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Microsoft’s second generation of Kinect hardware is so accurate that it is able to read the lips and interpret the facial emotions of users. That’s according to details from Eurogamer, which has gone live with a host of revelations about Microsoft’s future plans. It says that Kinect 2 will come …

New motion sensor 'able to detect emotions through voice and facial expression'

Neon Play CEO says UK games industry is finally finding its voice

Last week The Telegraph ran the headline ‘Can GAME Group survive?’ It was a sensational headline, not entirely based on the facts of the situation, and as GAME Group CEO Ian Shepherd says: It is very easy to look at any retailer on the High Street and write an apocalyptic …

We’re yet to hear what Sony’s official pricing strategy for its new PlayStation Vita memory cards will be in the UK, but if the US and Japanese pricing is anything to go by they’re not going to be cheap. US retailer GameStop (as reported by the similarly titles consumer games …

PopCap also turned down deal 'due to rumours of the company's rescinding share awards'

Notorious tenth drone 'not individually sold'

Valve boss Gabe Newell has challenged the notion that software pricing is the driving force behind games piracy. Instead, Newell insists that piracy can be conquered with a sufficiently strong service offering. "We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy,” he told The Cambridge Student, as spotted by GameSpy. …

Less then ten per cent of users returning to play title every day, new data suggests

Casual games title Mafia Wars 2 has suffered an exodus of players in November. Business Week reports that having hit a user peak of 2.5m daily active users in October. However, that number has tumbled by a massive 900k players in November according to AppData. The site goes on to …