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Read More »Rockstar to bring Table Tennis to Wii
Another UK studio has taken to Wii development, with Rockstar Games’ Leeds team working on a conversion of its San Diego sister studio’s Table Tennis game. The game is due out later this year and adds Wiimote functionality to the title’s table tennis league gameplay, reports developmag.com. "Ever since we …
Read More »THQ signs up to Steam
Valve has announced that publisher THQ has signed up to distribute its games on the US independent developer’s Steam service. MCV sister site Develop reports that the firms believes the industry will see product from "some of the most prestigious development studios in the gaming industry" on the site as …
Read More »Sky to televise gaming tournament
BSkyB will broadcast the first professional video games league, the Championship Gaming Series, to UK audiences later this year. The league consists of online competitions, live qualifying events, a UK Championship, and an international World Championship final taking place in California during November. Live qualifiers will take place in Birmingham …
Read More »Games can do good, says Eternal Sonata director
360 developer aims to subconsciously teach players about music composer Chopin
Read More »Shock and gore
With Manhunt 2 banned in the UK, Resistance: Fall of Manâ??s mix of verisimilitude and violence scoring tabloid sensation, and statements in UK Parliament claiming developers donâ??t appreciate the impact they have on society, we ask: how much responsibility lies with the makers of violent games?
Read More »Tesco expands own-brand software roll-out
The roll-out of Tesco’s own-brand software has stepped up a pace this week, with more than 200 new stores set to have product on shelves by the end of this week. The Tesco Software range was launched in October last year and introduced to around 150 of the supermarket giant’s …
Read More »Biggest ever Develop Awards looms
Over 500 development execs heading to Brighton event next week
Read More »Pokemon Diamond tops Australian charts
Pokemon Diamond on the DS has risen to the top of the Australian All Format Charts this week, with Pokemon Pearl close on its tail at number three, according to GfK’s chart results . Transformers on the PS2 is sandwiched between the DS titles at number two, no doubt popularised …
Read More »Rockstar Leeds developing Wii Table Tennis
360 game to make the switch to Nintendo format
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