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Microsoft is on the hunt for ten new games and applications that make inspired use of the Kinect motion controller, and is offering investment and support to help tempt developers to take part. Known as theKinect Accelerator Program, those approved to take part will be given $20,000 in seed investment, …

New division to build Hitman title; Publisher also outlines plan to bolster its Deus Ex studio Eidos Montreal

The European Union’s digital agenda commissioner has said that money spent on pursuing those found guilty of breaching copyright has not helped to decrease piracy. Aggressive legal tactics from certain rights holders has simply created an air of resentment and distrust for the whole copyright system, Neelie Kroes argues. "Is …

If market success were achieved through ambition and self-belief, then Blaze’s new machine is a guaranteed winner. After all, it takes a remarkable amount of confidence for a company announcing a new 99.99 portable games console to claim it will change the way that games are played, developed and sold”. …

Tokyo publisher joins the likes of EA and Capcom in new mobile push

SCEE has confirmed that Vodafone is to be its preferred provider” of 3G connectivity for its new PlayStation Vita in the UK. The deal also covers France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands. 3G versions of the Vita will ship with a Vodafone SIM card …

As part of the inaugural Minecon event at the weekend, developer Mojang has released a handful of impressive stats about the 4m+ selling Minecraft. According to GameFront, the game currently attracts in the region of 241,920,000 logins every single month. On top of this, it also welcomes 1,000 logins per …

Accelerator Program to bring ten promising projects under the nose of investors

When Play.com took advantage of the Channel Island tax relief back in 1998, it changed UK online retailing overnight. Low-Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) meant that any goods sold from the Channel Islands under 18 didn’t have to pay VAT. That included DVDs, CDs and budget games. And with Play.com based …

The key to rejuvenating the 3DS in the market place could be a return to the mainstream markets, Nintendo has said. Much of the 3DS’ pre-launch hype centred around the many hardcore-centric IPs that would be arriving on the system. This in itself was a direct response to the perceived …