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Junction Point officially closed, Spector bids fellow devs bye

Posted: 30.01.2013 by JonahFalcon

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Yesterday, Star Citizen developer RSI accidentally let the cat out of the bag that Junction Point, the developer of the Epic Mickey titles, had been shut down. The news is now official, and Warren Spector has taken the time to bid farewell to his co-workers.

Rumor: Epic Mickey developer to be shuttered

Posted: 29.01.2013 by JonahFalcon

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Rumors that Warren Spector's studio, Junction Point, will be closed have been heightened by a recent tweet that was later recanted.

Sony settles lawsuit with Kevin Butler actor Jerry Lambert

Posted: 18.01.2013 by JonahFalcon

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Sony has settled the breach of contract lawsuit the publisher attacked actor Jerry Lambert with, forcing the actor to never appear in a competitor's advertisement for the next two years.

Epic Mickey 2 suffers disastrous NA sales in 2012

Posted: 16.01.2013 by JonahFalcon

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Epic Mickey was considered a failure on the Nintendo Wii, despite selling 2.83M units globally to date, with 1.89M units in North America. Epic Mickey 2, which has been released on four platforms, is struggling even worse.

Xbox 360 leads Black Friday sales, almost double Wii U

Posted: 28.11.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Black Friday was very good to Microsoft, as the publisher stated the company moved 750K Xbox 360's in the US. The total sales were for the week of the 18th November through 23rd November.

Sony sues Kevin Butler actor for appearing in Wii commercial

Posted: 08.10.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Sony has gotten its knickers in a twist as it has issued a lawsuit to Jerry Lambert, the actor who played the fictional Sony exec Kevin Butler, for appearing in a Bridgestone "Game On" television ad promoting the Wii, despite being nameless.

Retro City Rampage hits 9th October on PC, PS3

Posted: 05.10.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Developer VBlank has announced that its faux-16 bit Grand Theft Auto parody Retro City Rampage will be hitting PC and PlayStation Network on the 9th October. The PS3 version will also apply to the Vita as well.

Andrew Lloyd Webber developing a musical video game

Posted: 04.08.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Famed music composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, best known for Broadway musicals like Cats and The Phantom of the Opera, is working on a video game for the Nintendo Wii.

Epic Mickey 2 dev diary focuses on Marv Wolfman's role

Posted: 24.07.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Disney Interactive has released a new developer diary for Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, as veteran comic book writer and editor Marv Wolfman, best known for his work on The New Teen Titans and Crisis on Infinite Earths, discusses his role in writing the dialogue for the game.

SDCC 2012: Opening cinematic for Epic Mickey 2 revealed

Posted: 14.07.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Disney Interactive has revealed the opening cinematic for the upcoming 3D platformer Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and in keeping with Warren Spector's new style, it opens with a musical number. Hopefully, this will allay some fears of a video game featuring big Disneyesque songs.

Spector has "daring" musical plans for Epic Mickey 3

Posted: 05.07.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Warren Spector stated a few months ago that he saw "fear" in people's eyes when he revealed there would be musical numbers in Epic Mickey 2. Those people may be terrified at Spector's intention for Epic Mickey 3, to make it a "full musical experience".

ThatGameCompany officially goes multiplatform as indie developer

Posted: 14.06.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Back in February, Journey developer ThatGameCompany had expressed a desire to go multiplatform after its three game contract with Sony ended. That day has come, as the developer has announced on its blog that it was partnering with Benchmark Capital to publish games independently.

E3 2012: Report reveals 33% of console gamers already use tablet

Posted: 06.06.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Market research firm Newzoo has revealed what is probably the chief motivation behind Microsoft and Nintendo's interest in expanding their consoles' functionality to include or introduce tablet-style gaming, which includes the Smartglass initiative for Xbox 360 and the tablet-style controller for the Wii U.

THQ announces WWE '13, due October 30th

Posted: 30.05.2012 by Technet2k

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Fans of WWE can enjoy the "highly influential "Attitude Era," with WWE '13 which is in development right now for Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo Wii. We're promised "critical core gameplay improvements".

There's a new WWE Live "audio and presentation system" to give fans their most "authentic, extensive and fervent" experience yet in the series. It's all about the commentary and the crowds.

HMV to expand game plan, industry relationships "have never been stronger"

Posted: 10.05.2012 by Nakerman

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Merely weeks after HMV confirmed it was cutting store space dedicated to gaming, the company has changed its mind.

Management restructure sees five senior workers leave GAME

Posted: 02.05.2012 by Nakerman

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As GAME continues to move forward after recent troubles, five senior team members will be leaving the company in a management restructure.

UbiSoft confirms Rayman Legends in development

Posted: 28.04.2012 by JonahFalcon

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UbiSoft has confirmed that Rayman Legends, which the publisher calls a sequel to Rayman Origins, is indeed in development. Rayman Legends had been registered as a site. A leaked trailer was also accidentally released.

Activision release new Men In Black game details

Posted: 04.04.2012 by Nakerman

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Activision today announced Men In Black: Alien Crisis will land in stores on 25th May.

Players take on the role of new recruit Peter Delacoeur, an MiB agent who probably isn't as cool as Will Smith.

April Fool's Day: Retro City Rampage breakfast cereal announced

Posted: 01.04.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Vblank Entertainment has announced a munchy, crunchy new cereal based on their upcoming digital title Retro City Rampage - which somehow was already released in the 1980's and found on an old, worn VHS cassette.

"I can really taste the graphics!"

April Fool's Day: Diablo III announced for the Wii

Posted: 01.04.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Fansite Diablo Fans usually goes for the big score when it comes to April Fool's Day pranks, and this year's is a good one, if a bit obvious.

While Blizzard has skirted around the topic of a console version of Diablo III, the fansite has taken the time to parody the situation and announce the action-RPG for the one console no one has counted on: the Nintendo Wii.
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