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The ability to advertise free-to-play titles as ‘free’ is under threat thanks to a new European Commission initiative. The EC is meeting with consumer groups in the UK, France and Italy and major market players such as Apple and Google to discuss consumer concerns regarding the F2P market. Chief amongst …
Read More »GAME deserved to lose to the landlords, says analyst
A leading retail analyst has hailed the European Court’s decision to force GAME to pay 3m in unpaid rents. Through a loophole in administration law, GAME was able to avoid paying rents when it fell into administration in 2012. A consortium of landlords decided to challenge the law and used …
Read More »‘Price cut will re-energise Xbox One’
A 399 Xbox One bundle can help Microsoft turn around its disappointing start to 2014, say High Street experts. Despite ‘the biggest launch in Xbox history’, Xbox One is being comfortably outsold by PlayStation 4 and since the start of the year Sony has been opening an even bigger gap …
Read More »Microsoft unveils 65 new ID@Xbox developers
Microsoft has revealed it has signed on several dozen new developers for Xbox One ID@Xbox program. In a post on Xbox Wire, the company’s ID@Xbox director Chris Charla listed 65 new studios that have signed on to develop games for Xbox One through Microsoft’s self-publishing initiative. New partners include Castle …
Read More »UPDATE: Tony Hawk’s new game is a mobile exclusive
Activision’s recently teased Tony Hawk project is being developed specifically for mobile platforms, according to Hawk himself. In an interview with Bloomberg, Hawk revealed the upcoming skateboarding title would be made exclusively for mobile devices. "We’re working on a mobile game now," Hawk said. "We’re working on a game for …
Read More »The Walking Dead ‘A House Divided’ episode out next week
The second episode of The Walking Dead Season 2 will launch next week, developer Telltale has announced. The content will launch Tuesday, March 4th on PC and Mac, as well as PS3 in North America. Telltale confirmed PS3 in Europe, Xbox 360 and iOS versions would arrive at a later …
Read More »Epay: The rise of selling points cards
Epay regional director EMEA Jason Thompson talks us through the future of digital products on the High Street. Why are products like digital points cards becoming such a popular product for retailers to stock? The shift from physical boxed product to digital is well under way with Point of Sale …
Read More »One third of one day’s new iOS games were Flappy Bird clones
Welcome to the world of mobile gaming. A stunning report in The Guardian has revealed that of the 300 new iOS games that were released on the App Store yesterday, 95 were Flappy Bird clones. These include the likes of Tappy Bieber, Flappy Penguin – Revenge, Flappy Monsters, Tappy Duck, …
Read More »Warehouse and Logistics Simulator gets zombie DLC
There’s a game called Warehouse and Logistics Simulator. And you can buy zombie DLC for it. United Independent Entertainment’s 11.99 game was released on Steam earlier this week and has now been joined by the 3.99 Hell’s Warehouse DLC. This is not going to be a typical shift at the …
Read More »Wii U finally overtakes Xbox 360 in Japan
Almost 15 months after it was released in the territory, Nintendo’s Wii U has finally overtaken Xbox 360 in Japan. Wii U arrived in Japan on December 8th 2012 and as of last week has sold 1,643,095 units, according to Eurogamer. Xbox 360 has since its release in the territory …
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