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It’s a very intense decision” – that’s how North American Ubisoft president Laurent Detoc describes the process leading up to the delay of a game. Speaking to IGN, the exec explained that as late as August of this year Ubisoft still hoped to have Watch Dogs ready for the launch …
Read More »Original Tomb Raider now available on iOS
Seminal 1996 action title Tomb Raider is now available on iOS. The 69p game is compatible with any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 7. It uses (a considerably high number, it must be said) of virtual buttons to recreate the DualShock-friendly original. Lara’s previous forays onto alternative hardware …
Read More »Opposing YouTube crackdown could cost developers their rights
Law firm warns that studios may be "waiving their rights" by allowing fans to use footage of their games
Read More »InnoGames revenue rises by record 50% in 2013
Online and mobile game developer and publisher plots recruitment drive of 100 staff in 2014
Read More »Crytek’s Nick Button-Brown joins London games tech start-up
Former general manager leaves Crysis dev to become studio head at Improbable
Read More »World of Goo and Casey’s Contraptions devs team up for Subterfuge
New mobile game designed to be played in real-time throughout the course of a week
Read More »VIDEO: Backers get hands on playable Elite Dangerous code
Supporters of Frontier Development’s Elite Dangerous are now able to get their hands on a playable chunk of the game. The alpha offers a small taste of what the full game will offer, focusing on the mechanic that sees players redistributing power through three channels – weapons, engines and shields. …
Read More »Ridiculous Fishing and Badland named as Apple’s Games of the Year
Apple has named its editorial and commercial Games of the Year on iTunes. The editorial picks are Vlambeer’s Ridiculous Fishing as its iPhone pick with Simogo’s experimental Device 6 and PopCap’s Plants vs Zombies 2 as the runners up. In the iPad category Frogmind’s Badlands was named as Apple’s pick …
Read More »Here’s that £6,000 Xbox One you asked for
We’ve heard a few stories of folks paying over the odds on eBay to get hold of an Xbox One for Christmas, but this is something else. Well, if you’re still having a hard time tracking one down, there’s one currently available in Central London. And we’re pretty sure it’s …
Read More »Don Bradman Cricket 14 demo released, game delayed to 2014
Big Ant Studios has announced that it will not release Don Bradman Cricket 14 this year, but softened the blow by releasing a playable demo for the game. In order to bring the best possible game to the market at the best possible time, we have decided to move the …
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