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Nintendo’s handheld console 2DS has dropped below the 100 barrier at several UK retailers. Having arrived in the UK on October 12th at 109.99, a drop to below 100 was always inevitable as Christmas approached, although perhaps some would have thought retail would have waited longer than ten days. Sainsbury’s …
Read More »How retail made Skylanders
In his first interview as Activision’s UK MD, Roy Stackhouse speaks to MCV about the success of Skylanders, the launch of Swap Force and why the franchise will live on for years to come… Skylanders: Swap Force arrived last week (Friday, October 18th) – how does this compare to your …
Read More »EA working on ‘high-end’ Battlefield mobile game
Frank Gibeau reveals the publisher has an app in production that will exchange data between home and mobile platforms
Read More »T-Mobile CEO tweets about his love for the Samsung Note 3… from his iPhone
In a delightful corporate faux pas, the CEO of T-Mobile has been caught seemingly ‘exaggerating’ his love for Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 3. John Legere took to Twitter to explain that he was "Glad @SamsungMobile decided to bring phablets to the states. I don’t know what I’d do without my …
Read More »Endemol moving into app publishing
Endemol, the UK production company behind Deal or No Deal and Big Brother, is expanding to app publishing. The firm will launch new gaming apps next month based on its well known TV shows, which will allow audiences and their friends to play against each other. The publishing division is …
Read More »The DualShock 4 works on PS3… sort of
Is it exciting that you’re going to be able to use the PS4’s new DualShock 4 controller with your PS3? The internet seems to think so. As discovered in a Computer Spiele video below, the DualShock 4 seems to work on PS3 providing it’s plugged in. There are some caveats, …
Read More »Deal or No Deal producer Endemol moves into app publishing
Games arm of entertainment company to publish apps based on its properties as well as original titles
Read More »Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update after BSOD issues
The Windows 8.1 update designed for Microsoft’s RT tablet PCs has been pulled from the Windows Store. TechSpot reports that Microsoft has confirmed an issue that affects roughly one in every thousand users that results in Windows tablets displaying the infamous ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD) after updating. A workaround …
Read More »Simon Maxwell becomes Gamer Network COO
There’s been a reshuffle at Eurogamer parent Gamer Network. Former group publishing director Simon Maxwell has become chief operating officer having been at the company for less than a year. David Lilley has become MD of Gamer Events while John Benyamine is now VP of US content, taking on responsibility …
Read More »Sega’s Alien: Isolation to star Ripley’s daughter – report
Creative Assembly is making a first person Alien shooter for Sega. That’s according to Kotaku, which claims to have it on good authority that Aliens: Isolation will be released for both current and next-gen consoles in 2014. It is apparently inspired by games like Dishonored and Bioshock” and uses both …
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