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Some Kinect features 'make everything better in games', says Phil Spencer

Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has said that cloud gaming will potentially completely alter the structure of the videogames industry, providing it can surmount immediate business and scalability obstacles. Speaking to Gamasutra at E3, Yerli noted: "Gaikai as well as OnLive, they’re pioneers in that [area]. But I also think that …

The gamepad screen at the heart of the Wii U experience displays at a 854×480 resolution, according to new research and estimates. Entertainment site Golgotron claims the Wii U controller screen displays at the wide-VGA display standard. The factual basis to this claim is debatable. The resolution size was estimated …

E3 2011: This year's event attendance numbers up, next yearâ??s dates set

Sony’s PlayStation Home has reached all-time high user activity levels since PSN was switched back on. The PS3’s in-game social world has just reached a new milestone in terms of its amount of weekly unique users, Gamasutra reports. We’re having record traffic in Home,” said SCEA’s director for PlayStation Home …

Saints Row: The Third will be released in November on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, developer Volition has confirmed. The sandbox gangster game and GTA rival will arrive in the US on November 15th and three days later in the UK on November 18th. Volition’s senior producer Greg Donovan told …

E3 2011: Phil Spencer dampens expectations for Remedy horror sequel

Games publishing boss considers small interest in Facebook rival, sources claim

One indie developer has lashed out both at Activision’s decision to charge a fee for Call of Duty Elite and its failure, in his opinion, to evolve the franchise. "I don’t agree with it," Zombie Studios’ lead designer Jared Gerritzen told Gamasutra of the Call of Duty Elite service. "Right …

With Nintendo’s Wii U still in the early stages of development every aspect is still open to change, but for the time being at least it looks as if each Wii U will only be able to use one new touch-screen controller. "Our basic premise is that you can use …