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Sony is spending 750,000 to ensure PlayStation Move is embraced by mainstream audiences when it launches next week. But the ad spend dodges specialist media and games retail to favour a supermarket tour, lifestyle press promotions and ads around major TV shows such as Big Brother, X-Factor and Premier League …
Read More »PopCap â??rejected $5m Microsoft buyoutâ??
Studio behind Plants vs Zombies still turning down â??crazy numberâ?? buyout offers
Read More »The Last Guardian confirmed for TGS
Sony has announced that Team Ico will be at hand at next week’s Tokyo Game Show to at last reveal some new details about its upcoming PS3 title The Last Guardian. The game was first aired way back at E3 2009, before which it had been previously referred to as …
Read More »Sony questions button-less gaming
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 …
Read More »Takahashi walks out on Namco Bandai
Perpetually want-away creative may have left game design for good
Read More »Rivals cant copy Kinect
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 …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies hitting XBLA tomorrow
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 …
Read More »Move demos coming to PSN
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 …
Read More »Rare wanted Kinect controller
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 – …
Read More »â??Disney didnâ??t force Mickey changes, but I didâ??
Warren Spector recounts the nervy time he told his team to go back to the drawing board
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