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Arma III’s April Fools’ Day joke turned content add-on has brought in 1m Czech koruna – around $50k USD – for the Czech Red Cross. Developer Bohemia Interactive announced the milestone in a release on its website, and also discussed the success of the military shooter franchise’s new approach to …
Read More »Destiny beta on Xbox One and 360 kicks off in late July
The Xbox One and Xbox 360 Destiny beta will launch sometime late next month, Bungie has revealed. Eurogamer points to a new trailer for the game on the Xbox dashboard that states the beta will arrive in late July.” The upcoming title racked up 6.5m games played during its PlayStation-exclusive …
Read More »Tablets overtake 3DS as most popular children’s gaming device in UK
The era of portable consoles may be drawing to a close. New data from Futuresource Consulting says that tablets have for the first time overtaken Nintendo’s 3DS as the most popular personal games device owned by UK children. Specifically, 44 per cent of UK children between the ages of three …
Read More »Nvidia’s Tegra K1 claims to better 360 and PS3 visuals on tablets
It’s a claim we’ve heard before, but the video below suggests that Nvidia has every right to boast. A new Unreal Engine 4 demo powered by Nvidia’s Tegra K1 chip certainly looks to increase the visual bar for what’s possible on tablets and assorted hardware running the new Android L …
Read More »Channel 4 commissions video games show for mobile
Channel 4 is developing a number of TV programmes for tablet and smartphone users, and it includes a video games show. The short is called Two Player, which sees celebrity friends chat and play video games together. It’s being developed by former GameSpot and ITV games video expert Johnny Chiodini. …
Read More »Microsoft reiterates that Family Sharing could return to Xbox One
Some of the digital functionality stripped from Xbox One in the weeks after E3 2013 is currently scheduled to make a return. "We looked at the digital features that we had talked about last year and as a gamer there were a lot of those features that I think really …
Read More »VIDEO: PES 2015 trailer offers first gameplay glimpse
The first video showing Konami’s PES 2015 has been released. In it we see Italian club side Juventus squaring up to Germany’s Bayern Munich. Specific gameplay upgrades are not mentioned, although like last year’s effort it looks visually impressive. Early reaction on the assorted PES fan forums is probably best …
Read More »MCV to produce Gamescom International Daily this August
MCV is going daily during Gamescom this August, after signing an important deal with event organiser Koelnmesse. The team behind the weekly MCV and MCVuk.com will produce three editions of the Gamescom International Daily during the trade days of the games fair, which runs from August 13th to 17th in …
Read More »Mind Candy hosting Great British Summer Game Jam
Mind Candy is hosting the first ever Great British Summer Game Jam. The contest will see development teams making games around the theme of British Summer. Winners will receive prizes from the likes of Unity 3D, Marmalade and PlayJam. In addition to this, UKIE is supporting the Accessibility Award for …
Read More »STALKER successor dev denies fraud claim as Areal creeps toward funding goal
West Games has denied claims of fraud regarding its game Areal, which it describes as ‘definitive spiritual successor to STALKER’. Vostock Games, which emerged from the ashes of original stalker dev GSC, had accused West Games of fraudulent claims” regarding the legitimacy of its dev team and rights to liken …
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