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  • E3 2011 Screenshots: Hulk Hogan’s Main Event (Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect)

    Hulk Hogan is back with an all new wrestling game, exclusively for Kinect and developed by Majesco. Here are the new details and screenshots from E3 2011!

  • Microsoft: Kinect Shortages Not Managed

    In response to Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter accusing both Microsoft and Sony of “managing” (read: lying about) shortages of Kinect and Move, Microsoft’s Neil Thompson, Xbox manager in the UK and Ireland, told GamesIndustry.biz (reg required) that this simply was not the case. Anyone who actually works in the business of producing new technology, especially…

  • Sony Boasts About Move Shipments, Games Press Falls For It

    Sony has sent out a press release crowing about their strong shipments of their Move controller, stating that they have sold 4.1m units, and sending a statement to Industry Gamers boasting about the “incredible demand” for the device while pointing out the momentum that the company has heading into Christmas. “Heading into the home stretch…

  • Pachter: Microsoft, Sony Fibbing On Kinect/Move Shortages

    Both Microsoft and Sony have been applying pressure on consumers in a simple, yet historically effective manner: by letting them know if they didn’t get their devices right now, that they would not get them for Christmas, which could lead to crying children who would be scarred for life. Frankly, I didn’t buy it, and…

  • Microsoft Will Not Sue Kinect Hackers, Says Kinect Isn’t Hacked Anyway

    Microsoft usually likes to play a bit of jujitsu when it comes to the security of their products – as someone who’s had massive, critical, exploitable bugs in Windows in a corporate system who’s been told “a patch will come out next Tuesday” and it’s Thursday, I know that all too well – and they’re…

  • THQ Loses Money, Focuses On Future

    THQ, publishers of the UFC: Undisputed and Red Faction franchises, has reported a loss of $47m for Q2 of their fiscal year, on sales of $77.1m. Those numbers from the same period in FY 09 were losses of $5.6m and sales of $101.3m, respectively. Despite the numbers, THQ said the numbers were within their guidance.…

  • News: Phil Spencer Denies Mandate For Kinect Titles

    Responding to rumours that the company had put forth a mandate for first-party developers such as Lionhead Studios to shy away from controller based games in order to make Kinect games, Microsoft Game Studio corporate VP Phil Spencer had a very plain answer for Gamasutra: “No”. “Fable III ships [this] week, and it’s not a…