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Once touted as Xbox 360’s answer to Sony’s popular Buzz! quiz game series, publisher Warner Bros has announced a brand new entry in the Scene It? series – as well as debut releases on both PS3 and Wii. In addition, Scene It? IP owner Screenlife has signed a global deal …
Read More »Mad Catz secures Nintendo licence
Mad Catz has announced a new partnership with Nintendo of America to produce officially licensed accessories for the company’s various platforms. Under the new agreement, the peripherals vendors will be able to develop and market a range of products for Wii, DS and DSi. These will then be distributed throughout …
Read More »New Metal Gear title confirmed
Some alterations to Konami’s closely followed ‘Next’ teaser site have confirmed that the publisher is building up to the announcement of a new Metal Gear Solid title. Though the last countdown resulted in nothing more than the appearance of a second countdown, the appearance of established franchise anti-hero Big Boss …
Read More »THQ reveals plan to better Big Beach Sports success
THQ is plotting to become the king of Wii mini-game collections with the follow-up to last year’s mass-selling BIG Beach Sports. Like its predecessor, BIG Family Games will retail for 19.99, and bis backed by a large-scale above-the-line and TV marketing campaign throughout the summer. But it will have its …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet community grows to nearly 2m
Sony’s impressive PS3 exclusive platformer LittleBigPlanet has hit a big milestone with the news that the game’s online community now stands at nearly 2m users. In addition, the number of user-created levels now available for players to download has hit 725,000. Since Media Molecule’s game launched last November, it has …
Read More »Job losses at Big Huge Games
Sources have told MCV sister site Develop that a huge amount of layoffs have hit THQ’s Big Huge Games studio. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Big Huge Games most recently made the Xbox Live Arcade title Catan, and was working with Elder Scrolls creator Ken Rolston on a ‘Big Huge RPG’. …
Read More »Fallout 3 scoops GDC Game of the Year Award
Bethesda’s next-gen action RPG Fallout 3 has claimed the coveted GDC 09 Game of the Year Award at this year’s event, though it was LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule that emerged as the ceremony’s main benefactor, scooping four accolades. Fallout 3 fended off the likes of Fable 2, Left 4 Dead, …
Read More »Criterion reverses free DLC decision
Leading developer Criterion has reversed its decision to offer the upcoming Big Surf Island DLC, which will introduce a whole new island to the game along with a range of new vehicles, for free. Speaking on Criterion’s website, the studio stated: We’d mentioned in a previous podcast that this would …
Read More »More talk of LittleBigPlanet on PSP
With LittleBigPlanet finally out there in the wild wowing gamers and critics alike, talk has returned of the long-rumoured PSP outing for the series. Acclaimed developer Media Molecule has previously admitted that it’s had talks with Sony about a possible portable outing, but the next issue of US games mag …
Read More »Retailers ready for biggest ever launch week
Retailers are facing what could be the biggest release day in industry history next Friday – having hardly had chance to catch breath since the release of Gears of War 2 and LittleBigPlanet. World of Warcraft, Mirror’s Edge, Football Manager and Call of Duty are all amongst next week’s line-up, …
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