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The team behind Guitar Hero are busy working on a way to create a game for Microsoft’s Project Natal. The co-founder of RedOctane, Kai Huang, has revealed that the firm is investigating the idea of having a camera track players’ movements – and said the firm is exploring the possibilities” …
Read More »Jedward: We tested Xbox games
X-Factor twins ‘Jedward’ have revealed that they tested video games for Microsoft before embarking on their new fame-filled career. The bequiffed Irish brothers – real names John and Edward Grimes – became controversial figures on the ITV talent show for their dodgy vocal skills, but won mass public support before …
Read More »Reinventing an icon
Michael French looks at how and why Disney is using video games – not films, comics or TV – to revamp the world’s most famous rodent and re-introduce the world to Mickey Mouse… There’s no shortage of iconic video games characters. Mario, Sonic, Lara, Master Chief; as an interactive medium, …
Read More »Blizzard explains Diablo III delay
Blizzard executive video president of game design Rob Pardo has been explaining why Diablo III’s arrival is still a ways off, and grappling with the perennial problem of announcing big games too early. Like other Blizzard properties Starcraft and World of WarCraft, Diablo has a large base of loyal fans, …
Read More »Datel hits MS with memory suit
Datel has filed a lawsut against Microsoft, following the latter’s Dashboard update which rendered third-party memory cards useless. The antitrust lawsuit was filed in San Francisco federal court on Monday, complaining that Microsoft had deliberately altered its technology to force Datel Max Memory cards out of the market. "For many …
Read More »Obama’s Little Big plan
On Monday, U.S. president Barack Obama unveiled an education campaign designed to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in children’s education. A raft of companies and charity foundations announced their support including Time Warner, Discovery, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Sony Computer Entertainment America. The games firm …
Read More »Natal doesnt worry us, says Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto has brushed off the threat to Wii from Project Natal and PS3’s motion control system – claiming he is confident that Nintendo will once again discover ‘something unique’ for its next console. Speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine in its special 50th edition, Miyamoto said that Microsoft and Sony’s …
Read More »Shiny Zavvi People
When Zavvi collapsed last Christmas, it looked like there was no way back for the High Street entertainment store. The firm plunged into administration on Christmas Eve – another deadly blow to the High Street after Woolworths suffered a similar fate but weeks before. Fast-growing online retail specialist The Hut, …
Read More »The Warfare State
Modern Warfare 2. Not a bad little launch, hey? Thanks to unprecedented retail activity – responsible for a large chunk of the initial sales – Call of Duty is already on course to gross over a billion dollars worldwide in this calendar year alone. Yet only now can we start …
Read More »Editorial: Good riddance to NIMF
There’s a bizarre sentiment in some game outlets that the closure of U.S. busy-body media-watching outfit The National Institute on Media and the Family, might somehow be detrimental to the game industry’s quest for moral acceptance. One games journalist wrote, "We shouldn’t be too quick to cheer. NIMF …brought a …
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