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Retailers will not be permitted to sell the HTC One Mini smartphone as of this Friday (Dec 6th) in the UK. Nokia has triumphed in a patent dispute with rival HTC, ruling that the handset infringes some Nokia-owned patents. HTC had tried to argue that Nokia was not one of …
Read More »Ridge Racer drifting onto iOS and Android
Namco Bandai’s Ridge Racer IP is to try its hand at smartphones. The brand is to mark its 20th birthday by releasing an iOS and Android title called Ridge Racer Slipstream that will, according to the publisher, bring the series’ popular racing and drifting mechanics to a new racing engine”. …
Read More »PS4 generated 4% more social media buzz than Xbox One in first 72 hours
New research from Way To Blue has suggested that PS4 put in a stronger social media performance than Xbox One in their respective 72 hour launch periods. UK data showed that in its first three days of availability Xbox One had 50,703 social media mentions, 11 per cent of which …
Read More »Power towers: Upgrade your workstation
Develop traces the latest hardware available to upgrade your game development muscle
Read More »Kojima hints at long wait for Metal Gear Solid V
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has said that Metal Gear Solid V will require much more time” in development. The acclaimed developer admitted that he didn’t initially want to release teaser title MGS: Ground Zeroes separately but felt forced to after realising how long the wait for the ‘proper’ …
Read More »Vita TV will take "a different road to market" in the West
Sony plans to take a very different approach to its streaming-centric Vita TV device when it eventually makes its way to Western markets. The microconsole has got off to a slow start in Japan with sales of just 42,000 units during its first week of release in November. It’s currently …
Read More »Nautilus Mobile to launch NGF Award-winning Song of Swords on iOS
Mobile RPG Song of Swords, which was first release for Blackberry OS, is now headed to iOS, with a Windows Phone version also in the works. Song of Swords is the debut effort from Nautilus Mobile, a Hyderabad-based indie studio comprised of former Gameloft staff. The casual RPG features simple …
Read More »PlayStation 4 sales pass 2.1m units worldwide
Strong sales on both sides of the Atlantic give Sony's newest console another global milestone
Read More »PS4: E-xpress to launch Ubisoft, WB, 2K launch titles this month
The lack of a PS4 launch announcement from Sony India notwithstanding, distributor E-xpress Interactive has revealed that it will release five PS4 launch titles this month. Assassins’ Creed 4: Black Flag, Just Dance 2014, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Injustice: Gods Among Ultimate Edition, and NBA 2K14 are all headed to …
Read More »Microsoft shipping Kinect 2 sensor to PC developers
New Kinect for Windows to include Xbox One sensor’s upgrades
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