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Steam’s Big Picture mode for televisions will be in the hands of users sometime next month, Valve has announced. Valve designer Greg Coomer revealed in an interview with GTTV that a beta for the application will arrive sometime in September. "In early September you’ll be able to hop into a …
Read More »The Walking Dead FPS announced by Activision
Activision has revealed a first-person shooter take on The Walking Dead is in the works. Developed by Terminal Reality, the game will be based on the AMC television series as opposed to the comic (which Telltale’s adventure series is centered around). Players control Daryl and Merle Dixon on a ‘haunting, …
Read More »Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse listed on Amazon for PS3/360
Retailer listings reveal a new Family Guy title is on the way to consoles later this year. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse has a release target and will be published by Activision, but beyond that not much is currently known. Amazon (via Joystiq) lists both a PS3 and Xbox …
Read More »Adam Sessler leaves G4
Gaming personality Adam Sessler has announced he has left television network G4. Television personality Adam Sessler and TV network G4 are parting ways, with Adam’s last episode as host of G4’s "X-Play" airing on the network today, Wednesday, April 25,” a statement from Sessler’s representative read. AdditionallyKotaku reports that their …
Read More »Aardman: TV and games must ‘talk the same language’
To better work together the television and games sectors must share a common understanding, says digital boss
Read More »The changing length of games TV ad campaigns
The average games industry TV campaign has increased over the past five years from 2.58 weeks in 2008 to 2.97 in 2010 and now 3.39 weeks in 2012. The average length of a console ad campaign has grown marginally since 2008, from two to 2.33 weeks. The PS Vita was …
Read More »Which game won the battle of the TV ads?
We reveal what TV viewers liked most about some of this season’s biggest games advertisements, including those for Skyrim, FIFA 12 and Modern Warfare 3. Ensuring a TV?campaign is seen by a large number of people doesn’t always guarantee strong sales. The creative content of a TV commercial needs to …
Read More »Apple’s iTV ‘could launch late next year’
Research analyst bases date on meetings with contacts close to Asian component suppliers
Read More »3D not engaging UK public
Research has shown that 3D is on course to become a mass market product, but has yet to engage the majority of its audience. A study by Informa Media & Telecoms predicts that 3DTVs will find their way into 11m homes over the next five years, but less than half …
Read More »C4 games development documentary to air
Dare to be Digital contest to be the focal point of three-part television show
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