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“Greenberg hasn’t seen it since last year.”

Lionhead and Microsoft Game Studios main man Peter Molyneux has responded to the current fuss over the on/off release of Kinect game Milo & Kate at the GameHorizon conference in Gateshead.

When asked by GamesIndustry.biz about Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg’s comment on Australian telly that Milo & Kate was just a “tech demo”, Molyneux reassured his adoring public that the relationship sim was alive and kicking.

“Poor Aaron Greenberg – he’s on the PR team, he hasn’t seen it since last year, so he came up with this stock answer that Milo is alive and well and … Continue Reading

Like Lemmings with Oddworld funnies.

Deathspank developer Hothead has revealed a new game called Swarm.

UTV Ignition will publish on “multiple platforms” in early 2011.

Swarm apparently combines “mass violence, micro-management and a sense of humour last found in the legendary Oddworld series”. On paper the game sounds like Lemmings: steer as many of the 50 Swarmites to the end of the level as you can.

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Dood, where’s my star?

“That man has ten arms!”

“He’s a cosplayer.”

I’ve played enough idiosyncratic games of Japanese origin recently that the above exchange – one of many in Trinity Universe that poke fun at games and gaming culture – barely raised an eyebrow. This isn’t the weirdest game I’ve reviewed this year, though with its effective skewering of anime stereotypes (there’s a neat recurring gag about one character’s silly hairstyle) it might just win the prize for the wittiest.

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Pre-orders currently “very low”.

UK retailer ShopTo has called for Microsoft to lower the price it expects gamers to fork out for Xbox 360 motion sensor Kinect.

ShopTo pre-orders for Kinect are open now with a £124.86 price tag.

The current RRP of £129.99 and release date of Friday, 19th November listed on ShopTo are “placeholder”, CEO Igor Cipolletta told Eurogamer this morning.

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Japanese feature surging West.

Tuesday’s PSP firmware update appears to have paved the way for downloadable NeoGeo and PCEngine/TurboGrafx-16 games.

Folders for both formats were added to the XMB menu, according to Tom’s Guide. There they’ll sit with folders for established content such as Minis and PSN games.

NeoGeo and PCEngine/TurboGrafx-16 games are already offered to PSP owners in Japan, and their journey West was spotted on US ratings website the ESRB recently.

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Claims device out on 19th Nov.

UK retailer ShopTo has claimed Microsoft’s motion sensor Kinect will carry an RRP of £129.99, and be released on Friday, 19th November.

ShopTo pre-orders are open now with the price trimmed slightly to £124.86.

No other major UK retailer – Play, Amazon, GAME, HMV – has a price or date listed for Kinect.

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