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Recently established US start-up video games firm Brash Entertainment has announced that it is to publish a game adaptation of 20th Century Fox’s upcoming movie of Alvin And The Chipmunks. The rhythm title is slated for release on Wii, PC, PS2 and DS during the Christmas period in the US …
Read More »Now Epic questions 360 disc capacity
Just two weeks after Bizarre Creations both confirmed and then denied that the storage limits of Xbox 360’s DVD format has lead to cuts in the feature-set of Project Gotham Racing 4, Epic’s Mark rein has now said that the 360 version of Unreal Tournament III might pack fewer features …
Read More »Rock Band to miss Europe in 07?
Bad news for music fans – it now seems unlikely that EA’s Rock Band will arrive in Europe this year, following comments from an EA UK representative on Gamespot . However, the game is still on track for a Q4 arrival in North America. Though no reason has been given …
Read More »Wideload opens splinter firm
Stubbs the Zombie creator opens up a casual development arm
Read More »Ubisoft signs up Left Field Productions
Excitebike 64 developer to produce Nitrobike for Wii
Read More »Animazoo opens Second Life shop
Mo-cap company offering new animations for Second Life avatars
Read More »Heavenly Sound: Profiling Ninja Theory’s audio production
Our monthly exclusive look at an upcoming game's audio work takes a trip to see Heavenly Sword
Read More »Heard About: Heavenly Sword
In our monthly look behind the scenes on the audio production of a recently released or upcoming game, John Broomhall speaks to Ninja Theory's Tom Colvin and SCEE's Garry Taylor about the making of music and sound FX in Heavenly Swordâ?¦
Read More »Miyamoto: We need more fun, less difficult games
In an interview in the latest issue of Famitsu, Shigeru Miyamoto has spoken about how he intends to balance difficulty and accessibility in Super Mario Galaxy. At last June’s E3 conference, Miyamoto said that Nintendo intended to break down the wall separating hardcore and casual games. When asked by Famitsu …
Read More »Rockstar Leeds boss: Manhunt ban is an attack on industry
Founder and current boss of Rockstar Leeds Gordon Hall has warned other video games firms that they should rally behind the developer against the BBFC’s decision to ban Manhunt 2 – or face similar prohibition in the future. Hall told MCV sister magazine Develop that the outlawing of the title …
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