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Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton believes rival firms Sony and Microsoft are as equally important in promoting the industry to the next generation of game development hopefuls. Speaking at the Learning Without Frontiers event today, Yarnton set aside old rivalries to say the arrival of both Sony and Microsoft in …
Read More »Microsoft creating 4,000 jobs in UK
Microsoft has pledged to create 4,000 new jobs in the UK as part of a major government initiative. The Windows, Xbox and search engine giant is one of 19 organisations taking part in a new Downing Street scheme to boost the private electronics sector. It is not known which areas …
Read More »Microsoft to create 4,000 UK jobs
Software giant backs Prime Ministerâ??s new private sector push
Read More »Minecraft maestro builds worlds with Kinect hack
Compatibility software engineer details how breakthrough was made
Read More »Windows Phone ‘the next big mobile platform’
Fruit Ninja joy at topping Windows Phone charts
Read More »PS Move is doing ‘phenomenally’
With the new breed of motion control filling the stop-gap left by where we would once expect a new console cycle, analysts have expressed their delight at the festive performance of both PlayStation Move and Xbox 360 Kinect. "Among all the analysts, I was the most bullish, forecasting five to …
Read More »Pro Evo deal for Windows Phone 7
PES 2011 arriving on the mobile platform
Read More »PES 2011 scores on Windows Phone 7
Konami has confirmed that a version of PES 2011 will be released on Windows Phone 7. The game promises "the most advanced team and player AI in a mobile game" and will offer a choice of control systems – one using on-screen buttons like a normal joypad or another, called …
Read More »Fable Coin Golf announced for Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7 users will be able to take a little Fable with them wherever they go with Fable Coin Golf. The new mini-game was one of several announcements Microsoft made for its new mobile platform during its CES 2011 keynote. Coin Golf will be allow players to earn money …
Read More »Beyond Good & Evil fronts XBLA House Party
Microsoft has announced a string of new downloadable games led by Beyond Good & Evil HD. The five-game collection comes as part of an ‘Xbox Live Arcade House Party’ promotion, reports VG247. This gets underway on February 16th with the release of shooter Hard Corps Uprising. Beyond Good & Evil …
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