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It’s fair to say that the Fable: The Journey demo was far from a highlight of Microsoft’s E3 2011 press demo. The short snippet of the game demonstrated a sequence where a player was guided through the game world while shooting enemies with their hands. In truth it was more …

Apple has yet to sign agreements with record labels to enable the UK launch of the iTunes in the Cloud music service, according to a Telegraph report. The British Performing Right Society, an association of composers, songwriters and music publishers, told the Telegraph that negotiations were still at a "very …

Captain America: Super Soldier will hit shelves next month in the UK, Sega has confirmed to MCV. The third-person action adventure game based on Marvel Entertainment’s superhero property will arrive on Friday, July 15th – two weeks before the film. Captain America: The First Avenger arrives in cinemas on Friday, …

Phil Spencer has said that Microsoft have not greenlit a sequel to Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake, following claims by the latter studio that work was underway on a new franchise title.Speaking to Joystiq at E3, the Microsoft Studios corporate vice president talked down the sales impact of the original game, …

EA has said Kinect support won’t be added to FIFA until FIFA 13 at the earliest. The company has been working on incorporating the motion sensor into the game for some time. Now the publisher has assured Eurogamer at E3 that it doesn’t wish to tack on Kinect support. What …

E3 2011: Senior studio figure impressed with Eidosâ?? expo contribution, worried by Japanese efforts

Microsoft has for the first time said that it envisages a time when every firth party game produced for Xbox 360 will incorporate some level of Kinect functionality. "It’s not a mandate that everything we do in first-party has to support Kinect right now," Microsoft Game Studios’ boss Phil Spencer …

E3 2011: Iwata admits â??misunderstandingsâ?? over the new console announcement

WHEN AND WHERE IS IT? Gamescom 2011 will run from Wednesday, August 17th to Sunday, August 21st. The first day is only open to trade visitors and the media, with the show opened to the public from Thursday, August 18th.It will once again be held at the Koelnmesse international trade fair …

E3 2011: No Kinect support until FIFA 13