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Speaking at the GameHorizon Conference today, head of Microsoft Game Studios Peter Molyneux has reportedly unveiled that Fable III will be distributed in an episodic format as well as through retail. The game’s predecessor, Fable II, received an episodic digital release – though that came long after it debuted at …

...and animation expert John Riggs steps on board as director of avatar development

It’s already pillaged its Master System and Mega Drive libraries and turned them into viable digital businesses and it recently announced that the Dreamcast is to receive the same treatment – but what of the Sega Saturn? It had always been presumed that the Saturn has so far missed the …

The first UK retailer to go live with what it believes will be the final RRP for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect has admitted that pre-orders for the device are very low”. Boos Igor Cipolletta told Eurogamer that he believes the 100+ price is too high” and that he thinks with …

Activision has spoken out against the UK government just a week after Chancellor George Osborne dashed developers’ hopes by cancelling Labour’s promised games tax breaks. The Financial Times this evening quotes the company CEO Bobby Kotick as saying the Activision needs financial investments to keep encouraging it to invest in …

THQ has confirmed an interesting piece of functionality for its upcoming slate of Saints Row titles that will see players on the Xbox 360 unlocking content for the 3DS version of the game. Speaking of the 3DS version of the game, THQ’s core games VP Danny Bilson told Industry Gamers: …

Dev legend blasts demos and defends Milo at GameHorizon Conference

Despite long-standing doubts about the viability of mature games on the DS, it has emerged that Nintendo itself was the driving force behind the scheduling of a Saints Row title for its DS successor, the 3DS. Speaking in an interview with Industry Gamers, THQ’s core games VP Danny Bilson stated: …

The full technical specifications for Microsoft’s upcoming motion controller Kinect have been released. According to Electronic Theatre, the only requirements for the device are 175MB of storage on the Xbox 360 for drivers and a single USB port. The device is capable of tracking up to six people at any …

Project management and QA SDK firm launches latest iteration of popular, eponymous tool