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First party developers for the Xbox 360 have not been told that they must use Kinect in all future titles, the platform holder has insisted. However, the company does remain hopeful that once the possibilities created by Kinect have become apparent, more devs will choose it as an option for …

Italian Videogame Developer Conference expands events list beyond December proceedings

The time has come to drop the idea that publishers are the only source of games financing

New independent data puts the Farmville studio at $5.51bn

Blizzard Entertainment, Activision’s global-leading money-generator of World Of Warcraft fame, has publicly criticised Valve for its bid to trademark the DOTA name in its upcoming title, DOTA 2. What is now a disagreement could quickly plunge into a legal dispute, with both Valve and Blizzard planning to release games with …

Apple boss made angry Ballmer call when Xbox bought Mac experts and Halo creators Bungie

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that next February’s gaming awards will include a brand new category – Social Network Game. The rise in popularity and sophistication of social media gaming has been meteoric,” BAFTA video games committee chairman Ray Maguire stated. It is only right …

Microsoft is unlikely to pillage its back catalogue of Xbox titles for the high definition remake treatment on Xbox 360. The admission comes from Microsoft Game Studios VP Phil Spencer, who told IGN: I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad idea. I’m going to think about it from the customer’s …

Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz has predicted that EA’s debut foray into the mixed martial arts genre will be its last following a poor performance from the recently released EA Sports MMA at retail. The brawler entered the UK Charts in 23rd spot yesterday and faces a tough time …

British Academy to recognise growing development sector