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In a second snippet from the IGN interview with Nintendo development boss and all-round gaming superstar Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of gaming icon Mario had some interesting comments regarding Microsoft’s recently announced avatar system : I don’t really use the term avatar to refer to what we’ve done with the …
Read More »Did Bungie pull the plug on new game ‘reveal’ due to Microsoft dispute?
E3 08: Halo creator says plans to showcase new game 'were changed by our publisher'
Read More »Other Ocean opens iPhone division
Developer of Super Monkey Ball for Apple device wants to build on past week's success
Read More »E3 08: Wolfenstein and Wolverine front Activisions offering
Top global games publisher Activision-Blizzard has announced a number of brand new titles that it has in development – with the headliners being a brand new Wolverine title and a next-gen update to Nazi-hating FPS Wolfenstein. Despite this week’s news that EA has teamed up with id for the publishing …
Read More »EIF 08 to honour art in gaming
EIF Chairman Chris Deering has unveiled plans to celebrate video game art at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008. The EIF boss has called on game development teams to showcase single frames captured from actual play in their games for the ‘Expo Of Art’. Any game that has not yet been …
Read More »InvenSense tech powers new Wii MotionPlus peripheral
E3 08: California firm's kit chosen due to its durability and power, says Nintendo
Read More »E3 08: Rising Star brings Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome to DS
Rising Star has revealed their latest DS title, Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome. Originally released on PC last year, the casual title will be avaiable on DS on October 10th across most PAL territories his year. Promising a ‘satisfyingly addictive gameplay experience’, the title uses the Jewel Master puzzle mechanic …
Read More »E3 08: Sony backing 80GB PS3 in US
Sony made an important announcement regarding its PS3 hardware strategy at last night’s E3 conference, confirming that from September its focus would be laid solely on its 80GB model. The hardware will drop from $499 (as it was in the MGS4 bundle) to $399 and will replace the existing 40GB …
Read More »E3 08: Nintendo explains Zelda and Mario confirmation
Were new Mario and Zelda titles for Wii confirmed at E3? It seemed so when Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told an excited E3 audience that our internal teams that make Mario and Zelda are both hard at work, and will bring new titles to Wii”. But talk soon turned to …
Read More »Rockstar Leeds and North developing GTA for DS
E3 08: New handheld GTA to be subtitled Chinatown Wars
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