Console game giants Microsoft and Sony may be ushering in a new era of media control with their Xbox 720 and PlayStation Orbis systems as both have been tipped this month to be placing unheard-of controls on so-called "used" games. These tips would have the next-generation console gaming systems both cutting down on game rental and sales services like GameStop and would essentially put online re-sales of games at a standstill. How this will affect sales of the consoles themselves is yet to be seen.
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PlayStation Orbis and Xbox 720 both restrict “used” games
Next-gen PlayStation “Orbis” expected in 2013
It’s not clear if Sony intends to reveal a new PlayStation at E3 this year, but new details have emerged regarding the console, including what it could potentially be called. Kotaku has learned that the current working codename for the next PlayStation is “Orbis”. The console is also being planned for a 2013 release during the holiday season.
GAME administration bail-out tipped as banks wade in
Beleaguered gaming retailer GAME will face a speedy exit from administration, it's reported, with leaks tipping an RBS-led deal that could yank the ailing chain from the financial precipice as early as March 30. A Royal Bank of Scotland consortium is wading in, MCV's sources tell them, with the bank already being one of GAME's main lenders and currently owed around £45m ($72m) by the retailer.
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Temple Run hacked for older Androids
This week the developers at Imangi Studios have come under fire after releasing their cult-classic iOS hit Temple Run for Android because it does not work with older devices. The problem actually lies specifically in a couple of processor sets created for Android over two years ago: Arm v6 and Arm v7 - so what will owners of these low-end devices do if they want to play the greatest grave-robbing game on mobile? They've got to head to the links we've got here, of course, over to the XDA Developers, the folks who fix all your offbeat Android ails!
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New iPad Hot Five Retina Apps Countdown
This week the developers are really coming in hot with the Retina Display-ready applications and games for the new iPad, all of them having had plenty of time to upgrade their wares in the first couple of weeks since the device was released. Though a handful of developers had apps ready and waiting for the dropping of the iPad with its powerful new display, some second-wave heroes, like Rovio in this case, are bringing the fury with intensely well-selling games like Angry Birds: Space HD. Have a peek at this best of the best list and forever hold your pixels!
Epic Games behind FBI and Army training games
Epic Games has revealed that it is licensing its Unreal Engine 3 to the FBI, the Army, and other government agencies. This is the same engine behind popular massive multiplayer games, such as Gears of War and Mass Effect. It will be put to use for developing training games that involve medical, decision-making, and crime scene simulations.
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Max Payne 3 online multiplayer video demoed in-depth
One of the more offbeat big-name shooting drama games in the industry is about to have it's next chapter, and Max Payne 3's multiplayer mode is about to get its first video demo. This game is one known for its in-depth and often gruesome storyline, cop-drama-like action, and in its most recent iteration, Big Lebowski-like feel. What Rockstar Games is offering up today is a glimpse of what it'll look like to play multiplayer dude action.
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Mozilla launches BrowserQuest to demonstrate HTML5 gaming
If World of Warcraft and Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn’t float your boat, what about a retro 2D adventure game? Mozilla has teamed up with design studio The Little Workshop to launch BrowserQuest, a browser based multiplayer game. The game is built on HTML5 and JavaScript standards, and an experimental version will even run on iOS devices.
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Adobe reveals Flash tax for popular developers
Adobe has announced new premium features have been added to Flash Player 11.2 and has announced a collaboration at the same time with Unity Technologies. There is a catch to the new premium features for some developers, which I'll get to in a bit. The new premium features in 11.2 promise to allow developers to build games with console quality experience that run on the Flash Player.
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Kinect for Windows 1.5 teased with “seated” tracking
The folks at Microsoft are bringing the next generation of Kinect for Windows to the forefront this week with a version 1.5 of the software that works with it. This release comes amid a much wider availability for the platform as a whole with 19 new countries in the pipeline for this year. Kinect for Windows version 1.5 will be released at the end of May with such exciting features as "seated" or "10-joint" skeletal tracking, this expanding the abilities of the system further than ever before.
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SoulCraft epic RPG comes to Android on NVIDIA-laden devices
This week you can grab a brand new edition of the utterly epic role-playing game for the mobile platform: SoulCraft for Android, exclusively on NVIDIA Tegra-toting devices in its HD form. This game is coming out in two editions, one as high-class as it gets for devices working with NVIDIA's quad-core processor Tegra 3, the other a more standard edition made for all Android devices. This game is the new Diablo alternative for those waiting for the epic third installment of that beast on the desktop - it's a must see!
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Temple Run for Android seeks iOS success on Galaxy Nexus
This week one of the most hotly anticipated games in mobile, Temple Run, has finally hit the Android platform. This game has been a gigantic hit already for the iPhone, the iPod Touch, and the iPad, and the Android world is reacting with heavy downloads across the nation here in the developers first offering of the game for Google-based systems. Straight from Android Community we've got a hands-on look at the game below - see what the fuss is all about!
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