Microsoft Game Studios is in the process of “building a new team” to create franchises using its Natal motion sensning technology.
Seeking candidates with “a wide array of specialties,” the company has posted 18 Natal positions on its job board since the end of August. It’s currently looking for producers, developers, engineers, artists and audio staff to be based at MGS in Redmond, Washington.
Firebrand Games has announced the expansion of its operations and relocation of its European HQ.
The handheld development specialist has made “significant investment” in its Florida and Glasgow studios, noting that its Glasgow team has moved into a new office space to accommodate its growth.
The year was 1967, and the house band of the London underground was Pink Floyd. They were progenitors of space rock, headlining shows that were as much psychedelic spectacle as rock show. In his prog rock study The Music’s All That Matters, Paul Stump describes a gig at the Queen Elizabeth Hall: “[Roger] Waters hurled potatoes at a gong, [Nick] Mason sawed wood, eggs were fried onstage.” They grew into a globe-straddling rock dinosaur, but it all began with four guys with the guts to start a food fight.
The following look at Wolfenstein's multiplayer is supplemental to our review, which didn't take the mode into account because its servers were not populated at the time.
Format: 360 (version tested), PC, PS3
Release: Out now
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Raven Software/Endrant Studios
Leading Dutch retailer Nedgame has announced that it won’t be selling PSPgo when the new handheld launches on October 1.
While the company will continue to support existing PSP models, it says that the drawbacks of the UMD-free PSPgo include its €249 price point, as well as its inability to support physical media and hence game trade-ins and second hand sales.
Sony has released PS3 firmware update 3.01, which will rectify problems some users have been experiencing while playing Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.
In SCEA’s official announcement the firmware was billed by Eric Lempel, director of PlayStation Network operations, as an “optional update that improves system stability during use of some PlayStation 3 format software”.
Microsoft and Activision have revealed plans to release a limited edition Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 themed Xbox 360 alongside the multiplatform game's launch on November 10.
US publisher Majesco has posted a loss for its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2009.
While quarterly revenues rose by 18.9 per cent year-on-year to $17.2 million (£10.4m / €11.7m), driven by “the continued strength of our Cooking Mama franchise”, a “soft retail performance” from the firm’s Go Play line and Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian saw it post a net loss of $5.2 million (£3.2m / €3.5m), compared to a profit of $0.5 million a year earlier.
The newest DS Pokémon instalments, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, have sold over 1.4 million copies within two days of releasing in Japan.
Having launched on September 12, the titles have already sold out across various retailers, moving 1,408,980 units, according to Famitsu (via Kotaku).
Atari has announced the appointment of Philip Veneziano as its chief financial officer, effective immediately.
Most recently, Veneziano served as VP of finance at online career services management company TheLadders.com. Prior to that, he held numerous financial management roles at international media firm News Corporation.
In his new role as CFO, Veneziano will be responsible for finance, accounting, IT and various administrative functions at Atari.
