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Though developer Cryptic Studios has yet to confirm the host platform for its upcoming Federation-themed MMO Star Trek online, an online job ad suggests that both Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will be joining the PC release. MCV’s closest online sibling Develop has the full story – click here to …
Read More »NXE rollout begins
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has announced that all those who successfully signed up to the New Xbox Experience preview program will over the next few hours be able to download the new service. NXE launches worldwide tomorrow, and brings with it a host of new upgrades for the console …
Read More »Playlogics Q3 revenue drops 70%
Dutch publisher Playlogic has reported disappointing figures for its fiscal third quarter which show revenues of 740,000 – a number that’s 70 per cent down on the revenues reported in the same period last year. Gross profits were also down significantly, hitting just 200,000 – substantially down on the previous …
Read More »PETA attacks Cooking Mama
Animal rights activists PETA have launched a microsite entitled Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals which is designed to encourage consumers to contact Majesco, the North American publisher of popular casual title Cooking Mama, to voice their concerns on the ethical treatment of animals. To read PETA’s statement, and see where …
Read More »40 people were working on Halo MMO
Dave Pottinger, the tech boss at ill-fated Microsoft owned studio and Halo Wars developer Ensemble, has stated that the long-rumoured Halo MMO had been green lit and was well underway before the Xbox 360 platform holder pulled the plug on the project. Developmag.com has the full story – click here …
Read More »US: Wii install base races ahead of 360
New stats from North American firm NPD and Deutsche Bank show that Nintendo’s Wii console has overturned the Xbox 360’s 12 month start on the marketplace to lead the installed hardware race by nearly two million units. GameDaily reports that the Wii has now sold 13.4 million units in North …
Read More »Infogrames net revenue up 45%
Atari’s parent company Infrogrames has announced an increase of net revenue of 44.5 per cent for its fiscal first half 2009-2009 ending September 30th. Despite falling 7.5 per cent, losses still totalled €85.67 million, though they were outweighed by a total net revenue for the period of €131.8 million, which …
Read More »Halo 3 Recon is open-world title
A number of new details about Bungie’s upcoming expansion to its popular FPS franchise, Halo 3 Recon, the most interesting of which is the news that it will be based on an open-world structure. CVG reports that the latest copy of US games mag Game Informer carries the news, along …
Read More »UK devs reach Facebook competition final
UK development outfit The Games Company has reached the final stages of a high-profile games design competition on Facebook – and now it’s urging its UK contemporaries to come out in support. To read the full story, head on over to MCV’s development-orientated sister magazine Develop.
Read More »Xbox Live recovers after troubled weekend
Microsoft has claimed that technical issues which saw many users face problems accessing the Xbox Live network over the weekend have now been resolved. Reports cropped up on Friday that users from across the world were booted from online multiplayer sessions, and that many were having trouble logging into Xbox …
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