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Ukie has announced 10 new board members and two new initiatives at its AGM at EGX. The newly-elected members on the trade body’s board are as follows: Ella Romanos, commercial director at Strike Gamelabs Fergal Gara, VP and MD at Sony Computer Entertainment UK and Ireland Helana Santos, lead programmer …
Read More »Total War: Attila heading to PC in 2015
There’s a new entry coming to Creative Assembly’s Total War series early next year. As the name suggests, Total War: Attila sees Attila the Hun taking it to the fading Roman Empire. Features such as family and skill tress have been re-introduced to expand upon the established real-time turn-based strategy …
Read More »Sony matches Xbox One’s price ‘promotion’ with £329 FIFA 15 PS4 bundle
Despite already enjoying a commanding position in the next-gen race, Sony has responded to recent Xbox One retail activity by launching a 329 PS4 hardware SKU. The platform holder has today announced a FIFA 15 console bundle available for just 329 on Amazon – that’s 20 cheaper than the machine’s …
Read More »Apple says only nine iPhone 6 Plus owners have complained of bent handsets
Incidents of iPhone 6 Plus handsets being bent in normal use are extremely rare”, Apple has said. Addressing the #Bendgate controversy for the first time, Apple insists that it took several steps to prevent handset bending during the design of the device, including the use of steel and titanium inserts …
Read More »Star Wars: Galactic Defense heading to iOS and Android this year
Star Wars: Galactic Defense – a new tower defense mobile game set in the Star Wars universe – has been revealed for iOS and Android platforms. Developed by DeNA in collaboration with Disney Interactive and Lucasfilm, Galactic Defense will launch later this year. The resource management-focused title has players picking …
Read More ȣ438,000: GamesAid smashes industry charity record
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 …
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