Multiplayer blown wide open
To get you into the alien-blasting mood ahead of the release of Conduit 2, Sega has furnished us with a stimulus pack of new screenshots and a list of the 14 multiplayer modes that feature in the sequel.
Sensor sales see success
Microsoft recently announced its quarterly profit reports, and the launch of Kinect helped the company's entertainment division post earnings of $3.7 billion in the three month period: that's a 55% increase on the same period in the previous year. Not bad.
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New multiplayer video too
MAG developer Zipper Interactive isn't just working on maintaining one Move-enabled first-person shooter, it's getting ready to launch another one soon, with SOCOM: Special Forces set for deployment in North America on April 19th.
Kirby sucks again
Europe hasn't even had a chance to tangle with Kirby's Epic Yarn yet, and already Nintendo of Japan has revealed the second proper Wii outing for the pink puffball in a new video on its Japanese website.
Iwata talks, size matters
Ever since before the 3DS was officially unveiled, gamers claimed they would wait until the so-called "inevitable" revision that has accompanied all Nintendo's portable hardware over the years: you need only look at the number of iterations of the original GameBoy, GameBoy Advance and Nintendo DS consoles to realise the 3DS won't always look as we know it now. Nintendo doesn't want you to get your hopes up just yet though, as it has no short-term plans for a slimmer, lighter model.
Today started off badly but is quickly getting better. No sign of my special parcel yet, though
Yesterday we brought you a new trailer for Yoostar2, the movie karaoke game from Yoostar and Blitz Games that's set for release in a few months' time. If that whet your appetite for what's possible with Kinect, licensed movie clips and your own acting ability (or lack of), let project director Steve Stopps talk you through the game's aims in the first developer blog.
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