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Online retailer Amazon is preparing to open its very first bricks and mortar outlet in Seattle, reports suggest. ‘Amazon sources’ say the store could open in a matter of months, selling books, Kindle devices and Amazon exclusives. It’s part of an initiative to test whether opening a chain of stores …
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April release date confirmed for Kinect Star Wars
Microsoft has confirmed news revealed by MCV last month that Kinect Star Wars will be released in April. The game will carry an RRP of 39.99 and land at UK retail on April 3rd. The Special Edition R2-D2 styled Xbox 360 console will land on the same day for 349.99. …
Read More »Minecraft’s Notch offers to fund Psychonauts 2 development
Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is prepared to personally fund development of a sequel to Double Fine’s critically acclaimed title Psychonauts. Double Fine creative director Tim Schafer recently claimed the studio has been unable to secure a publishing contract for the Psychonauts 2 project, despite pitching to various companies. But …
Read More »Skylanders Giants announced by Activision
Activision has unsurprisingly announced a sequel to 2011 smash hit Skylanders. Skylanders Giants introduces eight brand new figures that are over twice the size of the established cast – both in the game and in real life. Eight new traditional sized characters will also be introduced. They also feature new …
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Twitter hosts first ever publicly-negotiated game publishing deal
Read More »Sega Australia devs: Get out while you can
Why work for a studio downsized to create digital games when you can do it all yourself?
Read More »GAME confirms 46 job losses from Basingstoke HQ
Retail chain GAME has confirmed that it is to cut 46 jobs from its Basingstoke HQ, MCV can reveal. It comes as part of an internal restructure designed to expand upon GAME’s multi-channel offer and allow it to better to respond to the current video games market”. Current commercial strategy …
Read More »Resident Evil: Revelaitons typo to be corrected
Publisher Capcom has said it will offer replacements to US customers who received a copy of Resident Evil: Revelations containing a typo on the front cover. Last month early copies of the game hit US retail with ‘Resident Evil: Revelaitons’ printed on the 3DS case spine. As you may well …
Read More »Next Xbox pre-owned block "would be fantastic"
A design director at developer Volition has claimed that any next-gen move to block the use of pre-owned software would be fantastic”. I think this would be a fantastic change for our business and even though the consumers would be up in arms about it at first they will grow …
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[#AltDevBlogADay] Volition design director Jameson Durall explores the pre-owned issue from a developer's perspective
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