Archive for June, 2010
You wouldn’t be gaming today without Nolan Bushnell’s landmark vision. <img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://googlegamer.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/18193_img.phdo?s=7fe97d9d0381e0aa9d5cbd0ed93e03a0&p=1″ /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://googlegamer.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/18193_px?u=pheedo&rtv=MediaEnt&rtv=p29865&rtv=f17140″ /><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://googlegamer.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/18193_p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29865.rss.MediaEnt.17140,cat.MediaEnt.rss” />
UK online retailer ShopTo is listing Kinect for Xbox 360 with a recommended retail price of £129.99 and release date of November 19. Microsoft has not yet officially priced the motion control technology, but US retailers have also been quick to put the price at around $149.99 in the region. In comparison to the UK [...]
Technical data revealed on retailer site Play.com appears to confirm that the Xbox 360 Kinect system can only support two players at a time in-game. The data represents the most detailed information so far released, with the most controversial being the specification of Kinect’s skeletal tracking system. The system is listed as being able to [...]
Sales of the iPhone stand at 1.7 million units after just three days, despite continued complaints about hardware problems and loss of signal. The new smartphone was launched on Wednesday June 24 and comes pre-installed with the new iOS 4 operating system. New hardware features include a new high resolution display, 40 per cent longer [...]
Xbox director of product management Aaron Greenberg has implied that Lionhead Studios’ Milo & Kate is merely a tech demo and may not ever be released to the public. Speaking on ABC’s Good Game, Greenberg was asked why Milo & Kate was not featured at E3 2010. “The Milo Project is something that Lionhead Studios [...]
Infinity Ward may no longer focus solely on the Call Of Duty series, as Activision executive vice president Dave Stohl hints at the creation of a new franchise. Speaking in a new interview with website VG247, Stohl referred to Infinity Ward undergoing “a huge recruiting drive” following the headline-grabbing exit of the studios’ two leads [...]
New console technology in the form of Move, Kinect and home 3D are all just stop-gaps on the road to the next-generation of home consoles, which could arrive within two to three years, according to Capcom’s David Reeves. Sony has always championed a ten year plan for the PlayStation 3, and Microsoft said last week [...]
Capcom hired long-time Sony veteran David Reeves earlier this year, with the remit of expanding its European operations through new regional opportunities and emerging business models. The popular executive helped establish a rock solid foundation for the original PlayStation through to PlayStation 3 and the PSP, and it’s this care and attention to the complex [...]
Global publisher Activision Blizzard has joined developer organisation TIGA, backing the continued fight to gain tax relief in the UK. The company has two major UK teams, Blur studio Bizarre Creations and FreeStyle, makers of DJ Hero. “At Activision Blizzard we are extremely supportive of TIGA’s campaign to secure tax relief for the UK development [...]
Sony Enertainment Online’s vritual world Free Realms now boasts over 12 million users, with two million of those gained during the last four months. The free-to-play MMO, aimed at younger gamers, launched last year – pulling 10 million users within just 10 months of existence. While Sony has yet to release information on how many [...]
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