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Ubisoft’s leftfield range of games for Kinect, 3DS and more will help give consumers a reason to buy new games hardware. The publisher broke the mould at E3 with a number of surprise unveilings for the likes of Your Shape, Michael Jackson and Child of Eden. It was also the …
Read More »GameStop ‘follows’ its users online
US games retail giant GameStop wants to exploit the crossover between ‘core’ gamers at retail and ‘casual’ gamers playing online. The firm this week told MCV that it is following customers to the non-console areas they play games in – with the acquisition of Flash games site Kongregate on Tuesday …
Read More »Sonic fans near impossible to please
Takashi Iizuka, the producer of Sega’s upcoming Sonic Colours, has warned that there’s no way the game will be able to appease the hedgehog’s disparate fanbase. There are so many fans, each with their own unique first experience of the Sonic franchise, so I do understand that there are different …
Read More »Aspiring digital artists invited to Abertay event
Next Level Dundee set to welcome new media professionals in early September
Read More »Team 17 blasts PSPgo pricing structure
The head of UK developer Team 17 has said that the reason for PSPgo’s struggles has nothing to do with its reliance on digital distribution – instead, it’s down to the hardware and software pricing strategy adopted by Sony. Digital Distribution is here to stay” he Martyn Brown told IncGamers. …
Read More »Dare 2010 ProtoPlay: The event in full
The Edinburgh gathering offers a lot more than just competition
Read More »EA Bright Light building casual title Create
New title places user-generated content at the heart of the gameplay experience
Read More »Sony dismisses 3.41 firmware concerns
The recent 3.41 firmware update for the PS3 is not behind some reported problems some owners are claiming to have when trying to upgrade the hard drive in their consoles, Sony has said. Several users on the US PlayStation forums had reported issues when trying to download the 3.41 software …
Read More »Koch denies Playlogic claims
Koch media has rubbished claims that it owes publisher and developer Playlogic €1.7m in unpaid bills. The Dutch company made the allegation after filing for bankruptcy earlier this week. The pair entered into an agreement last year that was supposed to see Koch distributing Playlogic’s titles in a number of …
Read More »Koch counters pay accusations
German-based publisher, developer and distributor denies claim it failed to pay Playlogic â?¬1.7m
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