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Green Day: Rock Band will launch worldwide on June 8th, MTV has announced. The game will feature 47 tracks, including classic songs such as Hitchin’ a Ride and Brain Stew – and will launch on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Other goodies locked in the game includes interviews, unreleased videos …

Firm now plans to bolster move into facial animation middleware, targets new genres

Sony’s American CEO Jack Tretton has spoken the anticipated mass-market appeal of his company recently revealed PlayStation Move controller – whilst going to great strengths to assert the accessory’s hardcore credentials. It isn’t for just the hardcore gamer, it’s for people that have never picked up a controller before but …

Two years on from the now infamous Byron Report on video games age ratings, TV presenter Dr Tanya Byron is to return to her work and review the progress that has been made since her set of proposals in 2008. The enthusiastic and joined-up response from ELSPA members following the …

You’ve seen the headlines, understand the tech and got a taste of the software – now is the time to take a look at Sony’s first effort to present its brand new PlayStation move controller to the world. Just click the play button below:

The organisers of the Tokyo Game Show have announced that this year’s event will be held in September. The show will last for four days, running from Thursday, September 16th to Sunday, September 19th, and will be held in Tokyo’s Makuhari Messe. The first two days will be dedicated to …

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Monetising Mobile: How To Make Apps Pay Their Way takes place on Wednesday May 26th at BAFTA in London, and is organised by MCV sister publication Mobile Entertainment. Email us now to reserve a place for just 199. The event has been conceived to give practical advice about the huge …

Will Sonyâ??s motion controllers stand up to the competition?

Though the tech behind Sony’s PlayStation Move is certainly impressive, the reaction to its initial software line-up has been less enthusiastic. However, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has called for patience. Take Wii – compare their first party titles at the launch, second year, third year,” the exec told …