A highlight from our community-written blogs, featuring motion and forgetfulness.
With the furore surrounding Kinect's release, and Move gathering pace, Wii Motion Plus appears to have taken a back seat. But Alex Walker wonders if Nintendo's Wii Motion Plus has been drowned out by the nose all together.
Nintendo president to give fourth keynote to GDC audience in San Francisco next month.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is one of the keynote speakers at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2011 next month.
Event organisers have revealed that Iwata will speak on the subject “Video Games Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future”, chiming nicely with this being GDC’s 25th year.
Ray Maguire tells game-focused education conference of the need to involve games in UK learning.
Sony’s UK boss Ray Maguire has urged the government, learning providers and the private sector to incorporate games into the national curriculum, according to GI.biz.
Firm to launch microtransaction-funded Viva! Mall on Facebook this week.
Japanese publisher Konami has announced its first full foray into social gaming with the Facebook launch of Viva! Mall later this week.
While Konami already has a limited presence on Facebook – it released a version of Frogger on the social networking site in 2008, and console tie-in Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Friend Challenge last October – this is its first fully-featured social game.
Do new benchmarks, new APIs and a new wave of game engines signal a new era for PC graphics?
You can read part one of this feature, here.
Capcom announces iOS port of 2008 console/PC release; due later this month for $6.99.
Capcom is porting Devil May Cry 4 to iOS devices. Dubbed Devil May Cry 4: Refrain, it is due to hit the App Store later this month.
Intel paying sum over five years to offset uneven patent deal; all ongoing lawsuits dropped.
Rivals Nvidia and Intel have signed a patent deal that sees all existing legal cases between the two dropped, with Intel paying Nvidia $1.5 billion.
As a result of the deal, Intel will have full access to all of Nvidia’s patents, though Nvidia only has limited access to Intel’s. To compensate for this, Intel will pay Nvidia $1.5 billion over the next five years.
The King of Kong is dead. Long live the King of Kong.
New York plastic surgeon Dr Hank Chien has set a new Donkey Kong world record, reclaiming the honour from King Of Kong star Steve Wiebe.
Chien first won the title last March, setting a new record score of 1,061,700, but his score was beaten by veteran high score champion Billy Mitchell’s tally of 1,062,800. Wiebe then broke Mitchell’s record in September with 1,064,500.
Developer Halfbrick claims rapid success for WP7 version of its iOS melon-slasher.
Australian developer Halfbrick has claimed that the Windows Phone 7 version of its iOS smash Fruit Ninja is the best selling game on Microsoft’s mobile platform.
Unstoppable Activision shooter highest selling PS3 and Xbox 360 game of the year too.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops has been named the UK’s best-selling all-formats game of last year by Gfk Chart-Track.
Jobs in tech support, sales and software development coming this year to offset public sector cuts.
Microsoft has pledged to create 4,000 UK jobs in 2011 as part of a government initiative to rebalance the economy.
Third Warcraft expansion now fastest-selling PC game ever, breaking Lich King’s record.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm has sold more than 4.7 million copies in its first month on sale, a new record for monthly PC game sales.
When playing 3DS games in full 3D, anyway. Internal software lineup also detailed.
Nintendo has confirmed that its upcoming 3DS handheld has a battery life of between three and five hours.
The limit applies to 3DS games being played in 3D, with battery life naturally slightly longer when playing with 3D switched off or DS titles, which sees life extended to between five and eight hours. The system takes three and a half hours to fully charge.
Youtube video shows Resident Evil 2 and Rage Racer running on smartphone which doesn’t exist.
Youtube footage has appeared showing off the long-rumoured PlayStation Phone running original PlayStation games.
The device, branded Xperia Play, closely resembles the PSPgo and is shown in a video running Resident Evil 2 and Rage Racer, the third game in the Ridge Racer series.
Format: PS3
Release: Out now
Publisher: SCE
Developer: In-house
Is light replacing time as the key ingredient in videogame experiments? If Lost In Shadow was a hint that working in the dark could take the platform-puzzler in a fresh direction, Echochrome II is the proof that it can.
Speedrunners playing 100 games in six days to raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
Members of the speedrun website Speed Demos Archive (SDA) are in the midst of a six-day speedrunning marathon, during which 100 games will be played to completion, to raise money for charity.
The event, dubbed Awesome Games Done Quick, kicked off last Thursday with a run through our 2010 Game of the Year, Super Mario Galaxy 2, followed by a thirty-minute run through Portal.
“When we have an announcement to make we’ll make it”, Microsoft CEO tells BBC.
Microsoft has dropped its strongest hint yet that it may formally introduce PC support for its motion sensing peripheral Kinect.
Ballmer made the revelation in an interview with the BBC at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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Eight games available alongside new handheld on February 26; Nintendogs the only firstparty offering.
Nintendo has detailed its upcoming 3DS handheld’s launch lineup ahead of its Japanese debut next month, reports Andriasang.
EA’s football title and Ubi’s Just Dance 2 keep Black Ops out of top two for first time.
FIFA 11 tops the UK all-formats chart for the week ending January 8, as Call Of Duty: Black Ops drops out of the top two places for the first time since its launch on November 9.
Whether played out on a battlefield or in a backyard, a dispute always has two stories. This article concerns a story about QCF Design, a three-man development team in South Africa, and one about Lazy Peon, a one-man outfit in San Francisco. It's about a game called Desktop Dungeons that's not yet on sale, and a copy of it called League Of Epic Heroes available worldwide on Apple's App Store. Most of all, it's about sharing an idea as opposed to copying one.
Six finalists up for US award recognising excellence in videogame writing.
The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for its 2011 Videogame Writing Award.
Not all games released last year are up for selection; games had to be released between December 1, 2009 and November 30, 2010. In addition games had to carry a specific writing credit and the criteria also require that writers are members, or have applied to be members, of the WGA.
Milestone reached within 24 hours of launch; hacking group to release crack in due course.
Apple has announced a good start for its Mac App Store: downloads from the software marketplace, launched yesterday, have already topped one million.
Consoles, games, accessories sent to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Office heart-cockles: warmed.
Members of Edge’s forum have donated £1,320.15 to patients at The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) for gaming charity Child’s Play.
Our award for the best mainstream game of 2010.
Runner up: Bayonetta
Format: 360, PS3 Publisher: Sega Developer: Platinum Games
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Enterbrain’s year-end figures disappoint; Nintendo tops hardware and software charts.
The Japanese gaming market declined by more than 9 per cent in 2010, according to year-end figures released by Famitsu owner Enterbrain (translated by Andriasang).