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Sniper: Ghost Warrior creator City Interactive Games has hired two former developers from Rebellion and Guerrilla Games. Ex-Rebellion senior producer Steve Hart has joined the firm as executive producer, and Paul Robinson has also been recruited to the firm’s senior creative and design team. During his five-year stint at Rebellion, …
Read More »Ambition to ship GPU-less console delayed PS3
Desire to ship console without a graphics chip pushed it back an entire year
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V claims seven Guinness World Records
Rockstar’s GTA V has only been on sale for just over three weeks but the game has already claimed seven world records. The PS3 and Xbox 360 epic sold 11.2m units in its first day, generating revenues of $815.7m/511.8m. It hit $1bn/624.25m after just three days. In the process it …
Read More »Martyn Gibbs to deliver opening keynote at London Games Conference
GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs will opening next month’s London Games Conference with a talk about next-gen games retail. He joins leaders from the likes of Twitter UK, PlayStation, Google in talking at the November 13th event. Gibbs will examine how the evolving digital content landscape is re-defining business strategy through …
Read More »Warface gamers wanted raunchy female characters… and Crytek happily complied
Crytek’s free-to-play shooter Warface recently added a host of female character skins sourced from the game’s existing community. The results are as you might expect – huge, exposed breasts. Which does nothing other than confirm the stereotype of exactly who is playing Crytek’s free-to-play FPS. What’s disturbing is not that …
Read More »GMA 2013: A-Z of the UK’s games media set for the big night
The biggest names in the UK games press will attend tomorrow’s Games Media Awards And if you want to mingle with the media, you need to act fast! Just a couple of trade tickets are left, priced at 150 each. Contact Kathryn.Humphrey@intentmedia.co.uk to find out more. Games press from all …
Read More »Bioshock Infinite drops to Rs 1,499 on PS3
A little over six months after release, Bioshock Infinite has received an official price drop in India. Having been launched at Rs 2,499, one of the year’s most critically games will now be available at just Rs 1,499. However, the new price only applies to the PS3 version of the …
Read More »Get hands-on with Xbox One from October 14th in GAME’s lock-ins
Consumers across the country will have the chance to try Xbox One at their local GAME store starting next week. Kicking off with its Dundee event on October 14th, over 60 lock-ins are planned running until November 20th ahead of the Xbox One’s global release on November 22nd. Attendees will …
Read More »Samsung unveiled curved-screen smartphone
Ever wished your smartphone screen was less flat? Then rejoice, as Samsung’s latest smartphone gimmick will likely be of huge appeal. The freshly revealed Galaxy Round certainly boasts an eye-catching USP – 5.7-inch OLED its screen is curved. Inside is 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and a 2.3GHz quad …
Read More »Vote in the Golden Joysticks, get a free game
Online retailer Green Man Gaming is giving away a free game to everyone who votes in the Golden Joystick Awards. Voters just need to choose between downloadable PC games Sid Meier Civilization V and Mafia II (while stocks last, but we’ve been advised there is plenty of stock.. The move …
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