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A knife attack in Clydebank has been blamed on the offender’s access to violent video games. The games-loving Daily Mail reports that an unnamed 13-year-old (who is apparently already a father) slashed the throat of a 14-year-old friend whom he met via Gears of War 3 online. The victim reportedly …
Read More »High price rumoured for Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 780; Possible release this month
Do you want the good or the bad news? Ok, the good then. Remember the rumours last month that Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 700 series graphics cards wouldn’t be released until 2014? Well, it looks now like they may have been incorrect. And quite wildly incorrect too. Word on the street …
Read More »India on US priority watch list for piracy, IP violations
Piracy, particularly over the Internet, has continued to grow in India over the past year, a new report by the US government has stated, albeit without any reference to gaming. India has once again made it onto the US government’s priority watch list for its lack of protection of intellectual …
Read More »Defiance breaks SyFy records, reaches 1m registered players
Trion Worlds’ multiplayer online shooter Defiance is off to a strong start. The Defiance TV show, which will integrate with the game as the pair develop, has broken new records on its host station SyFy attracting 2.7m viewers for its debut episode. GameSpot reports that the show also became SyFy’s …
Read More »Suda 51 blames publishers for low sales of Grasshopper titles
Killer 7, No More Heroes and Lollipop Chainsaw may have been warmly received by critics, but commercially they were unremarkable. The blame for this, according to Grasshopper boss Goichi Suda, lies firmly at the foot of publishers. Grasshopper does have a very strong base,” he told Games Industry. It’s just …
Read More »Changes at GameSpot UK as Cocker departs
Guy Cocker has left GameSpot UK, MCV understands, as part of bigger shifts at the site’s London-based operation. Parent firm CBS has declined to comment, but we believe a management reorganisation means the UK outfit will now report more directly to its US parent team. Cocker departed last week. He …
Read More »Develop May: Can Havok’s Project Anarchy upset the establishment?
Our latest issue considers the arrival of Havok's new alternative to Unity and UDK
Read More »Gearbox calls Aliens lawsuit ‘beyond meritless’
And Sega says case is 'without merit'
Read More »Déjà vu! Amazon follows Asda’s lead (again) by slashing Wii U to £149
A second retailer has cut the price of the Wii U to just 149. MCV reported yesterday that Asda had slashed a further 50 off the console’s price, making the 8GB Basic SKU available for just 149 and the 32GB Premium SKU for 199. That’s a 100 saving on their …
Read More »ChangYou acquires developer 7Road for $80m
Chinese firm strengthens its development arm with buyout of local studio
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