If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Activision reusing the exact name for its new GoldenEye 007 title must mean the company is very sincere. And at least one developer of the original N64 classic is appropriately flattered, reports CVG. Karl Hilton, who now directs Crytek U.K., was on the...

British singer-songwriter Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, better known as M.I.A, is “resigned” to her young son playing violent games as he grows up, but it seems that she doesn’t like it. Speaking with Connect (via Computer and Video Games ), M.I.A said that she believes...

Motion control was the theme of this year’s E3. Both Microsoft and Sony showed their latest wares — Kinect and PlayStation Move, respectively — hoping to cut a slice off the Wii marketshare. One person who was instrumental in showing off Kinect (then codenamed “Project Natal”)...

It’s universally agreed that the two biggest trends running through E3 2010 were motion controls and 3D gaming. Evidently, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada wasn’t particularly impressed by either of them. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz , Wada said Microsoft’s Kinect would not be a...

After exactly one month on the market, Super Mario Galaxy 2 has sold nearly 1 million units in the U.S. Nintendo revealed the information in a Q&A on their Investor Relations site (via G4 ), saying that the sequel has reached 900,000 units sold Original post: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nearing 1 Million...

Guitarist Brian May has reignited rumors that a Queen-specific band game could be on the way. Speaking with Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter ( via Kotaku), the 62-year-old guitar legend (and astrophysicist ) said Guitar Hero: Queen will hit stores sometime next year. Oddly enough, May — having...

Metroid fans are eager for another 2D installment to the franchise — and while Metroid: Other M isn’t purely a 2D game, series co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto feels confident it will satisfy that itch. “During the Prime series, people always asked me when are you going to make a 2D Metroid,”...

He has won more fighting-game tournaments than you even knew existed. His English-language Wikipedia entry is longer than the one for current Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan. He’s got an endorsement deal with Mad Catz Continued here: Being The Very Best at Fighting Games

Game development studios located in the United Kingdom won’t be getting tax breaks after all. In a speech at Westminster, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne confirmed that the tax relief had been canceled (via GamesIndustry.biz ), saying that the original plans were “poorly targeted.”...

Nintendo is once again targeting piracy on the Wii. The platform holder announced today that they will soon be releasing version 4.3 of the Wii Menu, which is primarily designed to remove any homebrew channels from the system. “Because unauthorized channels or firmware may impair game play or...