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Blackberry 10 is released in the UK today but the new smartphone OS is off to a rocky start after an excruciating interview on BBC Radio 5Live Breakfast. RIM’s European MD Stephen Bates was repeatedly asked by host Nicky Campbell what the company has learnt from Apple’s iPhone. Bates’ unwillingness …
Read More »The top five Christmas game job vacancies (21.12.12)
This week we look at jobs in the UK from Ubisoft Reflections, Microsoft and the BBC
Read More »EA responds to Watchdog’s FIFA 13 allegations
Having featured on BBC consumer rights programme Watchdog for a second time earlier this week, EA has moved to address concerns about FIFA 13’s alleged technical issues. Quite why the BBC has chosen to focus on EA’s game as opposed to any number of far buggier titles that are released …
Read More »UK developer conjures up BBC Merlin game
Bossa Studios is currently working on a new Facebook game based on the hit BBC drama Merlin. The browser-based title will allow Facebook users to fight alongside each other against the dark forces that threaten Camelot. Merlin: The Game will launch this autumn, coinciding with the beginning of the show’s …
Read More »BBC eyes Wonderbook support
BBC Worldwide believes PS3’s Wonderbook could be the perfect fit for its IP. The firm’s EVP of digital entertainment and games Robert Nashak says the company is thinking about which of its products – such as Doctor Who and Walking with Dinosaurs – it could bring to Sony’s newly-announced interactivebook …
Read More »BBC: Master Chief to resolve Syrian conflict
The United Nations is no stranger to accusations of political impotence, but have things got so bad that the iconic Master Chief is being drafted in? In a news report last week about Amnesty International’s call for intervention from the United Nations Security Council in Syria, the BBC used a …
Read More »Doctor Who dated on PS3 and Vita
BBC Worldwide has confirmed release dates for both the PS3 and PlayStation Vita versions of Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock. The PS3 SKU will be available on PSN from next Wednesday (May23rd) with the boxed SKU hitting retail the following Friday (May 25th). The Vita version will be released digitally …
Read More »BBC reveals free-to-play Strictly Come Dancing game
Strictly Come Dancing: The Game. It’s real. And it’s free to play. And you can play it now. It may not be as obvious and natural a fit as the BBC’s other gaming license – Doctor Who – but as BBC Worldwide digital entertainment and games boss Robert Nashak observes: …
Read More »Free iPlayer launches on Xbox 360
The BBC has completed the roll out of iPlayer across all games consoles – with today’s launch of the service for Xbox 360. This means the BBC content service is now available on Wii, PS3 and 360. On 360, the app comes with Kinect-ready voice and gesture functions. It’s taken …
Read More »Games, TV, web and advertising industries unite for four events
The worlds of TV, games, internet and advertising are coming together for a new series of events. ConnectedUK has been organised by UKIE, PACT (TV production), BIMA (Interactive and digital media) and the IPA (advertising). The events are designed to ‘forge commercial and creative links between the UK’s key creative …
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