Rare updates Xbox 360 Avatars as unrealistic proportions affect hand-eye coordination when using Kinect.
Rare senior programmer Nick Burton has told Official Xbox Magazine that the developer is redesigning the Xbox 360's Avatars for Kinect. The change is as a result of users struggling to co-ordinate themselves with the cartoony proportions of the current Avatars, which Rare also designed, when using Microsoft's motion control device.
Peter Moore expresses doubt over current 3D TV take up and says that Kinect and Move will not add to FIFA experience.
EA Sports president Peter Moore has told Eurogamer that Kinect, PlayStation Move and stereoscopic 3D won't be coming to FIFA in the near future. Speaking at Gamescom, Moore felt that the technologies wouldn't enhance the traditional FIFA experience.
Insomniac reveals Resistance 3 and four player co-op title Rachet And Clank: All 4 One at Gamescom 2010.
Speaking at Gamescom 2010 Sony Conference yesterday, president and CEO of Insomniac Games Ted Price revealed Resistance 3 and Rachet And Clank: All 4 One.
A trailer for the latest game in the Resistance franchise was shown (below), but didn't include any gameplay footage. According to Insomniac's Twitter page, the game is scheduled for release in 2011.
Boston-based social music gamemaker purchased for undisclosed sum; Zynga uses it to form Zynga Boston.
In yet more news from the social games specialist, which today launched its first game in east Asia, it has established another studio to complement its existing studios in San Francisco, Austin, Baltimore, Bangalore, Beijing and Los Angeles.
League Of Legends developer responds to Valve's trademarking of 'DotA', aiming to keep the game open to modding community.
Riot Games, the developer League of Legends, has counter-filed a trademark application for 'Defense Of The Ancients' in response to Valve Software's recent copyright application for acronym 'DotA'.
Zynga Poker is social game maker's first step to building playbase in Asia.
The game, launched as a beta in Taiwan and Hong Kong, is a Mandarin localisation of Zynga's first social game, which opened in July 2007, seven months after the company's founding. It is not currently available in mainland China, where Facebook is currently blocked.
Former Blizzard director leaves Champions Online and Star Trek Online developer after two years, citing "restlessness".
Cryptic Studios has announced that chief creative office Bill Roper is departing the company after two years working with the Champions Online and Star Trek Online developer.
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New Resistance And Rachet And Clank Games Announced
Insomniac reveals Resistance 3 and four player co-op title Rachet And Clank: All 4 One at Gamescom 2010.
PS3 Move Bundle Priced And Dated
Anonymous source reveals cancellation of third Force Unleashed game and upcoming redundancies. Staff morale at "all time low".
Publisher and recruitment agency aim to attract Realtime Worlds staff in the wake of the company entering administration.
Following yesterday's news (which we have updated today) that Realtime Worlds has entered administration, Activision and game industry recruitment specialist Specialmove have announced a recruitment event in Dundee aimed at attracting staff from the ailing developer.
Sony confirms the pricing and release dates for two new PS3 SKUs, both of which will offer greater hard-drive capacity.
As previously predicted, Sony will release two new PS3 SKUs, one of which will be packaged with Move. Speaking at Gamescom 2010, Andrew House confirmed the price points and revealed that both SKUs will feature larger hard-drives.
Polyphony Digital's driving simulator will be released in Europe on November 3rd.
Speaking at Gamescom 2010, Andrew House has confirmed that the latest game in the PlayStation racing series will be released in Europe on November 3rd, just one day after its U.S. release date.
Over the years, developers have asked a great deal of our imaginations. We’ve had to project into the shoes of an Italian plumber, identify with the plight of a pill-hungry yellow blob, be men and women of all ethnic backgrounds, children, animals, criminals, lunatics, invalids, gods, aliens. But there’s one thing we’ve never been asked to do: play as a homosexual character.
Speaking at Gamescom, Bioware's CEO Ray Muzyka announces PS3 port and gives release date for Dragon Age 2.
As part of Electronic Arts conference at the trade show in Cologne, Muzyka revealed that the well-received science-fiction sequel will be released on Sony's console in January 2011.
UPDATE BELOW ORIGINAL STORY
Adminstrative receiver Begbies Traynor has confirmed to us rumours that the Dundee-based APB and Crackdown maker has entered administration.
A highlight from our community-written blogs, featuring a discussion about the danger of comparing new experiences to nostalgic memories.
Whenever we play a new game, a dewy eyed Christopher_ Anthony argues, we measure it against experiences from the past that have provided enjoyment, even if they aren't directly comparable.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Computer and Video Games Industry has been reformed with a new executive committee.
The new group will be co-chaired by the Culture, Media, Olympics and Sport Select Committee Chair, John Whittingdale OBE MP and the former Labour Minister, Tom Watson MP. It will look at various industry issues including Games Tax Relief, skills and training, and the relationship between industry and universities.
Industry analyst eMarketer predicts 31 per cent increase in worldwide social network advertising spend this year.
Industry analyst eMarketer has predicted that social networks worldwide will attract $3.3 billion in advertising spend this year. 39 per cent of that figure will go to Facebook alone, and the estimate represents a 31 per cent increase over 2009's $2.5 billion.
Developer wins default court judgement in lawsuit against host of unauthorised World Of Warcraft server.
Gamasutra has acquired court documents that reveal a U.S. District Court judge awarded Blizzard $88 million last week. The developer won a lawsuit against Alyson Reeves, who operated an unauthorised World Of Warcraft server on scapegaming.com.
Microsoft also announces new flight simulator title and cross-platform Live functionality for PC Fable III.
Microsoft unveiled two new Games For Windows Live enabled titles at Gamescom 2010, Age Of Empires Online and Flight. The company also confirmed that the previously announced Fable III for PC will include Live functionality.
YoYo Games has released a version of its powerful game development tool for Mac OS X.
The popular game development program, which allows users without programming expertise to develop their own software, has until now been only been available on PC. "We're proud to announce the launch of Game Maker for Mac," announced YoYo Games on the company's blog, "...it has taken a long time to reach this stage."
Microsoft's device scheduled for November 10 release in Europe. Company will also show new Kinect content at Gamescom 2010.
Microsoft reveals the launch games for its new phone at Gamescom 2010.
Microsoft unveiled the first wave of Xbox LIVE games for its Windows Phone 7 device at Gamescom 2010 today. The titles will launch with the device this christmas, and include projects from Gameloft, Konami, Namco Bandai, PopCap and THQ.
Google's gaming evangelist, Mark DeLoura, reveals the web giant is also working on other gaming projects at GDC Europe.
Mark DeLoura, who joined Google in April, was courting developers for the upcoming launch of the Google Chrome Web Store at GDC Europe, outlining the features that will be live for launch late this year, most probably in October.
$820 million Russian games market to enjoy governmental support, including tax breaks to tempt international game companies.