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Publishing giant THQ has a Natal game in the pipeline that could cost as much as $40 million to make – yet the company is hedging its bets due to the unknown popularity of the device. THQ VP of core games, Danny Bilson, said that Natal had lent the company …
Read More »Unity iPhone 1.7 released
Latest version includes free iPad support - as over 15 Unity-authored iPad apps roll out
Read More »Mamba Games targets next-gen
Publisher Mamba Games is making its first move on to next-gen platforms with upcoming Xbox 360 thriller Gray Matter, MCV can reveal. The publisher, which has until now concentrated on the PC platform, stressed that this release is part of a wider plan to publish more games on multiple platforms. …
Read More »Natal games will surprise
With Sony having dealt its first major hand in the motion control battle by revealing some of its debut Move software offerings, the industry is patiently waiting for Microsoft to do the same – and Xbox director of product management Aaron Greenberg has promised that Natal’s games won’t disappoint. The …
Read More »MS says no to Xbox web browser
Though to some the omissions of a built-in web browser on Xbox 360 continues to baffle, Microsoft has once again definitively stated that it will not be introducing the feature in any future updates for the console. Instead, it intends to focus on optimising key web experiences through the possible …
Read More »Is this the Xbox 360 Slim?
This one is simply not going away – new pictures from Dutch site GameKings, as spotted by VG247, pertain to be of the still unconfirmed Xbox 360 Slim. Apparently going under the codename Napoleon, the new hardware sticks very much to the aesthetic of the current machine, though looks to …
Read More »GAME secures Backbreaker exclusive
505 Games’ American football title Backbreaker is to be sold exclusively via GAME on Xbox 360 and PS3. And the iPhone edition of the game – Backbreaker: Tackle Ally – features a link so customers can instantly pre-order the console version from GAME websites. The iPhone game is already available …
Read More »BioWare rules out Xbox SWTOR
Acclaimed RPG developer BioWare has moved to scupper any lingering hopes that in-the-works MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is also lining up a secret arrival on Xbox 360. Talk of said SKU emerged yesterday after an Xbox 360 version of the title appeared on a leaked GAME release schedule. …
Read More »Battlefield 1943 breaks XBLA records
Digital-only multiplayer shooter Battlefield 1943 has become the fastest game to 1m sales on Xbox Live, EA has confirmed. The reception of Battlefield 1943 continues to amaze us, even months after the game was released,” the game’s producer Gordon Van Dyke said in a statement. Being the fastest game to …
Read More »Old Republic heading to Xbox 360?
BioWare’s MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is being lined up for a release on Xbox 360 – that’s the claim of VG247, which reports to have obtained a GAME release schedule detailing a host of unreleased announcements. The information points to a 2011 TBC release for the as-of-yet unannounced …
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