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Popular Facebook group to help lobbying efforts

This is starting to become a bit of a habit. Activision boss Bobby Kotick has decided to flex his corporate biceps once again by claiming that if the games industry wants to move forward it needs to break free of the shackles imposed upon it by console platform holders. Or …

The need to wear special glasses to play 3D games has been slammed yet again, with analyst DFC Intelligence claiming that the requirement will likely hinder the uptake of 3D technology. In terms of the overall vision for 3D in gaming, DFC remains sceptical,” the company stated. The reliance on …

Founder of Dundee outfit says heâ??s â??not shopping aroundâ?? for publishing deal

Market analyst DFC Intelligence has warned that Kinect is unlikely to help Xbox 360 break into the mass market in the way in which Microsoft hopes, according to the company’s latest report. The Xbox 360 clearly needs to diversify beyond the core first-person shooter audience,” it reads. Microsoft is putting …

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 racks up a second week at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The game held Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption at bay, still in second place, as well as a number of new entries. Three new titles debuted in the Top …

The mid-year report from leading reviews aggregation site Metacritic suggests that while sales might be suffering year-on-year gamers have so far in 2010 enjoyed better quality games that were on offer the year before. So far this year seven titles have achieved review score averages of 90 per cent or …

Lionhead boss will explore the design pillars of the highly-anticipated title

Dan Teasdale returns to design roots at Twisted Pixel

E3 saw the games business out in force in California, home to Hollywood and Disneyland, to flaunt an industry producing content that can match the production values and market potential of some of the world’s biggest blockbuster movies. Disney was there for opposite reasons. The group has a famous track …