built from …
Read More »Konami denies Castlevania CE cancellation
The Collector’s Edition of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has not been cancelled, despite claims being made online. Retailer GAME issued this following statement via Twitter this morning: Castlevania fans! Lords of Shadow Collector’s Ed has been pulled by the publisher and is no longer happening.” Konami has now told MCV …
Read More »Jack Thompson claims MOH victory
Shamed former US lawyer Jack Thompson has reared his ugly head once more, claiming ‘victory’ in what he sees as a battle against EA to get the Taliban removed from next week’s Medal of Honor. EA confirmed last week that following a period of pressure and media hype it has …
Read More »Rush of new speakers for Develop Liverpool
Travellerâ??s Tales, Evolution Studios and Blitz Games Studios talks added
Read More »Best Buy charging for PS3 firmware upgrade
A New York branch on Best Buy is charging customers $30 for upgrading the firmware on their PS3 console, according to a report on DualShockers. Users of the console will know that all they have to do to upgrade the firmware themselves is plug the console into the internet, turn …
Read More »Captain America project for Sega
Summer 2011 arrival for superhero outing on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS
Read More »Analysts write off Panasonics Jungle
Panasonic had best abandon its plans at get back to making TVs if the reaction of a number of analysts to its announcement of new gaming portable Jungle is anything to go by. Having followed Panasonic/Matsushita for nearly 20 years I cansay they have looked at ways to get into …
Read More »Interview: Ken Levine
Develop gets inside the mind of Irrational Gamesâ?? creative director
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