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Forget the fall of Guitar Hero; the music video game sector is stronger than ever, says GfK Chart-Track. The sales tracker says that 2010 was the most successful year for music games in the UK, despite disappointing performances by the various Hero and Rock Band titles. Dance games drove the …
Read More »OPINION: The time to build a second Golden Age is now
Working with Alex Hope of Double Negative since July last year, I’ve had the privilege of leading the largest quantitative research study to date on skills in the video games industry and visual effects. We’ve conducted seven different research strands which covered children, parents, teachers, schools, colleges, universities, employers, employees …
Read More »Full Move control for Portal 2
"Complete" PlayStation Move support has been guaranteed for the PS3 version of Portal 2. Chet Faliszek of developer Valve told the German PlayStation blog (as translated by Eurogamer) that the decision was taken as a form of "compensation" for the fact there was never a PS3 version of zombie multiplayer …
Read More »Sony ‘not deliberating’ PS4
In keeping with Sony’s ethos of a ten-year life cycle for its home hardware, Sony Computer Entertainment head Kaz Hirai has claimed that Sony isn’t even strategising its next home console. "We’re not even at the halfway point [with PS3]," Hirai stated, as reported by Kotaku. "Every year, we reveal …
Read More »Dance on Broadway coming to PS3
Publisher Ubisoft has confirmed a PS3 version of dance hit Dance on Broadway. The game, which has previously been available only on Wii, will be compatible with Sony’s Move controller and will be released in the UK on March 18th. The disc will include 25 songs and choreographies from 20 …
Read More »THQ: Big three must change business model
Publisher THQ has urged the three biggest companies in control of the modern video games market to rethink the fundamentals of their content delivery strategies and embrace emerging platforms such as microtransactions. The comments come as THQ CEO Brian Farrell prepares to release the latest version of MX vs ATV. …
Read More »Future’s Gamers
Future Publishing was founded on video gaming, and it’s remained central to our business ever since. Over the last 30 years we have built up an unrivalled portfolio of magazines, websites and events that reach a larger group of gamers than any other specialist publisher – over 1.9 million every …
Read More »OPINION: Supporting Britain’s game creators
The UK has a heritage in developing video games that we can be very proud of. However, if we are to continue to produce world-class interactive entertainment, we need to ensure that the small and medium-sized businesses that make up so much of the UK’s games industry have the right …
Read More »1m sales for Sniper: Ghost Warrior
City Interactive has announced that Sniper: Ghost Warrior has sold over a million copies worldwide across Xbox 360 and PC. The game was one of the surprise hits of 2010, breaking into the Top Ten in its first week of release in July. "A lot of hard work and dedication …
Read More »OPINION: That Dead Island trailer
I want to start by saying something right from the off – I hate moral campaigners. I hate political correctness, I hate tabloid outrages, I hate the idea of game censorship. I was watching films like Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street when I was (don’t hate my …
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