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[Event News] Games Growth Summit Welcomes New Speakers for June Lineup
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GAME to close its Xbox store
The Xbox shop in London closes this month, MCV can reveal. The store was effectively a trial for GAME and Microsoft and was on a short-term lease at the Boxpark area in Shoreditch. The shop opened in June 2013 and was devoted entirely to Xbox products. Its primary aim was …
Read More »GungHo making $1m a month from four mobile games each
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Virtual reality may not just mean the end of TVs – it might actually mean the end of ever interacting with actual flesh and blood people altogether. Having predicted the end for television yesterday, GameSpot has spotted some even more audacious claims from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey in an interview …
Read More »Halo composer Marty O’Donnell fired from Bungie ‘without cause’
Studio’s in-house composer of more than ten years dismissed under unspecified circumstances
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US hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg – or Snoop dee oh double gee, as he refers to himself in the video below – is heading to Call of Duty. The rapper is lending his voice to a new $2.99 voice pack DLC release which adds a number of his sound bites …
Read More »Minecraft: PlayStation Edition hitting Blu-ray next month
A disc version of indie smash-hit Minecraft will arrive on PS3 next month. That’s according to a marketing email sent out to PSN members, as posted on NeoGAF, which dates it for May 14th. Although that’s a Wednesday, so perhaps expect a May 16th arrival in the UK. The game …
Read More »Seven Summits Studio’s ambient game Petite headed to Windows 8 in June
Seven Summits Studio’s ambient game, Petite, is set for release in June for Windows 8. Petite was created by Asar Dhandala as an entry for Microsoft’s Dev Camps, for which the prototype was created within 12 hours. It was selected as the best game in that competition, following which it …
Read More »Sony sells huge Square Enix share stake
PlayStation platform holder Sony has sold off the 9.5m shares it held in Square Enix. CVG reports that prior to the sale Sony was Square’s third largest shareholder. It had owned the stake for over ten years. Interestingly, despite having a value of around $157m, Sony sold off the stock …
Read More »If the Internet of Things is the question, is HTML5 the answer?
Softtalkblog wonders how we will interact with the home appliances of the future and what Intel's tech can do to assist with your own products
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[Industry news] XDS 2026 Insights Report is now live
The 2026 XDS Insights Report examines how external development partnerships are evolving as they become a core part of modern production pipelines. Based on input from 250+ industry professionals, the report shows an ecosystem moving beyond delivery risk and into a new phase shaped by coordination, governance, and long-term collaboration.
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