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One of the most high-profile game series of the past ten years is to introduce a new mode for those affected by Colour Vision Deficiency. Sledgehammer Games, the co-developers of Modern Warfare 3, said a new feature added to the FPS would help those with a decreased ability to perceive …
Read More »Videogame TV show Good Game: Spawn Point expands
Australian broadcaster ABC3 has extended the running time of its video game TV show Good Game: Spawn Point (GG:SP) from 15 to 30 minutes after a hugely successful first season. GG:SP recently held a preview screening for its newly expanded show at the ABC offices in Sydney, boasting some impressive …
Read More »iGEA focusing on legislative and regulatory issues
The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) says it is working hard to ensure legislative and regulatory framework is conducive to healthy growth in the Australia and New Zealand markets. Speaking to MCV Pacific, iGEA CEO Ron Curry said that was the major challenge faced by the industry now that …
Read More »INTERVIEW: John Burns, Trion Worlds
Smart phones, social networks and other relatively low-entry gaming platforms have spawned a new wave of indie developers and fresh IP. Not since the late ‘70s and early ‘80s days of ‘back bedroom’ coding have so many flowers bloomed, or has it been so easy to get a gaming concept …
Read More »Firemint Studios pushes into core gaming
Flight Control has been the #1 paid iPhone app in at least 20 countries and is one of the largest success stories on the platform due to its casual appeal. The game sold 4.8 million units across iPhone, iPad and Mac OSX. As a result, Firemint has grown to be …
Read More »Digital gamers spend £24 a month
Gamers are spending over 20 every month on digital content. MCV’s survey into the habits and opinions of download-loving gamers showed that on average regular users of these services spend 24 on apps, virtual items, DLC, downloads and subscriptions. We surveyed 633 gamers that regularly use services like PSN, XBLA, …
Read More »GMA 2011: Online and broadcast
The nominations are flooding in for this year’s Games Media Awards, with over 800 journalists, broadcasters, PRs, readers and viewers nominating their favourite mags, websites and more for one of the sector’s top accolades. If you haven’t lobbied, you have until Monday July 25th to make your views count. Simply …
Read More »OPINION: Please don’t stop the music
A saving grace of the declining market and associated Wii slow-down has been the resurgence around music games. Activision may have sworn off its take on the category (over-priced DLC and cumbersome plastic peripherals will do that), but the likes of Ubisoft and Nordic Games have, as they say on …
Read More »Call of Duty Elite is "the best free games service ever made"
Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg is supremely confident in the Call of Duty online service the publisher is launching with Modern Warfare 3. In fact he thinks Call of DutyElite’s mix of community features, content updates and competitions will make it the best free gaming service available. At E3 we …
Read More »Microsoft Unleashes XNA Game Studio Express
Based on the Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and .NET Compact framework, XNA Game Studio Express allows anyone with a Windows PC to develop a game, which can then be shared to other creators via the web or an Xbox 360-backed online Creators Club. Plus, Microsoft is launching a game …
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