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Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has said that cloud gaming will potentially completely alter the structure of the videogames industry, providing it can surmount immediate business and scalability obstacles. Speaking to Gamasutra at E3, Yerli noted: "Gaikai as well as OnLive, they’re pioneers in that [area]. But I also think that …
Read More »‘854×480 resolution for Wii U controller’
The gamepad screen at the heart of the Wii U experience displays at a 854×480 resolution, according to new research and estimates. Entertainment site Golgotron claims the Wii U controller screen displays at the wide-VGA display standard. The factual basis to this claim is debatable. The resolution size was estimated …
Read More »Dev criticises Call of Duty strategy
One indie developer has lashed out both at Activision’s decision to charge a fee for Call of Duty Elite and its failure, in his opinion, to evolve the franchise. "I don’t agree with it," Zombie Studios’ lead designer Jared Gerritzen told Gamasutra of the Call of Duty Elite service. "Right …
Read More »Wii U limited to one controller
With Nintendo’s Wii U still in the early stages of development every aspect is still open to change, but for the time being at least it looks as if each Wii U will only be able to use one new touch-screen controller. "Our basic premise is that you can use …
Read More »OPINION: E3 shows renewed focus
Can you spot the key word uttered by David Yarnton on this week’s cover that pinpoints the exact industry gear-change this E3 represented? Look again. It’s such a common word to most of us. It’s ‘gamers’, a word Nintendo treated like the plague in its well-fought seven-year crusade to change …
Read More »Activision names Hepworth as UK MD
Activision UK will have a new MD from August as current boss Andrew Brown concentrates on Euro duties. Peter Hepworth will take over as UK MD for Activision in two months. He’s been with Activision since 2006, first as European CFO before moving up to become global sales and supply …
Read More »Wii needed this
Nintendo has its eye on an even bigger addressable audience of gamers with its new Wii U home console. After courting new audiences for so long, the focus is back on a much-desired re-engaging of actual gamers alongside that skillful non-gamer push. Wii U pushes the boundary – it gives …
Read More »Why in-app billing won’t solve Android issues
This is the first of a series of articles from MoMinis to coincide with the launch of its $15,000 Mobile Game Development Contest – GameCast 2011. Find out more about the contest here. Just a few weeks ago Google launched in-app billing in the Android Market. In theory, it’s great. …
Read More »Hirai: Hacking threatens "fabric of society"
The growing problem of online hacking represents more than simply a danger to PlayStation – it could actually threaten society itself. That’s the claim of Sony’s deputy president Kaz Hirai, who has also pointed out that Sony are far from the only victims of such incidents in recent weeks. "Just …
Read More »E3 2011: Kotick shunned by EA on show floor
The most respected journalist at Future’s consumer site CVG has reported of a quite remarkable shun on the competitive floors of this year’s E3. The site has been told by a "senior informant" that the personal assistant of Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was seen at the EA stand requesting that …
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