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Kinect Could Have Been On Mac Instead Of Xbox 360
Surprising? The magic technology behind Kinect is PrimeSense. Inon Beracha, CEO of PrimeSense has said in an interview that their first choice was Apple and not Microsoft. “It was the most natural place for the technology,” he tells Cult of Mac. Indeed, PrimeSense had already help several meetings with Apple executives, and Apple went so […]
Homebrew PSX Store For PS3 Released
If you’re into the Homebrew scene, then the PSX store is for you. It is a custom PSN store for the PS3 allowing you to download original demos, homebrew software and other stuff onto your PS3 via your PS3’s web browser. The PSX store looks similar to Sony’s PSN store, however it is at a […]
EA Announces New PC Only Hardcore Battlefield Play4Free
We already know about Battlefield Heroes, EA’s free to play Battlefield game. EA has announced that is is extending that business model with a new hardcore free to play Battlefield PC title dubbed Battlefield Play4Free. Battlefield Play4Free is being developed by DICE. EA says the Battlefield Play4Free will feature the vehicles, sandbox environments and 32-player […]
StarCraft 2 Sold 3 Million Units In Its First Month Alone
Blizzard has revealed that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty has shipped 3 million copies around the world in its first debut month. Blizzard reported that StarCraft 2 sold 1.5 million copies in its first 48 hours of release. StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty released on July 27th for PC. Development on it started way back […]
EA Or BioWare Will Never Be Profitable With Star Wars: The Old Republic
Speaking at London Games Conference, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz doubts that EA/BioWare’s upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic “will ever be profitable.” “If you look at Star Wars from EA and BioWare, they estimated a development budget of over $100m,” he explained. “This is an online game for many million of subscribers, so the […]
Cliff Bleszinski: Heavy Rain Is For Girls, Says Gears Of War Creator
Epic Games design director and Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski believe that Heavy Rain would have sold better if Sony marketed the game directly to women. Speaking in an interview with BioShock creator Ken Levine posted on Irrational Games’ website, Cliffy B explained, “I hate to sound misogynistic but it feels like such a […]
New Call Of Duty FPS Coming Late 2011
Speaking in a post-earnings conference call, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said “We will launch a new first-person action title during the back half of 2011.” He neither named the game nor confirmed a developer for it. The latest Call of Duty: Black Ops is scheduled for release on November 9 for PC, PS3, Wii, […]
Microsoft: Everyone Knows Call Of Duty: Black Ops Plays Best On Xbox 360
Speaking in an interview with MCV, Mircosoft’s Stephen McGill said that “everybody knows” Black Ops plays best on Xbox 360: “With Kinect and Call of Duty it’s an incredible week for retail; they are going to be so busy,” says McGill. “Obviously everyone knows the best place to play Black Ops is on Xbox 360. […]
Sony Confirms: Gran Turismo 5 “Coming Before Christmas” And Why
Gran Turismo 5 has already gone gold and work on Gran Turismo 6 has already started. So, when does Gran Turismo 5 release? Speaking to Siliconera, Sony’s Peter Dille says “it is coming before Christmas” as Yamauchi also said last month. However, they “haven’t put a [exact] date” to GT5. “Yeah, Kazunori came out with […]
Crysis 2 Aims To Overthrow Call Of Duty
Crytek has a lofty goal with Crysis 2 which seeks to overthrow Call of Duty. Speaking to Gamasutra, Crytek’s UK Managing Director Karl Hilton was rather confident about Crysis 2: “In multiplayer you see the numbers that they [Activision] achieve and continue to achieve in terms of sales and ongoing players. We’d like to exceed […]
Dragon Age Coming To Facebook
BioWare has announced Dragon Age Legends for Facebook. The game allows players to unlock in-game goods for Dragon Age 2 ahead of its launch on March 2010. Dragon Age Legends releases early 2011 and promises to blend “accessible and engaging tactical combat with compelling co-operative gameplay perfectly suited for social networks,” all inspired by the […]
Hardcore Kinect Games Coming In 2011, Says Microsoft
Kinect has launched and the reviews are surprisingly good. However there’s a dearth (or lack) of hardcore games. That’s soon to change. UK Microsoft marketing chief Stephen MCGill has said in an interview that we can expect hardcore Kinect games to appear in 2011: “We have announced things, at the Tokyo Game Show, a whole […]
Xbox 360 Kinect Dashboard Update Has New Anti-Piracy Measures
Microsoft has apparently included a new anti-piracy measure with the new Kinect Dashboard update for Xbox 360 which locks “backup” games from playing on Xbox Live and (for the first time) prevents “backup” games from loading. Hackers refer to the new checks as “AP 2.5” and while details are scarce about how it actually works, […]
Gran Turismo 6 Already Under Development Says GT Creator
Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, has told AutoWeek that the studio’s already at work on Gran Turismo 6. When asked if Gran Turismo 6 was under development, he said “yeah.” So, when can we expect to see it? “It’s not something that we can talk that lightly on,” said Yamauchi. “It took 2,000 days […]
