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The organisers behind the 2011 Gamescom trade fair are encouraging visitors to arrange air travel quickly as event plans take flight. Gamescom will be held in Cologne from Wednesday, August 17th to Sunday, August 21st. Koelnmesse has arranged partnerships with airlines Germanwings and Lufthansa to make it easier and cheaper …
Read More »GMA 2011: Comma have a go if you think you’re good enough
Lobbying for this year’s Games Media Awards in association with Grainger Games is well underway, with journalists, broadcasters, PRs, readers and viewers nominating their favourite mags, websites and more for one of the sector’s top accolades. But there is still time to ensure that your voice is heard – you …
Read More »Has LulzSec hacked the UK Census?
Forget everything that has gone before. If rumours of LulzSec’s latest hack are proven to be true, the group may just have made a politically significant assault. A document available online suggests that LulzSec has acquired all the highly secretive data submitted in the 2011 UK Census earlier this year. …
Read More »Star Fox 64 3DS dated
Nintendo has announced that Star Fox 64 3DS will be released in the UK on September 9th. That’s actually a couple of days before it hits shelves in the US, though some time after its Japanese debut in mid July. The game, a remake of the 1997 N64 hit, adds …
Read More »Redbox game rental booths open
US consumers are now able to rent games for $2 per day from Redbox kiosks across 21,000 locations. The service – previously detailed last October – has officially gone live today. Customers were previously only able to rent DVDs and Blu-rays from the self-service machines for $1 and $1.50 respectively. …
Read More »Last chance to grab Develop Awards early bird tickets
The Develop Awards early bird ticket discount will close by end of play on Wednesday June 15th, meaning that today is your last chance to save as much as 700 on tables. The Awards early bird ticket discount period was extended to Wednesday June 15th to line-up with The Develop …
Read More »E3 2011: Carmack: Creativity more important than graphics
Genius development engineer John Carmack has admitted that Rage has taken his studio longer than he would have liked, and put the delay down to its drive for top tier technology and tools. That’s the biggest thing when we look back on this generation,” said the co-founder of id Software, …
Read More »E3 2011: Final Fantasy series exceeds 100m units
Square Enix has revealed its Final Fantasy series has surpassed 100 million units worldwide. We are extremely proud of what the Final Fantasy franchise has achieved over the years and continue to be extremely excited about the future. I would like thank all of our fans, partners and development teams …
Read More »E3 2011: OnLive ready for iPad and Android
OnLive has announced the OnLive Player App to bring cloud gaming to tablets and smartphones. The app, which is due to arrive this autumn, will enable streamed play of virtually all” OnLive games on iPad and Android tablets. It will support both touch control and OnLive’s own Universal Motion Controller. …
Read More »E3 2011: Bioshock PS Vita ‘is all-new game’
Ken Levine has said that the BioShock Vita project currently in-development at Irrational Games will be a new title for the IP. Speaking to IGN, the studio’s creative director was keen to make it clear that the game was an all-new core entry in the BioShock universe, and not a …
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