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News: Sky TV to hit Xbox 360 on October 27
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 14, 2009
Microsoft’s previously-announced link-up with satellite TV provider BSkyB will see TV programmes available through the Xbox 360 from October 27 in the UK.
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News: Tripwire: Valve "absolutely not" exploiting indies with Steam
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 13, 2009
Tripwire Interactive co-founder and president John Gibson has defended Valve following Randy Pitchford’s accusation its Steam service exploits small developers, saying if it wasn’t for Steam he wouldn’t have a company. “Is Valve exploiting independent developers
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News: Ready at Dawn enters engine business
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 12, 2009
US independent developer Ready at Dawn Studios has announced plans to enter the middleware business with the release of its own dedicated PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PSP engine. The studio best known for handheld titles God of War: Chains of Olympus and Daxter claims the engine will cater to specific console development needs and cut out the need for additional technology. “At Ready At Dawn Studios, we are faced with the challenges of making a great game everyday,” said Didier Malenfant, president of Ready At Dawn Studios
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News: Oxygen Games goes into administration
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 12, 2009
UK publisher Oxygen Games has gone into administration. The outfit was known for a range of low-key sports titles, including PDC World Championship Darts, and had a number of Wii titles in the pipeline, including Cate West: Vanishing Files and Safar’Wii.
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Interview: Zattikka’s Matt Spall
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 9, 2009
For a company that was only formed this year, online and mobile gaming network Zattikka has made some bold moves.
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News: "Digital delivery is challenging a lot of people" – Zattikka
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 9, 2009
The digital distribution business model is challenging a lot of company’s and working out how to monetise it is the biggest problem of working within it, Zattikka’s head of product development Matt Spall has told GamesIndustry.biz. “The challenge is really finding the ways and discovering new business models,” said Spall.
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News: Price cuts fuel PSP and Wii sales in Japan
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 9, 2009
The PlayStation Portable and Nintendo Wii have seen sales almost triple following their respective price cuts in Japan.
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News: EA launches Flips DS books range for kids
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 9, 2009
Electronic Arts has announced the launch of a new range of DS titles aimed at children, featuring books by key children’s authors. The Flips range will feature four releases before Christmas in partnership with book publishers Egmont and Penguin, and line-up popular authors including Enid Blyton and Eoin Colfer. The idea for the range, first aired internally at EA around a year ago, was thought up by Harvey Elliott, VP and GM for Casual at the EA Play label, and was influenced by his own family life.
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Editorial: Disorderly Queue
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on October 9, 2009
Like any other medium, videogames have developed certain conventions as they have evolved – conventions which were often first set in place by technological limitations of the time, but which can persist long after those limits have been removed by the march of technology. Gaming conventions come to form part of the language of the medium, giving designers (of both software and hardware) touchstones which they know will be familiar and comfortable for their audience
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