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Nova Scotia: The studios
Develop looks at five companies at the heart of the development cluster in Nova Scotia
Read More »Over 1m Kinects sold in 10 days
Microsoft claims it has sold over 1m Kinect cameras in the 10 days since the device first launched. According to Xbox chief Don Mattrick, the firm is still on track to sell 5m units by the end of the year. Kinect launced in North America two weeks ago, and a …
Read More »Asda: Publishers understand need for pre-owned
Andrew Thompson, the head of games at supermarket Asda, has told MCV that increasing competition in the games sector forced it to adopt a pre-owned games strategy. Tesco, Argos and Best Buy all let customers trade in against anything in store. And he adds that publisher’s do understand the retailer’s …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Asda Pre-Owned
Retail’s defence of pre-owned is a simple one.Consumers trade in their games so they can buy new ones. It helps inflate sales of newly released titles, and the specialist retailers all have stats to back up this claim, too. But unfortunately that argument has broken down now the likes of …
Read More »PSJailbreak returns
It was thought that Sony had won the battle, but the team behind the PSJailbreak hack has released a new version of the device that works with Sony’s latest firmware for PS3. Last month it was reported that the measures implemented by Sony in the latest update for the console …
Read More »Amazon brings Black Friday to UK
The UK arm of retailer Amazon has announced that it will be bringing one of America’s biggest shopping holidays to Amazon.co.uk. Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, as is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Christmas spending period in the US. This year it …
Read More »Kotick criticises EAs Project $10
The cash-strapped core gamer has found an unexpected ally in the rally against Project $10 – Activision’s Bobby Kotick. Publishers such as EA, THQ, Microsoft and many more are increasingly choosing to includes DLC codes with their new releases. These can be redeemed against additional in-game content or are sometimes …
Read More »OPINION: Move, Kinect and the future of motion gaming
Sony and Microsoft want Nintendo's pie, but is this truly motion gaming's next phase?
Read More »Alan Wake coming to Games on Demand
Microsoft has announced that Alan Wake will be available as a Games on Demand title in two weeks. The Remedy-developed thriller will join a select range of Xbox 360 hits that can be downloaded from the Xbox Live Marketplace for the reduced price of 19.99. Alan Wake will go live …
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