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Smartphone sales in India grew at 166.8% in 2013, making it the fastest growing market in the world, research firm Gartner has reported. Worldwide smartphone sales grew to 968 million units last year, an increase of 42.3% over 2012, with the most robust growth coming from developing regions, such as …
Read More »Nordic to release Darksiders and Red Faction compilations
Two of THQ’s former IPs are to be subject of bundled re-releases on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Nordic has listings for The Darksiders Collection on all three formats which, as you may expect, includes both Darksiders and Darksiders 2. The consoles SKUs also include the relevant Season Passes while …
Read More »Respawn helping Microsoft to ‘fix’ Xbox One pad’s ‘overly twitchy’ controls
Titantfall developer Respawn has convinced Microsoft to patch in some changes to the Xbox One’s controller. The console’s February patch will, amongst other things, alter some of the joypad’s settings. "It’s just fixing the controller input, really," Titanfall design lead Justin Hendry told The Verge. "It wasn’t really where we …
Read More »Rovio reveals Angry Birds Stella
A new instalment in the Angry Birds franchise has been named. Although Rovio hasn’t said anything concrete about Angry Birds Stella, which is due out this autumn, it certainly sounds like a radical departure from the titles of old. Here’s the description in full: Get ready to meet Stella and …
Read More »Kojima: PS4 is the best home console available
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has backed Sony in the next-gen console war. Although he didn’t name names specifically, a statement in Famitsu (as reported by DualShockers) makes it pretty clear where the cult developer’s affections lie. I think, between the home consoles available in the domestic market, the PS4 …
Read More »Dedicated virtual reality website VRFocus arrives
A new independent website focusing on virtual reality is now live. VRFocus.com hopes to ride the growing crest of the VR gaming wave, which is being spearheaded by products such as the Oculus Rift. The site aims to be a news resource and will also preview/review VR associated products. It …
Read More »GAME is selling ‘pheromone fuelled underwear’ for Valentine’s
First there was the Christmas Tinner. Now GAME is selling pants. The retailer is once again offering a limited edition item in one of its stores – pheromone fuelled his ‘n’ hers underwear for Valentine’s. There’s some token research, too. According to new research by GAME, this Valentine’s Day one …
Read More »Xbox One Media Remote spotted on Amazon
A listing for an Xbox One Media Remote has now cropped up in the UK. The Xbox One Media Remote yesterday appeared on Amazon’s Canadian website, but has now appeared on the retailer’s UK arm priced at 19.99 and has a release date of April 4th. Control your Xbox One …
Read More »Titanfall currently runs at 792p on Xbox One
Another game has been confirmed as running at sub-1080p on Xbox One. This time it’s the console’s upcoming flagship title Titanfall, which arrives in the UK on March 14th. Eurogamer spotted that the game outputs at just 792p in a tech analysis – a figure that Respawn has since gone …
Read More »GAMEtronics: Battle of the CEXes
The two biggest video game retail chains are going to war on the High Street. GAME is taking on pre-owned giant CEX with GAMEtronics, which are new-style stores that specialise in buying and selling electronic items such as tablets, laptops, cameras as well as games. And the first two GAMEtronics …
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