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Splosion Man developer Twisted Pixel has announced it is working on Kinect’s first shooter. The Gunstringer is a comedic Wild West game that blends open 3D movement and Rez-like shooting sections. Using the Kinect camera, players take control of an undead cowboy in the style of a string puppet. The …
Read More »Dead Space 2 sales double original
Dead Space 2 has sold twice as many copies than its predecessor did in release week. The 360, PS3 and PC game shot to No.1 earlier this week – five positions higher than the original Dead Space did in October 2008 when it was released as a new IP. Dead …
Read More »PS3 now on parity with Xbox 360 for EA
EA made as much money on PS3 software as it did on Xbox 360 for the first time in the quarter ending December 31st 2010. Net revenue for PS3 was up 19 per cent year-on-year to $282m. In contrast, Xbox 360 revenues fell 18 per cent to $285m, leaving both …
Read More »New Sega Rally announced
Sega has revealed that it will release a brand new title in the iconic Sega Rally series in 2011. Called Sega Rally Online Arcade, the HD title will be released in digital form only on both Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. It includes both single player Championship and …
Read More »PopCap console games head to retail
Some of PopCap’s most popular casual games are making their way to UK retailers thanks to Mastertronic. The titles will arrive as boxed releases on Xbox 360 and DS for the first time in Europe, with Mastertronic responsible for publishing and distributing the titles. PopCap Hits – which includes Bejeweled …
Read More »Microsoft enjoys record quarter
Xbox 360 and Windows platform holder Microsoft has reported its best ever quarterly earnings for the three months ending December 31st. Total company revenues came in at $19.95bn for the period with profits reaching just over $8bn. It was the Entertainment and Devices Division, which is the home of Xbox …
Read More »Bethesda dates Brink, Rage and Hunted
Bethesda has announced release dates for its 2011 games Brink, Rage and Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. FPS Brink will arrive on May 20th – three days after its North American release on May 17th, while fantasy action title Hunted is due out on June 3rd in the UK and June …
Read More »Mad Catz bags Gears of War 3 licence
Mad Catz has extended its partnership with Epic Games to produce a range of official Gears of War 3 accessories. The new deal gives the firm global rights to develop and market Gears of War 3 controllers, headphones and other peripherals for Xbox 360. Mad Catz was responsible for previous …
Read More »Dance hit heads to Move and Kinect
Ubisoft is bringing one of its popular Wii dancing games to PlayStation Move and Kinect. Dance on Broadway will be released on PS3 on March 18th, with a Kinect version also in the works. The title was originally released on Wii last summer following the huge success of Just Dance, …
Read More »New Platinum title revealed
The next game to emerge from the ongoing partnership between developer Platinum Games and publisher Sega will be called Max Anarchy. Not much is known about the game, though a Famitsu translation courtesy of Andriasang says it will be "an online action combat game with support for large numbers of …
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