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The next instalment in DICE’s popular multiplayer war series Battlefield 1943 will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 next week, publisher EA has confirmed. Xbox 360 owners will get a one-day head start of their PlayStation rivals when the game arrives on Xbox Live on July 8th, priced at …
Read More »Last.FM free to XBL Gold members
Microsoft has outlined some early details concerning its upcoming Xbox Live tie-up with popular music streaming service Last.fm, and the good news is that access will be free to Gold members of the online games network. Speaking to Joystiq, Xbox Live general manager Christina DeRosa stated: "Gold users will have …
Read More »Xbox Community Games market "too small"
Daniel Jones, the director of developer Binary Tweed and the man behind Xbox Live Community Games hit Clover has cast doubt on the credentials of Microsoft’s indie publishing platform as a viable avenue to market. Frustratingly enough, the critical reception to the game has been good," Jones stated. "The size …
Read More »Championship Manager 2010 dated
Eidos has announced that the next instalment in its noteworthy football management series, dubbed Championship Manager 2010, will be released this September. The game, which has been in development for two years, will for the first time include the ability for users to download real-world stats from the footballing world …
Read More »Will 360 Games on Demand worry retail?
Microsoft insists that its new Xbox 360 Games on Demand service won’t dampen retail sales. But at E3, where the new service was unveiled, the firm admitted it hadn’t yet decided how long – if at all – a wait there will be between a digital release and its boxed …
Read More »No plans to sell new releases on Xbox Live
Microsoft has stated that new release titles will not be sold on its upcoming Xbox 360 games on demand service – for now. Right now the plan is to have classic titles,” Xbox Live and services boss John Schappert told Eurogamer. We’re talking about 30 titles at launch – I …
Read More »NPD: 360 has the digital edge over PS3
North American stats behemoth NPD has revealed that 18 per cent of Xbox 360 owners who subscribe to Microsoft’s Gold Membership regularly” download content – markedly higher than the 10 per cent of PS3 owners who do the same. Membership of the Xbox Live Gold service is also on the …
Read More »E3 2009 conference schedule
As you’re more than likely already well aware, next week sees the games industry’s most important event take place in LA – and MCV will be here covering all the major announcements as they happen. E3 2009 coverage has already started on MCV and will be ongoing through to the …
Read More »Xbox 360 TV news on the way next week
Microsoft is to hold a press event next week that will detail a new Xbox 360 content agreement that is in some way related to TV. The invite reads: Xbox is delighted to invite you to attend the announcement of a partnership sure to keep TV fans glued to Xbox …
Read More »Triple-A dev model no longer appealing
Speaking to MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz, the business development director of Strawdog Studios Dan Marchant has stated that the triple-A games development model is not as appealing to the wider development industry as it once was. I am sure the idea of developing a triple-A game is appealing to many …
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