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A design for a ‘tactile touchscreen’ that allows users to feel textures as well as see them has been patented by Windows and Xbox platform holder Microsoft. New Scientist reports that the technology uses pixel-sized shape-memory plastic cells that can be ordered to protrude from the surface on command”. Several …
Read More »Move/Kinect shortages questioned
Supplies of both Xbox 360 Kinect and PlayStation Move are not as short as either Microsoft or Sony would have you believe, US analyst Michael Pachter has claimed. Last week Sony stated that it had misjudged the demand for the stand-alone Move controllers” and that we have a catch-up problem …
Read More »Encouraging signs for games on Windows Phone 7
Distimo report finds an Xbox whitewash in the WP7 top 10
Read More »Paid games a hit on Windows Phone 7
Games occupy the Top 10 slots in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace’s paid applications chart, according to research from analytics firm Distimo. What’s more, with prices between $2.99 and $6.99, the chart has yet to be dominated by iOS-style 99-cent titles. Games account for 40% of the 100 most popular …
Read More »Kinect sells 26k in Japan
Having hit Japanese retail last weekend, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect reportedly sold around 26k units in its first two days on sale. Like in the UK, Kinect in Japan is bundled with a copy of Kinect Adventures. Sales include both standalone and units bundled with the 4GB and 250GB variants …
Read More »Move lightsaber game better than Kinects
Though the title hasn’t been officially revealed, a software engineer from Sony America’s R&D department has announced that a lightsaber game is coming to PlayStation Move – and that it’s a lot better than the Xbox 360 Kinect game that’s in the works. There’s no way Kinect can do a …
Read More »‘Over 15k devs’ register for Windows Phone
Microsoft claims an 80 per cent jump in app creators since September
Read More »There WILL be a Halo movie
The on-off saga of a potential movie based on the Halo franchise has been reignited once again with a very firm statement from Microsoft’s Frank O’Connor: There will be a Halo movie”. O’Connor was formerly the content manager and front-facing voice of Halo developers Bungie, though now works directly for …
Read More »MS defends COD swastika ban
Platform holder Microsoft has outlined its reasoning behind its blanket ban on the use of the swastika in the multiplayer mode of Call of Duty: Black Ops. The online element of the game allows users to personalise their own badges. So detailed are the tools that the possibilities are endless. …
Read More »3 screens, 1 cloud
Ruffian Games' Billy Thomson looks at cloud gaming and the future
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