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Cloud computing service OnLive will today finally begin taking orders for its TV-compatible micro console, with the first batches of the machine due to be shipped out on December 2nd. Priced at $99, customers will receive the micro console, one OnLive wireless controller and a $50 credit voucher, which basically …
Read More »Days are numbered for specialist indies
Indie chain Game Player has closed its doors, and MD Gary Noakes says that the days of specialist retailers are all but over. Pre-owned specialist Game Player decided to only stock used games following tighter and tighter margins on new releases. However, with increased pressure from the banks and growing …
Read More »Bigpoint plots UK expansion
Call of Duty may be the game of the moment – but online giant Bigpoint wants to steal the game’s audience away to high-end titles played via web browsers. The German firm has told MCV it plans to seriously grow its UK audience next year, using big TV ad campaigns …
Read More »Black Ops crushes music and movie markets
It was the week Take That reformed. The week a new Harry Potter movie premiered.But the real winner in the entertainment war? It was a video game. Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops led a software market boom last week. Day one sales stood at 1.4m units, generating 58m in …
Read More »New Tony Hawk sells 3,000 in US
Analyst Cowen and Company is claiming that the most recent title in the Tony Hawk series, Tony Hawk’s Shred, sold just 3,000 copies in its first week on sale in the US. The game was a virtual no show”, the analyst is quoted as saying by GamesIndustry. It adds that …
Read More »2010 Kinect stock to run out this week
The 2010 stock allocation for Kinect is just days away from running out, Microsoft has warned US consumers. Speaking at a Web 2/0 Summit in the US, Microsoft’s president of the Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick said that anyone who wants a Kinect this Christmas has been advised by Microsoft …
Read More »‘Multiple parties’ considering Bizarre buyout
Staff at renowned Liverpool studio Bizarre Creations have spoken of a twenty-four-hour emotional rollercoaster as it has emerged that several companies have shown interest in buying the Blur developer. Last night Activision put Bizarre Creations up for sale – in a move that put the job security of 200 developers …
Read More »PSP2 – the first pictures
The first images of what pertain to be the still secretive PSP2 have appeared online. You can see them both below. VG247 says the images are of the dev kit that until recently had been doing the rounds. However, it has since been superseded by a single brick design that …
Read More »Sony claims October software victory
While Microsoft has claimed a notable victory in the US hardware market last month, Sony has highlighted the strength of PS3s software sales in its response to NPDs latest report. The platform holder says it enjoyed an incredibly strong October” and that the PS3 was the only format to enjoy …
Read More »Vaz brings another anti-gaming Early Day Motion
Labour MP Keith Vaz has raised his second anti-games Early Day Motion of the year, this time linking video games to a spate of shootings in Sweden last month. Earlier this month Swedish police arrested a 38-year-old man, whose motivation was thought to be racial. That is, unless you’re Keith …
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