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A new site hosted by iconic Sony marketer Kevin Butler has dished out a number of comical digs to rival motion systems Wii and, in particular Kinect. Called Move vs Stuff, the site’s front page carries a chart (pictured in full below) pointing out that PlayStation move includes a number …

Perpetually want-away creative may have left game design for good

Competitors hoping to release alternatives to Kinect will find it very difficult to replicate the advances found in the software powering the device, Microsoft has stated. "I think what we’ve done with the software is something that’s really hard to pull off," Microsoft Game Studios’ head Kinect designer Kudo Tsunoda …

The Xbox 360 version of PopCap’s successful desktop defence title Plants vs Zombies will be released on XBL tomorrow (September 8th) for 1200 Microsoft Points – which is around 10. PopCap also confirmed retail versions of Zuma and Peggle will hit stores later this year. Plants vs Zombies on Xbox …

Consumers looking to get involved in the PlayStation Move experience but not intending to pick up the Move Starter Pack will be able to download demos of a number of Move-compatible titles over PSN. The news comes from the US PlayStation forum where the platform holder states: Most of the …

Kinect may be the pioneer of entirely controller-free games control, but there was a time in its development when both British developer Rare and Microsoft Game Studios boss Peter Molyneux were adamant” that some sort of physical controller was vital to its success. We went over to see Kinect – …

Warren Spector recounts the nervy time he told his team to go back to the drawing board

We report back from another great Dare to be digital ProtoPlay

â??I want our competition to think â??holy cow I didnâ??t know you could do that on a Wiiâ??â?

You’ve recently changed roles. What does your job entail now?Call of Duty’s global business unit is based in Santa Monica and is led by Philip Earl. I’m leading the business unit here in Europe. We have a team of dedicated core people working in each country – France, UK, Italy, …