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UK Trade & Investment initiative will aim to recruit developers to the UK, as well as helping UK start-ups to "internationalise".
A new UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Technology Taskforce has been unveiled during a priministerial trip to Shoreditch, London, and the Olympic Park media centre.
The taskforce will have "at least" £15 million in available funds and aim to recruit technology companies and talent to Britain as well helping entrepreneurial and innovative start-ups in the UK to "internationalise".
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Sean Murray of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Crime Streets of LA, and World at War records “dark symphonic” score for upcoming shooter with 80-piece orchestra.
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Thinks Kinectimals can win over core.
Kinect is every bit as accurate as a traditional controller, if not more so, claims Kinectimal’s David Braben.
The Frontier Developments boss and Elite creator told Eurogamer, “People imagine that the analogue stick or D-pad on the controller is extremely accurate as we have got used to the way shooters control aiming with a gun, but that is only because the aiming is incremental. In other words, you are controlling the speed of movement of the gun sight, not the position directly.
“If you were to control the position directly with a controller, then it would be impossible to hit anything – with a D-pad there would only be nine positions – but Kinect is accurate enough to do that without having to drive a cursor around.”
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Papers to be displayed at upcoming interactive exhibit in New York.
The International Center for the History of Video Games (ICHEG), which is based at New York’s Strong National Museum of Play, has obtained documentaion of the career of pioneering M.U.L.E. developer, Dani Bunten Berry (formerly Dan Bunten).
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The GT5 creator confirmed among list of speakers for next year’s event.
Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi has been confirmed as a speaker at the 2011 D.I.C.E. Summit, along with Cerny Games president Mark Cerny, 5th Cell creative director Jeremiah Slaczka and general manager Joseph Tringali and Booyah CEO Keith Lee.
Taking place in Las Vegas between 9 – 11 February next year, the event will include the 14th annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony, Indie Games Challenge plus poker, golf and go-karting tournaments.
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Microsoft revises its sales forecast in light of healthy pre-orders.
Microsoft has revised its sale estimates for Kinect – which launches tomorrow in the US – from the three million, up to five. The revision comes as a result of healthy pre-orders and the 25,000 US retailers which are set to stock the device, a fifth of which are commiting to midnight opening.
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In-store demos “better show off” device.
Microsoft might compare Kinect’s arrival to that of a console, but HMV won’t open any shops at midnight to welcome it to the UK next Tuesday.
“We are focusing on in-store demo events rather than midnight launches as we feel these will better show off Kinect’s amazing capabilities to the public,” HMV explained to Eurogamer.
Those comments arrive moments after GAME confirmed overwhelming support for Kinect’s UK launch, promising to open a combined 450 shops at midnight across the country.
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Publisher claims losses are within guidance, however.
THQ has published the results for its fiscal 2011 second quarter, period ending September 30, reporting a $47 million loss (up from a $30.1 million loss last quarter). For the same quarter last year, the publisher posted only $5.6 million in losses.
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Publisher’s losses reduced, but revenue also down year-on-year.
Glu Mobile has posted results for its third fiscal quarter, reporting a $1.6 million loss, down from $4 million for the same quarter last year. Despite the reduced losses, however, the publisher’s revenue is also down, from $19.6 million to $15.5 million year-on-year.
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Namco Bandai’s God Eater Burst on PSP and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 on PS3 storm the charts.Nintendo’s Super Mario All-Stars for Wii and Pokemon Black/White for DS have fallen from the top two places in the Japanese software charts for the week ending October 31.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 managed sales of 215,257 units, taking second place, with Namco Bandai’s God Eater Burst taking the top spot with 263,150 units.