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Back in 2007 – at the start of the last console generation – there were over 1,000 video game specialists on the High Street. 1,070 to be precise. Today, there are 605. It’s even worse if you look at the number of music and movie specialists that sold video games. …
Read More »GAME giving away free downloadable Charizard for Pokemon X and Y
The Pokemon Company has teamed up with GAME once again to give gamers a free downloadable character. Charizard, complete with Mega Stone (or Charizardite for those fans out there), can either be downloaded via Nintendo Zone, or gamers can ask for the character at the till. Fans will need to …
Read More »Curse Inc raises $16m in new round of fundraising
Online gaming network Curse Inc. has raised $16m in its latest round of fundraising. The Wall Street Journal reports Curse has brought in $10m in series B funding led by GGV Capital, along with another $6m in venture debt funding from Multiplier Capital. As part of the series B round, …
Read More »Games make up 85 per cent of top grossing apps on iOS and Android
Nearly 85 per cent of the top 50 grossing apps on Apple’s app store and Android’s Google Play shop, a new study claims. Findings from a Midia Research survey published by The Guardian came up with the figure from app stores in US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. …
Read More »Hitman film producer working on Thief movie adaptation – report
A film adaptation based on stealth action series Thief is in development, according to a new report. Tracking Board sources claim the movie is in the works from production companies Vertigo and Prime Universe. Vertigo most recently produced licensed film adaptation The Lego Movie. Adrian Askarieh and Roy Lee are …
Read More »Japanese gamers must download ‘Gore Mode’ DLC to play The Evil Within uncensored
The Japanese release of The Evil Within will have an uncensored edition – but only if gamers pre-order. The upcoming horror game from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has been cut down to fit with the Japanese CERO D age rating – the equivalent of ages 17 and up – …
Read More »PS4 remains the favoured platform amongst European developers
Sony’s PS4 has for the second year in a row been named as the console platform of choice amongst European developers, GDC data suggests. The GDC Europe State of the Industry 2014 Survey found that 18 per cent of respondents are currently making a game for the machine versus 13 …
Read More »Why Sony didn’t include the camera with PS4
Keeping the PlayStation Camera out of the standard PlayStation 4 bundle was both a wise and necessary decision, Sony has argued. It cost more than $1bn to include the hard drive, and to include the GDDR5 [PS4’s graphics and systems RAM], so something had to give,” PS4 architect Mark Cerny …
Read More »Sony re-wrote its E3 PS4 presentation after Xbox One fan backlash
The fury with which Microsoft was confronted after its Xbox One digital policies were unveiled shaped what Sony showed on stage in its own E3 presentation. "It made us feel a little bit clearer about our message when a lot of the negativity was emerging around DRM issues and used …
Read More »Alien: Isolation pre-orders get original Alien DLC
Customers who pre-order Sega’s upcoming Alien: Isolation are being handed a fan-friendly bit of free DLC. The content is based on Ridley Scott’s original 1979 film Alien, featuring the likeness and voice talent of key talent such as Sigourney Weaver (Ellen Ripley), Tom Skerritt (Dallas), Veronica Cartwright (Lambert), Harry Dean …
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