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Platform holder Microsoft has revealed that DLC for THQ’s upcoming shooter Homefront will be a timed exclusive on Xbox 360. The news, reported by Eurogamer, comes from THQ’s ongoing press gathering in New York. Additional content for the game will be released on PS3, but only after an as-of-yet unannounced …
Read More »Dreamcast pack not heading to PS3
A boxed compilation of classic Dreamcast games will not arrive on PS3 when it hits shelves on February 25th. Dreamcast Collection for Xbox 360 and PC includes Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, Sega Bass Fishing and Space Channel 5: Part 2. PC owners will also be able to download the entire …
Read More »US: Xbox enjoys best ever month
Sales of Xbox 360 hardware were up an amazing 42 per cent year-on-year in the US in December, paving the way the console’s most successful ever month in the territory. In total it sold 1.86m units – significantly less than the 2.5m analyst Michael Pachter had predicted but still an …
Read More »Gaming infiltrates UK gyms
Publishers and other games firms can now target fitness fans directly with advertisements in gyms across the UK. Boomerang Media says it reaches almost 900,000 individuals in over 250 health clubs – including Fitness First and Virgin Active – which can be targeted by location or chain. Adverts can be …
Read More »Linford Christie fronts Kinect promotion
Athletes Linford Christie and Mark Lewis-Francis will race gamers as part of a new Xbox 360 Kinect promotion. The Olympic stars will compete against one winning family in a game of Kinect Sports, while runners-up will win a video chat with the gold medallists. A 4GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle …
Read More »US: MS claims Xbox 360 sell-out
Microsoft’s community voice Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrb has claimed that the platform holder had such a successful Christmas in America that it actually ran our of hardware by the end of the period. "I found out we ran out of consoles at end of the month so [we] don’t expect …
Read More »505 lines up Grease for motion controllers
505 will release Grease for PS3 Move and Xbox 360 Kinect later this year – but it will be a very different game to the one that hit Wii and DS last year. The firm admits that the market shifted significantly during the development of the first version – and …
Read More »James Bond is back
After a temporary hiatus that raised the possibility of Britain’s top secret agent permanently abandoning the silver screen, a new James Bond film has been officially announced by Hollywood studio MGM. The 23rd instalment in the cult movie series is currently scheduled for release worldwide on November 9th 2012. Daniel …
Read More »Koch helps German publisher reach UK players
A popular German publisher will see a number of its games hit UK shelves via Koch Media. BitComposer’s PC games Wildlife Park 3 and Air Conflicts: Secret Wars (also coming to Kinect) will reach stores later this year. As a franchise Wildlife Park has sold over 500,000 units worldwide since the …
Read More »Minecraft meets Kinect
A compatibility software engineer has managed to port an image taken from Kinect into the PC world-building game Minecraft. Nathan Viniconis explained on his personal blog how developers could utilise depth camera on Kinect and repurpose the data as a full 3D object within Minecraft’s block-built environments. Viniconis’s day job …
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