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Cult developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi has revealed plans to begin work on a new game project. His most recent credited work was 2011’s Child of Eden, itself a spiritual successor to 2001 rhythm action outing Rez. He left former employer Q Entertainment in 2013. "I’m helping with a few games, but …
Read More »Activision and Tony Hawk working on new project
Tony Hawk is back. Well, he’s coming back, anyway, with talks between himself and Activision having been confirmed. "Activision can confirm that they have something in the works with Tony Hawk,” the publisher told IGN. More info is coming soon." Hawk earlier this week stated in a radio interview that …
Read More »Zavvi threatens customers with legal action after accidentally sending them PlayStation Vitas
Coordinates set for consumer backlash disaster! Last month Zavvi accidentally supplied some customers who had pre-ordered Vita title Tearaway with the Tearaway hardware bundle that includes a Vita console. At the time it asked customers if they’d be kind enough to return them – a request that the vast majority …
Read More »GAME pondering possible stock market return – report
In what would complete one of retail’s most impressive turnarounds, GAME is said to be lining up a possible return to the stock markets. The Telegraph reports that OpCapita owner Henry Jackson and Game Retail boss Martyn Gibbs are currently pondering the 200m move that would see Jackson and his …
Read More »HMV app returns to App Store – minus in-app downloads
The controversial HMV music download app is back on iOS although its key bit of functionality has been cut. The app hit the headlines last week when it was revealed that users could use it to purchase and download music and have it automatically added to their iTunes library – …
Read More »Tiger Woods already negotiating video games return
The Tiger Woods brand could return to a video game near you sooner than you think. EA announced earlier this week that it had reached a mutual decision” with Woods to end his run of appearances on the cover of its PGA Tour Golf series. Now the golfer’s agent Mark …
Read More »OPINION: Is Steam OS a wolf in sheep’s clothing?
There’s much excitement online this week as Valve detailed more of its battleplan to get Steam a space in the living room. To start with, SteamOS promises to get the service and its games on home TVs, not just laptops or desktops PCs hidden in the dining room or bedroom. …
Read More »Digital game trade-ins will return to Xbox One at some point
Microsoft still hopes to re-introduce some of its more ambitious online plans for Xbox One at some point in the future. Specifically, this includes both the ability to trade-in digital Xbox One games and the option of allowing assorted family and friends to access a user’s purchased games – both …
Read More »Cliffy B appeals for Phil Fish to return to games
Former Epic and Gears of War man Cliff Bleszinski has published an open letter to Fez creator Phil Fish appealing for the outspoken dev to return to the games industry. Fish made a typically spectacular and loud exit from games earlier this week when, following and argument with a journalist, …
Read More »The Amiga is returning!
LA-based content distribution company” Writers’ Group Film Corp has acquired the retro computing Amiga licence. It hopes to use the IP for a fresh range of retro games releases across consoles, PC, smartphones and tablets – or in corporate speech to create new revenue from publisher’s dormant game libraries”. The …
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