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Leaving MS "broke my heart" - Moore
Nothing to do with console war, he says.
EA Sports president Peter Moore has spoken of his pain at quitting his former role as Xbox boss, revealing: "It broke my heart leaving Microsoft."
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YouTube integration for PS3 games
Dev tools available to all, now.
Sony has confirmed that developers can now integrate YouTube functionality in upcoming or existing PS3 games.
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Secret Agent Clank demo on US PSN
Prepare fake glasses and moustache.
Sony has sneaked a Secret Agent Clank demo onto the US PSP Store for PC.
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Global release includes Oz, NZ, Asia.
Electronic Arts has confirmed that Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia will get Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning at the same time as the US and Europe.
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There's that Avril Lavigne again!
Sony has filled another carrier bag full of songs and emptied it on the PS3 SingStore.
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Taking fantasy seriously for once.
Firefly Studios is one of the unsung heroes of British game development - largely because it doesn't do much singing. The company's been around since 1997 and has managed to sell 4 million units of its biggest PC series, Stronghold, but still you struggle to place the name. It's all down to stereotypical British understatement, says co-founder Simon Bradbury. "We're not very good at blowing our own trumpet," he sighs, as we settle in to have a first look at the studio's next big thing, Dungeon Hero - due out in about a year's time on PC and Xbox 360.
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Trio of continental treats for VC
Scrolling shooters and boxing.
Nintendo has plopped three more exotic oldies on its Virtual Console for you to enjoy.
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Blizz: room at the top for Conan and WAR
But a WOW-beater will need to be great.
Speaking to Eurogamer, World of Warcraft producer J. Allen Brack - currently working on second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King - has said that there's no reason this year's competing launches, Age of Conan and Warhammer Online, can't succeed alongside it.
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Interview | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
War crafters Kaplan, Chilton and Brack on Lich King and what WOW is doing to MMOs.
It probably wouldn't be fair to say that Blizzard is worried. But with two determined attempts on its hegemony of fantasy MMOs coming this year (Age of Conan and Warhammer Online), last week's Wrath of the Lich King showcase at the company's Californian HQ was, at the very least, a firm reminder of why you might want to keep playing World of Warcraft. The timing, two weeks before Conan's launch, could hardly have been a coincidence. And the reminder was effective - the next WOW expansion impressed us deeply.
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WOW will "probably" get graphical reboot
It's under frequent consideration.
In today's interview about next expansion Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft producer J. Allen Brack said that WOW will "probably" get a complete overhaul of its graphics engine in the future.
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PC/360 shooter The Protector unveiled
Made by Gingerbread.
Freshly-formed Polish studio Gingerbread has given us a first look at The Protector, its third-person shooter for PC and 360.
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Will you survive the island?
Konami has decided to convert its Lost in Blue DS adventure series onto Wii.
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Review | Samba de Amigo
We give it a fair shake.
If you're still holding onto that pristine Dreamcast Samba de Amigo set with official maracas, now might be the time to load up eBay and cash it in. Amigo is returning, courtesy of SEGA and - of all people - Gearbox Software, and thanks to the Wiimote and nunchuk the bonkers old pose-matching maraca magic is as hilarious and exhausting as ever, with new moves and features that take advantage of the game's new home.
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First looks at Bayonetta, Infinite Line and MadWorld from PlatinumGames.
The closure of Capcom's Clover Studio - the division responsible for the likes of Viewtiful Joe, Okami and God Hand - was met with plenty of wailing and gnashing of teeth among gamers. That's understandable - studios creating high-profile original games aren't exactly ten a penny, after all. Still, just because Clover's doors were shut last March doesn't mean that the creative talent that fuelled the studio dissipated. Instead, the key players reformed as a development company called Seeds, Inc - which was subsequently renamed to PlatinumGames Inc.
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Unveils Rock Band, Guitar Hero challenger.
Konami has opened its case and revealed Rock Revolution, a peripheral-based rhythm game for 360, PS3, Wii and DS.
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Konami reveals next Castlevania for DS
Order of Ecclesia this autumn in US.
Konami has announced its third Castlevania game for DS, Order of Ecclesia. It's due out this autumn in the US.
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Sony announces the new Big Phil
Big Shuhei doesn't have the same ring to it.
We know you all miss Phil Harrison as much as we do, so we thought you'd want to know that Sony has appointed Shuhei Yoshida as president of SCE Worldwide Studios effective 16th May, according to GamesIndustry.biz.
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Nintendo Wii wins April in the US
But Microsoft is actually slightly ahead.
Nintendo sold 714,200 Wii consoles in the US in April, according to NPD Group data, meaning that the company's lifetime US sales of Wii hardware stand at 9.5 million.
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Xbox 360 sales hit 19 million worldwide
But Microsoft has to admit Wii is winning.
Microsoft has sold 10 million Xbox 360 consoles in the US and reached 19 million sales worldwide, the platform holder announced yesterday evening. Xbox Live now has a membership of over 12 million.
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Where to begin?
After a couple of weeks of relative quiet, a week of absolute quiet. They may look loud, with names like "Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy SEALs" and "Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March", but when Eurogamer's mad uncle Chart-Track blasts out his usual missive about sales performance next week we imagine he will be detailing the ongoing fortunes of the game currently hogging all of Brighton's bus shelter advertising spots, rather than Perry Rhodan or Crimes of War.
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Ex-Clover chaps sign up with SEGA
PlatinumGames in for four, three unveiled.
SEGA has signed a multi-game publishing deal with PlatinumGames, the studio set up by ex-Capcom developers Shinji Mikami, Hideki Kamiya and Atsushi Inaba.
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Pokémon Diamond expansion revealed
Platinum pleasures.
Nintendo has unpacked a fresh expansion for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
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Review | DS Roundup
Zombies, Ninjas, Crayons, Brains and Neves.
Every now and then, you play a mini-game - either in a collection of such games, or as a distraction in a larger game - and think to yourself, "hey, this would work as a full-size game!"
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Crisis Core FFVII here in June
Alongside some sunshine, hopefully.
Square Enix plans to unleash Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII here on 20th June.
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Still no echochrome on PAL PSN
Dark Mist and other bits instead.
There's still no echochrome on the PAL PlayStation Store this week, but there are at least a few bits and pieces to take your mind off it, according to VG247.
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Overlord PS3 demo surfacing today
Full package in June.
Codemasters has plonked the PS3 demo for Overlord on the PlayStation Store, which is a better place for it than in our pocket.
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MS explains "theGAYERgamer" name ban
Not a result of anti-gay lobbying.
Xbox Live "banhammer wielder" Stephen Toulouse has explained the decision behind banning "theGAYERgamer" Gamertag.
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New Prince of Persia given basic date
Between October and December 2008.
Ubisoft has marked the freshly-unveiled Prince of Persia game on its schedule for release in its fiscal third quarter.
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Age of Conan early access sold out
Head starts for pre-orderers all gone.
Via a post on the Age of Conan forums, developer Funcom has announced that the early access scheme it offered as a pre-order incentive has now "sold out".
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Family MMO Free Realms takes shape
Form rock bands, trade cards, train pets.
In his keynote at the ION 08 online games development conference, Sony Online Entertainment chief John Smedley has explained a lot more about the developer's forthcoming, free, family-oriented MMO, Free Realms. Massively was at the presentation and has all the details.
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