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At London’s Earls Court today, GamesAid revealed that it had raised 438,000 for seven charities over the last 12 months. It’s a huge increase over the previous year’s 260,000, which in itself was a record for the now six-year old games industry charity. In total, GamesAid has raised over 1.2m …
Read More »Email gaffe tells customers Phones4u won’t refund iPhone 6 purchases
Phones4u has told customers who have already put money down toward an iPhone 6 that they won’t be receiving a refund. The company went into administration earlier this month and has now gone back on a previous promise to refund the 136 people who had pre-ordered one of Apple’s new …
Read More »Green Man Gaming now selling OnLive subscription bundle
Green Man Gaming has become the first retailer to be able to sell OnLive’s Games Bundle. By signing up to OnLive’s all you can eat Games Bundle, Green Man Gaming users will have access to over 250 titles on demand via the cloud. New games are to be added monthly, …
Read More »2K shaves a quarter off the price of BioShock on iOS
As of today the iOS version of BioShock for iPhone and iPad has been cut in price. The game was initially released for 10.49 but now costs 7.49, meaning a discount of over 25 per cent on the launch price less than a month after the game was released. Why, …
Read More »OlliOlli 2 skating to PS4 and Vita in 2015
A sequel to 2D skateboarding title OlliOlli has been announced. OlliOlli2, made by creators of the original Roll7, is currently pencilled in for a release on PS4 and Vita in 2015. It’s visually a little different from its predecessor but offers similar action, albeit with an expanded feature set. Manuals …
Read More »Starbreeze acquires toys-to-life studio Geminose
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons publisher Starbreeze has acquired LA-based developer Geminose for $7m. The studio is currently developing a new IP targeted at children combining physical toys with games, similar to the likes of Skylanders and Disney Infinity. Geminose founders Cos Lazouras and Foo Katan will join Starbreeze …
Read More »Steam music player officially launches
Valve has released the Steam Music Player to the general public, allowing Steam users to play MP3 files off of their hard drive within the Steam client and while in-game. According to a new post on Steam’s news section, the service – originally introduced earlier this year in beta – …
Read More »Child of Light studio now a core team at Ubisoft Montreal
The developers responsible for Child of Light have been established as a core team at Ubisoft Montreal, following the critical and commercial success of the digital title. In an interview with CVG, Ubisoft Montreal’s VP of creative Lionel Reynaud described the move as mutually beneficial for the team and the …
Read More »Bayonetta 2 suffers low Japanese sales despite glowing reviews
Early signs suggest that while Bayonetta 2 will fare very well with critics, its commercial performance may be less impressive. The game was awarded a very decent 38/40 by Japanese gaming weekly Famitsu and won a surprise 10/10 from Edge magazine – the 17th ever awarded by the mag (with …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare single player is longer than you think
There will be a bigger single player offering in the upcoming Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare than those found in recent COD titles. That’s according to Sledgehammer co-founder Glen Schofield who, as spotted by Videogamer, said on Twitter that the campaign is "coming in longer than the last few". Recent …
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