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Microsoft is to lift the lid on the next iteration of DirextX at GDC later this month. The partners named on the teaser site are AMD, Nvdia, Intel and Qualcomm. What that leaves us with are questions. DirectX versions often tend to launch alongside new Windows releases, so does that …
Read More »Happy New Year: January in numbers
January is always a quiet time of the year – this year more so than normal with only a handful of new releases. That didn’t stop a reasonable sum of money being generated by software. 58.5m was made through game sales, which is an impressive 24 per cent rise over …
Read More »Homeworld HD becomes Homeworld Remastered
Gearbox has announced that the games once referred to as Homeworld HD and Homeworld 2 HD have now become Homeworld Remastered. The SKU includes both games, which have received a significant HD/Ultra HD/4K-friendly graphics overhaul, as well as the original unaltered versions. Previously, we’d been referring to this effort as …
Read More »Titanfall Season Pass detailed
EA has outlined exactly what gamers will be getting if they shell out for Titanfall’s Season Pass. It costs 19.99 in the UK (that’s via Origin on PC – presumably it will be the same on consoles), although premium versions of the game including the Pass will also be available. …
Read More »Flipkart bestsellers – February 2014
Grand Theft Auto 5 relinquished the top spot in the Flipkart charts in February, but it’s still all in the family as it is replaced by Grand Theft Auto 4 at number one, with FIFA 14 separating the two. Thief, one of the major new releases of the month, did …
Read More »As Titanfall release nears, Battlefield 4 gets a price drop in India
All editions of Battlefield 4 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 will be available at Rs 2,499 for a limited period. The Standard Edition was originally priced at Rs 3,499, with the Deluxe Edition earlier priced Rs 3,999. Retailers have suggested that the Rs 2,499 price will apply all through …
Read More »60 Flappy Bird clones hit Apple App Store daily – report
An average of 60 Flappy Bird clones are uploaded onto the iTunes App Store every day, according to a new report. Pocket Gamer delves into the ongoing craze started by Dong Nguyen’s creation Flappy Bird, and the effects it’s had on the mobile market. After rocketing up Apple’s charts and …
Read More »Funcom quarterly revenue suffers significant decline
The Secret World developer Funcom has posted financial results for its most recent completed quarter, reporting a major dip in revenue compared to the same period in the year prior. During its Q4 – a three-month period ending on December 31st, 2013 – the MMO studio earned $4.3m in revenue, …
Read More »Mark Jung headlines new OnLive management team
OnLive has revealed its new-look management team ahead of the service’s re-launch today. Mark Jung leads the hires as executive chairman. Jung is the former co-founder and CEO of IGN and was also CEO of VUDU. He also led the sale of IGN to NewsCorp. Elsewhere, Carrie Holder joins as …
Read More »OnLive relaunches with two new business models
Cloud gaming specialist OnLive has relaunched itself with two major new business models that it believes will finally win over gamers. The firm’s new management team have added two new services, the first of which is called CloudLift. The concept is that gamers – for 9.99 a month – can …
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