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Read More »Jet Li talks up eSports’ credentials
Chinese film star and martial artist Jet Li has argued that eSports are very much a ‘sport’ in the proper sense of the word. If poker card games and chess both have the players sitting down and are considered sports, why not virtual gaming as well?” Li said in a …
Read More »OPINION: Xbox absence tells us nothing about next-gen
If you’re from this part of the industry – and pretty much almost everyone at GDC last week was or had been at some point in their life – the most asked and unanswered question of the show was around next-gen consoles. While Sony was there and shared somemore detail …
Read More »A console port of DayZ "almost certain"
The PC release of standalone DayZ may still be some way off, but that hasn’t stopped creator Dean Hall hinting at a console release. The DayZ Arma II mod enjoyed huge success last year, so much so that Arma devs Bohemia recruited the mod’s maker to produce an official standalone …
Read More »Wii U Miiverse smartphone integration expected by May
Nintendo’s Miiverse web and smartphone app for Wii U is inching closer to arrival. Polygon reports that Nintendo’s Kiyoshi Mizuki stated the app would be available in either April or May. It will only have basic functionality at first, including posting comments, drawing doodles, and joining game communities. A 3DS …
Read More »DICE dismisses chance of a Wii U Battlefield 4 port
The Frostbite game engine doesn’t support Wii U and studio DICE feel its resources are best employed elsewhere. That’s the cold truth of EA’s decision not to release Battlefield 4 on Nintendo’s Wii U, making it the latest triple-A game to snub the machine. The game is currently confirmed for …
Read More »PSN kicks off spring sale on PS3, PS2, PS One titles
After Microsoft got its its Xbox Livespring sale underway yesterday, Sony has followed suit on PSN today. Up for sale are games such as Driver: San Francisco, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Child of Eden, Trine 2, and a collection of PixelJunk games, all at least 50% off and an additional …
Read More »Asda secures exclusive Skylanders toy
A new Skylander figurine hits shelves next week, and it’s exclusive to Asda. The smash hit toy/video game brand – which accounted for almost a quarter of the entire accessories market last year – has been a major earner for retailers since its debut in October 2011. The new Skylander …
Read More »Metacritic dismisses score-weighting report
A report claiming to reveal the systems that Metacritic uses to assign importance” to reviews from various sites has been dismissed by the reviews aggregator. Gamasutra has reported that websites whose reviews are included in Metacritic’s roundup were split into six different categories, with those in higher tiers having a …
Read More »Minecraft surpasses 6m sales on XBLA
The Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft has reached yet another milestone. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has now sold over SIX MILLION copies,” console developer 4J Studios announced on Twitter. The game’s continuing success on Microsoft’s console is no surprise, with indie retailer Game On recently telling MCV that the port …
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