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Today’s issue of UK national newspaper The Sun leads with a story that has no doubt caused headaches at Microsoft. With a headline of ‘Death by Xbox’, the paper has pushed to the fore the tragic case of Chris Staniforth, a 20-year-old who died of deep-vein-thrombosis (DVT). The report directly …
Read More »Cave to release new Windows Phone 7 shooter
Famed 2D shooter studio Cave is to build games for Windows Phone 7, the studio has announced. The Tokyo-based Dodonpachi developer has already embraced the smartphone platforms by porting several champion games to Apple’s iOS platform. Now, according to a report translated byAndriasang, the longstanding studio is building content for …
Read More »Kinect and Wii U tempt BBC into retail games
The BBC wants some of its biggest brands to lead a new wave of boxed retail games, an executive at the company has said. The broadcaster is seeking both publisher and studio partnerships with a view to creating games based on some of its famous TV series,according to CVG. Simon …
Read More »Endgame Studios says 3D ‘not necessary’ for 3DS success
MCV recently spoke to Grant Davies, managing director of Endgame Studios in Melbourne, about the overstated usefulness of stereoscopic 3D on the 3DS. Davies explains: "We’ve been involved in the development of 9 DS games in total, mostly working with brands such as Spider-Man, Shrek, and Spyro, but more recently …
Read More »Finally, GameStop gets serious about UK
GameStop has closed its two UK High Street shops. But the firm says it is now targeting UK gamers more aggressively than ever: through a .co.uk e-store that offers cheaper games, exclusives and – eventually – downloads. GameStop.co.uk had a soft-launch last week, but was officially announced overnight by the …
Read More »El Shaddai to be distributed in PAL regions by Konami
Konami has announced that it will be distributing the UTV Ignition title El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. El Shaddai sees players take place in an epic battle of good versus evil, saving the human race in a stylised, minimalist world on PS3 and …
Read More »Don’t miss out on the next Develop Quiz
Games studios across the UK are already booking their place for the next Develop Quiz, which kicks off in just a few weeks. The Wednesday September 14th event will bring together eighteen teams to the Sway Bar in Holborn, London. On the night, teams will have the chance to flaunt …
Read More »OPINION: The hits keep on coming… eventually
In the middle of a summer slump, MCV hasn’t made pleasant reading. The weekly games retail market value is teetering worryingly close to an all time low. You’ve seen the headlines – after all, we’ve printed them; we are all doomed. But things aren’t over yet. Not by a long …
Read More »Dev confirms PS Vita RAM cut claims
Sony’s alleged reduction to PS Vita’s RAM capacity won’t harm developers working with the system, a Sony studio partner has said. Dani Snchez-Crespo, the CEO of PSP games studio Novarama, told Develop that the upcoming PS Vita handheld will have a whole lot of headroom in terms of GPU power, …
Read More »Ten publishers dominate iPhone top 300
More than half of the money made from the top 300 iPhone games is channelled to just ten publishers, new data suggests. Mobile analytics group Distimo suggests that Apple’s booming games platform no longer helps smaller studios compete on an even playing field with the more established mobile publishers such …
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