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StarCraft developer is “exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles”.In a post on the Diablo III community website yesterday, Blizzard announced that it is recruiting “a few senior console-related positions on the Diablo III team”.
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Dev defends its controversial MMO.
SEE Virtual Worlds is turning Michael Jackson into an MMO – but what would the late, great pop star say if he were alive today?
“I think he would be… You know, it’s hard – I don’t want to get caught too much in trying to speak for him, that would be out of taste,” VP of production and development Josh Gordon told Eurogamer. “But I can tell you that we have looked very, very hard at what he presented to the public and what he brought to our world really – to everyone in the world. Our focus is very much on maintaining that vision and not trying to radically diverge from the fantastical world and super-pop iconic stuff that he brought.
“So my hope is that he would look at this and say, ‘This is exactly what I would have envisioned and want to play and do.’ That’s the best we can do: take what he left, the legacy, and try to realise it.”
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Go on then.
Shenmue series creator Yu Suzuki wants to make Shenmue 3.
That doesn’t mean it’s happening, of course, but it’s a start.
“Shenmue has the image of grand scale,” Suzuki told Famitsu.com (translated by Andriasang).
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Failed MMO back from the dead.
Realtime Worlds’ failed action MMO APB will relaunch under new management next year.
Reloaded Productions, owned by GamersFirst, bought all the intellectual property rights for APB and plans to relaunch it as a free-to-play game in the first half of 2011.
Those who bought the game will be able to log on again once everything’s sorted you didn’t chuck your copy away, did you?
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Cliffy B: No Kinect in Gears of War 3.
Some form of Gears of War-related Kinect game will be revealed during next month’s Video Game Awards show, according to a report.
Microsoft will use the Spike TV VGAs to reveal new titles for Kinect, according to IGN, and one of them is Gears of War for Kinect.
At this stage it is unclear whether it’s an all-new Gears of War game for Kinect, or an already-released Gears game with Kinect controls retro-fitted.
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Federal Minister of Home Affairs will answer questions from GameSpot AU readers in a special R18+ Q&A.
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Microsoft says Xbox 360’s motion-sensing add-on hits platinum milestone within 10 days of US launch.
Prior to the launch of the Kinect, Microsoft projected lofty sales for the Xbox 360’s new motion-sensing add-on, saying that it would sell some 5 million units by year’s end. The first million are now in the bank.
Today, Microsoft announced that the Kinect has sold 1 million units worldwide in its first 10 days on the market. It went on sale in North America on November 4, with its European rollout occurring November 10 and its Asian release following on November 18. The software giant also reiterated its 5-million-unit projection for the Xbox 360 peripheral, expressing optimism over next week’s Black Friday, better known as the busiest shopping day of the year.
Microsoft did not break out the ways in which gamers purchased their new Kinects. Currently, the system is offered as a stand-alone unit for $149, a hefty premium over the device’s $56 estimated cost in parts. Two bundles are also available: a $300 4GB Xbox 360 configuration and a $400 250GB Xbox 360 loadout. Both bundles also include Kinect Adventures, just one of the 17 games expected to be available for the system before year’s end.
The Kinect’s sales success is unsurprising, giving the substantial marketing campaign Microsoft has launched to support it. According to reports, Microsoft has allotted $500 million to promote the device.
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Microsoft says Xbox 360’s motion-sensing add-on hits platinum milestone within 10 days of US launch.
Prior to the launch of Kinect, Microsoft projected lofty sales for the Xbox 360’s new motion-sensing add-on, saying that it would sell some 5 million units by year’s end. The first million are now in the bank.
Today, Microsoft announced that Kinect has sold 1 million units worldwide in its first 10 days on the market. Kinect went on sale in North America on November 4, with its European roll-out occurring November 10 and Asian release following on November 18. The software giant also reiterated its 5 million-unit projection for the Xbox 360 peripheral, expressing optimism over next week’s Black Friday, better known as the busiest shopping day of the year.
Microsoft did not break out the ways in which gamers purchased their new Kinects. Currently, the system is offered as a stand-alone unit for $149, a hefty premium over the device’s $56 estimated cost in parts. Two bundles are also available: a $300 4GB Xbox 360 configuration and a $400 250GB Xbox 360 load out. Both bundles also include Kinect Adventures, just one of the 17 games expected to be available for the system before year’s end.
Kinect’s sales success is unsurprising, giving the substantial marketing campaign Microsoft has launched to support it. According to reports, Microsoft has allotted $500 million to promote the device.
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“Kinect sells 1 million” was posted by Tom Magrino on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:34:28 -0800 -
Above: Data transferred due to illegal downloads of StarCraft II via BitTorrent clients total 15.77 petabytes
The most popular torrent file for StarCraft II has been downloaded over 2.3 million times via BitTorrent clients. The amount of data transferred due to illegal downloads totals 15.77 petabytes. To put the numbers into perspective, one petabyte (PB) is about 1,024 terabytes (TB) or 1,048,576 gigabytes (GB). That means the total amount of data transferred from pirated versions of StarCraft II accounts for over 16 million gigabytes… … -
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Poll: Games ruin relationships. Call of Duty titles most likely to cause problems (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
Above: Does gaming ruin relationships? According to a recent survey, one out of ten gamers say they’ve cancelled plans for a date in order to keep playing. Monsters!
If you’re in a relationship, you might want to ease off on the all-night gaming marathons. A recent survey of 1,500 gamers and their partners conducted by OnePoll suggests that gaming can ruin relationships… …
