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Nintendo’s all-star brawler Super Smash Bros for 3DS remains at the top of the Japanese software charts for a third week running, according to data provided by Famitsu. This is despite the title’s sales more than halving, falling from over 316,000 to a still-impressive 128,983 week-on-week. 3DS XL sales have …
Read More »Games Media Awards after-party is courtesy of EA Sports’ FIFA 15
EA’s FIFA 15 is the latest big name to back next month’s Games Media Awards. The best-selling game will be After Party host the October 15th event toasting the best in games media. This year’s Games Media Awards take place at the revamped Bloomsbury Ballroom. The award categories have been …
Read More »Games Media Awards: Gamers’ Choice vote is open now
Want to play a part in the outcome of the GMAs? Now’s your chance. Public voting has opened for one of our special awards. Gamers’ Choice is a chance for a single piece of outstanding games media work – whether that’s a written piece, video or podcast – named as …
Read More »Holly Walsh to host Games Media Awards next month
Holly Walsh is to host this year’s Games Media Awards, which take place on October 15th in central London. Walsh is an established stand-up comic and writer for TV and radio. As well as penning sitcoms and her own shows has appeared on the likes of 8 Out of 10 …
Read More »More women than men play games in the UK
Women now account for a bigger share of the UK games market than males. That’s according to the Internet Advertising Bureau UK (IAB) whose recent survey discovered that females account for 52 per cent of those who’ve played some form of video games in the last six months. That number …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s the FIFA 15 TV ad
Lionel Messi is the big name who is this year fronting EA’s TV campaign for FIFA 15. The ‘Fell the Game’ short depicts gamers experiencing their immersion on the pitch, while Messi himself acrobatically jumps about a living room. And a fish jumps out of some water. FIFA 15 is …
Read More »The Evil Within release date moved forward… again
Bethesda has brought forward the release of The Evil Within for a second time in the UK. Shinji Mikami’s survival horror title was originally due out on October 28th but was in July moved to an October 17th release. Now European gamers will be able to get their hands on …
Read More »‘There is no future for Japanese RPGs if video game stories are not respected’
Japanese story-driven games and visual novels such as 999 and Danganronpa have established a dedicated niche following here in the West. The games, which often depart from traditional gameplay in favour of compelling storylines and complex characters, have particularly found a following on handheld devices such as the 3DS and …
Read More »Fable dev and Angry Birds publisher among Top 50 UK Mobile Innovators
The creator of the Fable franchise and the publisher of hit mobiles games such as Angry Birds and Cut The Rope have been highlighted among the Top 50 British firms working in the mobile space. Another Place and Chillingo were two of the firms included in Mobile Entertainment’s Top 50 …
Read More »PICTURES: GamesAid’s Cologne to Brighton bike ride
Members of the games industry cycling from Gamescom in Cologne back to Brighton have raised over 4,500 for GamesAid. It took the team four days to reach Brighton, passing through the Netherlands, Belgium and France along the way. In total they rode 337 miles over 29 hours and thirty minutes …
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