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E3 2011: Molyneux studio picks Epic Gamesâ?? popular engine for new Kinect title

Rockstar, Epic and Just Add Water join scores of studios backing the system

We’ve listened to music on the iPod, made calls on the iPhone and surfed the web on the iPad. Now Apple is introducing iCloud. This free cloud computing service lets iOS users upload their pictures, apps, music and other files to one server. This allows them to instantly access them …

Ken Levine has confirmed that BioShock Infinite will be compatible with PlayStation Move. During Sony’s E3 press conference, the Big Daddy of BioShock anecdotally described how the platform holder requested a meeting after he was interviewed about motion controls. I had expressed some scepticism about the very concept motion control …

Developer CCP has placed a rather big feather in the PS3’s hat by confirming that shooter Dust 514 will be exclusive to Sony’s console. Dust 514 will link players to the real-time goings on of popular PC space MMO EVE Online. The consequences of the battles in the console game …

E3 2011: Trials Evolution in the works for Xbox Live Arcade release

The next instalment in 2K’s basketball sim series NBA 2K will be compatible with PlayStation Move. The publisher has added motion sensing support for the title which will allow players to point the Move controllers at the screen to control the gameplay. And what better way to show it off …

Epic developer Cliff Bleszinski has lashed out at what he sees as the unfair criticism of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect. "I just don’t understand," he told attendees of a behind closed doors session, as reported by Eurogamer. "If there gamers out there that are weird about it, like, what’s the …

Sony has announced that there are more than 80 titles in development for PlayStation Vita. Several high-profile titles were showcased during the platform holder’s E3 press conference, including Uncharted: Golden Abyss, the cross-platform RPG Ruin, Street Fighter X Tekken and new versions of LittleBigPlanet and ModNation Racers. Towards the end …

E3 2011: Previously announced EVE-tied massively online shooter Dust 514 locked in for PS3