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… it’s only being released in Japanese arcades. It may not be the Left 4 Dead 3 that Valve fans were so badly hoping for, but there’s a new Left 4 Dead on the way nonetheless. It’s called Left 4 Dead: Survivors and is on the way to arcades courtesy …
Read More »Sony still planning free DriveClub for PlayStation Plus subscribers
A free edition of PS4 title DriveClub is still on track for PlayStation Plus subscribers, Sony has said. The game was finally given a second release date yesterday – October 10th in the UK – after slipping from the console’s launch line-up last November. And Sony has insisted to CVG …
Read More »Xbox One heading to China in September
Release will mark first official Xbox launch in country
Read More »Free Wii U game offered with Mario Kart 8
Nintendo is offering a free game from a selection of ten to anyone who buys and registers a copy of Mario Kart 8 Limited Edition. The ten available titles are: – Nintendo Land– New Super Mario Bros. U– Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U version)– Game & Wario– Pikmin 3– …
Read More »Sword Art and Theatrhythm send handheld sales soaring in Japan
Both 3DS and Vita saw decent upturns in unit sales last week thanks to two big new Top Ten releases, the latest Japanese sales data from Famitsu reveals. Bandai Namco’s new Vita title Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment debuted at No.1 in the Top Ten for the week ending April …
Read More »Zynga co-founder opens new studio Luminary
Eric Schiermeyer says his new title is a strategic spin on the endless-runner
Read More »Argos opening 25 new digital concept stores
Argos will extend its digital store concept trial to open a further 25 stores by March 2015, in which the traditional shopping catalogues are replaced by tablets. The retailer openedsix digital concept storesduring the Christmas period featuring new developments and technology, including online prepayment, fast track product collection and a …
Read More »Building apps for #IntelAndroid tablets
Intel Developer Blog: How the Intel Mobile Development Kit for Android can help you make your apps
Read More »TIGA criticises PEGI ratings pricing
UK game industry trade body TIGA has criticised PEGI for its punitive” pricing policy for game ratings that it claims is hurting small studios. Currently developers have to pay a fee for a game content rating every time they release a title on a different console, even if the content …
Read More »Zenimax urges Elder Scrolls Online players to break the rules, name and shame gold spammers
Naming and shaming is normally prohibited on The Elder Scrolls Online’s boards. But rules are made to be broken. Bethesda owner Zenimax has taken the unusual step of urging users to actively name and shame anyone who they suspect of trying to proliferate the growing black market for the game’s …
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