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The mobile game that started it all is getting a touchscreen makeover from its original creator. For many 1997’s Snake, which came pre-installed on many Nokia’s in the late ‘90s, was their first taste of gaming on the move. The Guardian reports that Taneli Armanto, who worked at Nokia for …
Read More »It’s PlayStation vs Xbox at the games industry five-a-side football tournament
As the football season draws to a close, there’s still one major trophy to be won – The Game5s Cup. Sony and Microsoft are amongst the competitors taking part, with both set to go head-to-head at the May 21st tournament. Rockstar, Sports Interactive, Gameloft, GAME, Marmalade, Exertis, Testology, ShopTo and …
Read More »Twitter suspends Internet Archive’s game embedding
Twitter has suspended tweets containing embedded playable games from the Internet Archive’s MS-DOS collection. Games Industry reports previously posted tweets containing games now only show a link to the game on Internet Archive’s website. No word from the social site on the specific reason for disabling the feature, but the …
Read More »Sofa, so good: How Screencheat flies in the face of modern multiplayer
On paper, the concept for Australian developer Samurai Punk’s new multiplayer title is a simple one. Screencheat is a split-screen shooter where everyone is invisible and you have to screencheat,” explains director and artist Nicholas McDonnell. Yet, for those who didn’t grow up on a diet of Goldeneye, Timesplitters and …
Read More »You can now play classic games through Twitter
URLs from Internet Archives can be used to embed playable titles
Read More »GameSpot UK names Rob Crossley as editor
Games media giant GameSpot has promoted Rob Crossley to UK editor. Crossley joined the firm as news editor in last September after a two-year stint as associate editor at CVG. He is GameSpot’s first UK editor since the departure of Guy Cocker in May 2013. Meanwhile, another CVG alumni – …
Read More »Streaming service DingIt raises $1.5m in funding
Live-streaming platform DingIt.tv has secured $1.5m in seed funding. This has been raised by London-based investment firm Black Green Capital. DingIt launched in beta last October. The platform says it will be using this new wave of investment to get more broadcasters and advertisers on board. In addition, Black Green …
Read More »Over 30 studios are looking for their next publishing deal at Interface
Nearly 100 games businesses are now set to attend May 14th’s interface – and amongst them are over 30 games studios looking for a publisher. If you’re looking to sign fresh games content for PC, console or mobile, Interface is perfect for you. The B2B pitching and presentation event includes …
Read More »Jobs Update: Warner Bros opens applications for International PR Manager role
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Dying Light publisher Warner Bros is seeking a new International PR Manager. Reporting to the InternationalPR Director, you will work as part of the International PR team, coordinating the planning and execution of PR tactics for all video games across 11 International territories in Europe, …
Read More »Opinion: Pre-order? Why bother?
Is it really any surprise gamers are becoming more reluctant to pre-order? Over the past 12 months, there have been several examples of games that just didn’t live up to their expectations; games that launched full of bugs, and online games that couldn’t actually connect online. We can recall at …
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