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There will no longer be any cricket games released to celebrate England’s upcoming triumph in this winter’s Ashes. Oh wait… In much the same manner as England’s batting order have capitulated under the glare of Mitchell Johnson, the hopes and expectations of cricket fans have crumbled as a second cricket …
Read More »Social casino game developer Plumbee raises $13m
London start-up now valued at $40m
Read More »Trip Hawkins’ new UK studio If You Can reveals first game
Educational title IF to teach children about social and emotional development
Read More »60% of retailers have started sales already due to festive spending concerns
The public’s increasing propensity to leave their festive shopping late has sent retail into a pre-Christmas sale panic. That’s according to PricewaterhouseCoopers which, according to The Telegraph, says that six in ten High Street stores have already kicked off their post-Christmas sales. On average, these stores have cut a whopping …
Read More »Three No.1’s on the trot for Call of Duty: Ghosts
Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts has continued its recent dominance of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The shooter has retained its grip on the top spot for three successive weeks now, making it five No.1’s in total for the shooter. That’s despite a week-on-week sales decline of …
Read More »Ubisoft starts over on Rainbow Six: Patriots
Revamped game will benefit from new consoles, says Laurent Detoc
Read More »Marvel vs Capcom being pulled from sale on PSN and XBL
Capcom has confirmed that it is pulling two of its digital fighting games from PlayStation network and Xbox Live. Both Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Marvel vs Capcom 2 are to be pulled from sale in the near future. DLC for both games will cease to be available in …
Read More »Ubisoft admits it started over with Rainbow Six: Patriots
It’s not often that all work on a game is binned and the project is started over, but that’s exactly what happened with Rainbow Six: Patriots. The game was first announced in 2011 We had a core team. They had a good vision. They got started, and then the game …
Read More »Game4u begins end-of-year holiday sale
Retailer Game4u kicked off its end-of-year sale over the weekend. The sale features discounts on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 games and will last almost half a month, ending on 1st January. New games will be added to sale each day and will also include used games (what Game4u calls …
Read More »Free-to-play Family Guy title heading to iOS, Android
A free-to-play Family Guy mobile game likely in the same vein as The Simpsons: Tapped Out has been announced for iOS and Android devices. GameSpot reports the title will arrive in 2014 as a free download packing in-app purchases – microtransactions that will provide players the option to control the …
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