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Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz has issued a damning verdict of EA and BioWare’s upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic. Claiming that he was "largely unimpressed" by what he described as a "game that’s highly derivative of World of Warcraft" which sports visuals that are "competent but hardly …

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Wii, PS3 and 360 title Zumba Fitness has now sold over 2m around the world. As well as being a consistent top five hit in the UK, the title has also been been the No.2 selling Wii game since its launch in the US. It has now surpassed sales of …

A new accessory from peripherals maker Nyko is targeting those who lack the necessary living room space needed to play with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect. Called the ‘Zoom’, the device attaches to the top of Kinect and adjusts its viewing angle. Nyko says that using it "reduces the play range …

THQ is in the process of closing down its New York studio Kaos. The publisher has confirmed to Develop it has made a strategic realignment within its internal studio structure and is in the process of closing two locations: the company’s UK studio and Kaos studio in New York." Its …

Global tech giant Microsoft is to pay a record 178m ($290m) issued by the US Supreme Court for infringing a patent. Canadian company i4i originally sued Microsoft in 2007 after discovering PC word processor program Word had infringed a patent relating to text manipulation software. Despite several appeals, the judges …

More than 2.5 million PC users have picked up a copy of Minecraft to date. The sales achievement was revealed by the game’s creator Markus Persson via Twitter, where he said: 2.5 million sales! That’s as much as Diablo 1 and Far Cry, according to Wikipedia.” The news comes just …

This is the latest of a series of articles from MoMinis to coincide with the launch of its $15,000 Mobile Game Development Contest – GameCast 2011. Find out more about the contest here. There’s no shortage of information about the mobile fragmentation problem occurring in today’s mobile market. Just plug …

The virtual Nintendo 3DS eShop which went live last week took its design ideas from High Street stores. Designers who worked on eShop, which allows 3DS owners to purchase downloadable games such as Super Mario Land, said they wanted to create a fun shop for browsing – a place where …

Bethesda has confirmed that hackers have attacked several of its websites. The publisher also reported that personal data from these sites had been compromised, according to VG247. Hackers were able to access usernames, passwords and email addresses. No personal financial or credit card information was affected. Though its official blog, …