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Read More »Deering: Retail sales are slowing
Global retail games sales will drop by a full 20 per cent over the next three years – and publishers will be forced to explore non-traditional distribution methods in order to afford increasing development costs. That’s according to Codemasters chairman – and MCV Legend – Chris Deering who told attendees …
Read More »Consumers dont want Blu-Ray
A new survey from US research firm ABI has suggested that consumers are not that interested in Bu-Ray technology, with only 23 per cent of the 1000 respondents claiming they were thinking of investing in the technology sometime in the next year. TechTree reports that over half of those questioned …
Read More »Monkey Ball for iPhone sells over 300,000 in just 20 days
Booming AppStore proves Apple handset is viable platform for games development, says Sega
Read More »Runic Games emerges from Flagship closure
Flagship Studios may have recently laid off most of its staff, but veterans from the studio’s Seattle office have banded together to launch a new studio. To read the story in full, click here for a quick trip to Developmag.com.
Read More »Dead Rising to bite PS3 next?
Its popularity on Xbox 360 was great enough to make its recently confirmed move to Wii a reality, but now developer Capcom has hinted that Dead Rising may also be upping sticks and heading over to Sony’s PS3. Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, Capcom’s John Diamonon responded to a …
Read More »Miyamoto banned from discussing hobbies
UK broadsheet The Times is reporting that Nintendo has ‘banned’ its legendary development guru Shigeru Miyamoto from discussing his hobbies with the outside world as the firm fears such talk may offer an insight into what he has planned next for the company. Apparently, titles such as Brain Training, Wii …
Read More »Gaming audience will hit 2.5bn by 2011, says Deering
But just 3 in 10 games recover their costs, so devs â??must explore new models to surviveâ??
Read More »Beanbag and EA team up on Dummies
'For Dummies' book series to get game treatment
Read More »Star Trek Online details uncloak
After a slight technical hiccup which saw high web traffic bring the official site down, a host of details about the upcoming Star Trek Online have been unveiled by developer Cryptic Studios. A new gameplay trailer has been posted on the Star Trek Online site, along with lots of other …
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