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Though most will know the studio for its work on the hugely successful Prison Architect, the history of Introversion Software makes for some very hard reading. The studio was started by a group of friends at Imperial College London: Mark Morris, Chris Delay and Thomas Arundel. Delay had been working …
Read More »Win five tickets to London Games Conference 2015
We’re giving you the chance to win five tickets worth 249 each for you and your colleagues to attend London Games Conference, which takes place on Thursday, November 19th at the Congress Centre in London. All you need to do is read the conference programme listed below and answer this …
Read More »NCSoft launches new mobile division Iron Tiger Studios
San Mateo team working on new IP and established NCSoft franchises
Read More »Destiny microtransactions selling strong on PSN
Their announcement may have been greeted with criticism, but players seem to be voting with their wallets and backing the content. VentureBeat reports that the game’s Silver currency, which is purchased with real cash, has hit the top five of the Paid Add-Ons sales charts for PSN in the US. …
Read More »GAME is opening three new UK stores this month
London, Manchester and Southampton will this month provide homes for three new stores from retailer GAME. The London (Westfield White City) and Manchester (Trafford Centre) outlets open today (November 6th). Anyone who shops in them at any stage in the next three days will receive an extra 1,000 Reward Points. …
Read More »It seems like Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition pre-orders are being cancelled at GAME
Gamers are taking to Twitter to lambast GAME after it appears their pre-orders for the Pip-Boy Edition of Fallout 4 were cancelled days before release. The 100 SKU includes the much-discussed real-life Pip-Boy wearable, and was exclusive to the retailer. Consumers had to place a 20 deposit to secure their …
Read More »Valve will give away Steam Link tech to manufacturers
'What I think is probably the logical result is, that Link gets built into monitors and TVs,' says Gabe Newell
Read More »Glu sued, accused of stealing Kim Kardashian game idea
Just Games Interactive Entertainment has accused mobile games publisher Glu Mobile of stealing its idea for a Kim Kardashian game. The Associated Press reports that Just Games claims to have prepared a detailed pitch” for a Kardashian title for a representative of Kim Kardashian’s mother and manager, Kris Jenner. Just …
Read More »Sony debuts musical PlayStation 4 ad
Want to know what the ‘PS4 Life’ looks like? If Sony is to be believed it features a lot of dancing with video game characters, including some guardians from Activision’s hit online shooter, Destiny. That’s according to a new advert – which appears to have been pitched as a musical …
Read More »Steam mislead UK customers in Summer Sale, ASA rules
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint levelled against Steam regarding its pricing for Grand Theft Auto V in this summer’s Steam Sale. The ruling concerns an advertised 25 per cent discount for GTA V that saw 51.98 crossed out and replaced with 38.98. The problem was that the …
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