Screenshots and further details made available on official website.
Shenmue City, the social game extension to Yu Suzuki’s Dreamcast original, has gone live today. The official site has been updated with screenshots of the game which give a better idea of what to expect.
The free-to-play title, developed by Suzuki’s studio Ys Net, is being published by Sunsoft on Mobage-Town, Japan’s social game platform. A PC version on Yahoo! Mobage will follow.
PlayPack offers unlimited access to a range of titles for $9.99 per month, currently available free for early micro-console owners.
Cloud gaming service OnLive has announced a new flat-rate price option which gives users access to over 40 titles with unlimited access.
The titles announced today include Unreal Tournament 3, Fear 2 and Prince Of Persia.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops continues to be the most talked about game in this week's UK Top Sellers Buzz chart.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops remains at number one in the UK Top Sellers Buzz chart with a total of 39,633 mentions (down from last week’s 54,289). Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood also stays unmoved, with 11,179 mentions, but Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit’s 9301 comments don’t prove enough to stay ahead of Gran Turismo’s 10,683 debut.
November Facebook game chart shows a closing gap on Zynga’s rule.
Inside Social Games’ chart for monthly users of Facebook games reveals that US-based digital media and social game developer Digital Chocolate has managed to grow the user-base of its Millionaire City game by 800,000 users in a typically quiet month for the platform.
Polyphony's driving simulation knocks Black Ops and Brotherhood from the top.
Gran Turismo 5 debuts at number one, knocking Call Of Duty: Black Ops and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood down a place each to second and third respectively in the Nordic all format software chart (which covers Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden in sales of combined SKUs) for the week ending November 28.
Retailers will absorb 2.5 per cent VAT rise next year in order to stay competitive, publishers reluctant to help.
UK shops are intending to freeze the retail price of videogames, mitigating the incoming 2.5 per cent VAT rise on January 4, in order to stay competitive, MCV reports. Stores have asked for publishers help in absorbing this cost, but none have yet agreed to lower cost prices.
Chairman of Red Dead Redemption publisher discusses the digital future and the pitfall of annual releases.
Strauss Zelnick, chairman of US-based publisher Take-Two Interactive, tells Reuters: "I still think in five years the packaged goods business will dominate," and that the growth of digital and mobile revenues will grow “over time”.
Why the co-founder of Flickr is trading photo sharing for world building.
Judge says he has “serious concerns about the government’s case.”
The US district judge presiding over the 360 modchip trial delayed the opening statements of the case yesterday due to concerns over the actions of government witnesses.
The case accuses defendant Matthew Crippen of fitting modchips in consoles and modifying software to accommodate pirated games.
New XBLA program earns members Microsoft Points for online purchases.
Microsoft has launched a new rewards initiative for Xbox Live members in the UK and the US similar to loyalty card schemes offered by retailers.
Rewards Points are awarded to users for performing certain actions. Microsoft has released a full list of criteria for earning points which include renewal of memberships, purchasing Marketplace content and using the Sky service on Xbox Live.
The publisher reveals how important digital sales and DLC are to its future.
Speaking at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference yesterday, EA chief financial officer Eric Brown highlighted the importance of DLC and microtransactions to the publisher's business. The comments directly contrast with Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's comments at yesterday's Reuters Global Media Summit.
Following Gran Turismo 5’s release, Sony’s console sales double week-on-week.
The Japan hardware chart for the week ending November 28 saw continued strong performances for Sony systems.
The Activision Blizzard CEO says that his company won't be entering these game markets any time soon.
Speaking during the Reuters Global Media Summit yesterday, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said that while there was still room for expansion of the publisher's existing games portfolio including Call Of Duty and WOW, he couldn't see as much opportunity in the mobile and social games market.
Sony’s racer takes pole position in the latest chart, toppling Black Ops and beating competition from Mario Sports Mix.
Gran Turismo 5 debuted in the Japan chart with sales of 430,707 units for the week ending November 28.
Canadian university launches online “genetic” puzzle game with plans for Facebook and mobile expansion.
McGill University released Phylo, a free, Flash-based game “in which every puzzle completed contributes to mapping diseases within human DNA” on Monday.
First augmented reality game for Parrot's iPhone controlled AR.Drone device.
Format: PlayStation 3
Release: Out now
Publisher: SCEE
Developer: Polyphony Digital
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UPDATE: Microsoft has issued a statement to Eurogamer today regarding the rumours. "Right now our focus is on supporting Halo: Reach," a Microsoft spokesperson said. "We have nothing to announce at this time."
Rumours hint at 343 Industries’ next project and the future of the series.
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Developer Trion Worlds signs multi-year deal with the publisher for its upcoming MMORPG.
Trion Worlds, the developer behind upcoming MMORPG Rift, has today announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with Ubisoft for the game's distribution across France, Benelux, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Nordic region.
The man behind PS2 and Xbox shooter Black appointed creative director at City Interactive.
Stuart Black, the director responsible for the PS2 and Xbox shooter Black, has been appointed creative director of developer City Interactive's new London Studio. The studio, which was behind Sniper: Ghost Warrior, has recently licensed Crytek's CryEngine 3 for two games scheduled for release over the next two years - Black will be in charge of the development of a WWII FPS which may well be one of the two CE3 projects.
Developer issues a “new round of account suspensions and bans”.
US-based publisher and developer Blizzard has clamped down on StarCraft II players “in violation of the Battle.net Terms of Use for cheating and/or using hack programs while playing”.
Social game giant overhauls FarmVille for its debut in the territory.
US-based social game company Zynga will release a localised version of its Facebook game FarmVille in Japan this month.
Inside Social Games reports that FarmVillage will be launched on the Mixi social network which caters to mobile phone users. The game features a new art-style though the gameplay is largely unchanged from the Facebook original.
First trailer and details from Toshihiro Nagoshi’s “energetic, passionate science fiction tale”.
Producer and creator of the Yakuza series Toshihiro Nagoshi has outlined his in-development 360/PS3 project, Binary Domain.
Company’s US division sends out invites to registered customers to try its online gaming console.
Japan-based electronics company Panasonic has invited selected US residents to test its Jungle game device.