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Warner Bros. has chosen to release its next major film adaptation via download rather than boxed product. The tie-in for Watchmen will be available on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in at least two episodes, the publisher has announced. Watchmen (logo pictured) is based on a DC Comics franchise and …
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OPINION: ‘E3 can learn from Leipzig’
The inflammatory comments from the two men spearheading the Xbox and PlayStation businesses to MCV this week demonstrate that – whatever you might have heard elsewhere – E3 really matters to this industry. Don Mattrick and Kaz Hirai’s forthright opinions on how their respective brands have fared at this year’s …
Read More »‘E3 can learn from Leipzig’
Don Mattrick and Kaz Hirai’s forthright opinions on how their respective brands have fared at this year’s show indicate both their unswerving passion for the business and how the annual industry jamboree in LA has retained its status as the show that everybody wants to ‘win’. But it’s equally clear …
Read More »Warner Watches Deadline for new episodic games
Hollywood studio signs up Danish studio to make games based on Watchmen graphic novel
Read More »‘Developers can use premium DLC to kill off pre-owned games’
GAMEFEST 08: And titles with premium content can make up to $18 extra revenue, says Microsoft
Read More »UK trade calls for total ban on R4 cards
Retailers have called on their rivals to quit selling R4 cards, after the revelation that DS software sales are suffering at the hands of growing piracy (MCV11/07). SimplyGames.com – one of the retailers highlighted in last week’s MCV story – has already pulled the R4 from its website, and boss …
Read More »‘Pioneer Perry’ to keynote GDCD
Dave Perry to offer up his view on the future of games
Read More »First UK Best Buy stores unveiled
Best Buy looks set to go head-to-head with DSGi after it emerged that one of the launch locations would be the same retail park that its UK rival is currently trialling its big box format store in. The locations of the first four stores are Bath Road Retail Park in …
Read More »New Sonic title sprints into view
Though Sonic obviously wasn’t speedy enough to get to LA before the curtains closed on this year’s E3, he has at least sprinted into clear view with the unveiling of upcoming Wii adventure Sonic and the Black Knight. The title, which is once again under development at Sonic Team, if …
Read More »Dodgy DS chargers flood High Street
The BBC is reporting that ‘hundreds of thousands’ of unsafe AC power adaptors from China are currently for sale on the UK High Street, with versions labelled for the DS, DS Lite and Game Boy highlighted as one of the worst offenders. Trading Standards has stated that tests have shown …
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