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The BBC has completed the roll out of iPlayer across all games consoles – with today’s launch of the service for Xbox 360. This means the BBC content service is now available on Wii, PS3 and 360. On 360, the app comes with Kinect-ready voice and gesture functions. It’s taken …
Read More »Draw Something dev making $100k a day
Draw Something, the newest App Store sensation that brings Pictionary-like gaming to mobiles and tablets, is reportedly making more than $100,000 each day for its creators. The financial success of the title has fast become a matter of intense speculation. At the time of going to press, Draw Something is …
Read More »‘No new Xbox at E3’ says MS PR boss
Microsoft wants you to forget the rumours and scuttlebutt – it is insisting there will be no new Xbox reveal at E3. According to tweets from Bloomberg news’ technology reporter Dina Bass, Microsoft’s head of corporate PR David Dennis has said there will be no new console to be shown …
Read More »OPINION: About that MCV cover…
GAME’s communications boss called me earlier. I am not a popular person at the retailer’s Basingstoke HQ right now. And for good reason. I’ve had hate mail from some of GAME’s 6,000 employees this morning. I am not a popular person at the retailer’s 600 shops right now. And for …
Read More »Obsidian staff denied bonus due to 84% Metacritic score
Downsized California studio Obsidian lost out on bonus pay for the RPG Fallout New Vegas because its Metacritic score was one point below the threshold, a developer at the studio has claimed. Publisher Bethesda was not permitted to pay additional royalties for the RPG because it scored 84 on Metacritic, …
Read More »GONE: The GAME we once knew is up [ANALYSIS]
Some will say that the image with this OpEd – which also adorns our cover this week – is too much, too soon. But even after a dramatic Wednesday that saw a buyer officially enter the frame and rumours mount that another US firm is sniffing around… I think we …
Read More »Guerrilla and Crytek tooling up for next-gen
Leading European studios Guerrilla Games and Crytek are dedicating resources to next generation game technologies, new job vacancy listings show. The Killzone and Crysis creators are just two of many studios across the continent now hiring staff for work on future platforms, according to a series of vacancies posted on …
Read More »New iPad pre-orders sell out
It seems the New iPad unveiled by Apple last week has appealed to the masses of loyal fans. Apple claims it is already struggling to keep up with demand ahead of the March 16th release date. The Apple statement, says: "Customer response to the new iPad has been off the …
Read More »GAME buyer ‘would prefer to wait for a formal administration’
Pundits say that GAME will have to go into administration or become insolvent before acquirers step in. The troubled UK retailer has already had a tough day, with shares hitting an all-time low as speculation about its future continuing to mount. Now analysts reckon the worst will have to happen …
Read More »EA "not weakened" by Zynga staff poaching
Electronic Arts has not been weakened by the departures of key personnel to rivals such as social gaming outfit Zynga, CEO John Riccitiello has said. The publishing giant has had numerous head staff exit the company during the last year, with former COO John Schappert and exec VP of EA …
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