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A complete overhaul of Apple’s iOS operating system could delay its rollout until later in the year. Bloomberg reports that the decision to instigate such a radical redesign – the first in the history of iOS – comes from Apple’s former hardware design chief and current software guru Jonathan Ive. …
Read More »First Develop Conference speakers confirmed
Boss Alien, Thechineseroom, Kinesthetic Games and Simteractive all set to take to the stage
Read More »Molyneux on New Xbox: "I don’t want another way of looking at Facebook"
The always outspoken Peter Molyneux has admitted that he hopes Microsoft doesn’t forget to focus on the gaming credentials of the new Xbox. Although details remain highly secretive, rumours abound that the machine will be positioned as much as a living room entertainment hub as it will a games machine …
Read More »EA touts "strong partnership with Nintendo" despite string of Wii U no-shows
Madden NFL 25 has become the latest EA game to skip a release on Wii U. Last year’s release was made available on both Wii and Wii U, although the last Madden to be released on a Nintendo handheld was in 2011 when Madden formed one of the 3DS’ launch …
Read More »Testronic Labs secures HTC Test Centre deal
QA and localisation firm named HTC Connect authorised testing facility
Read More »Free LEGO Star Wars Yoda game heading to mobiles
A free Yoda-themed LEGO Star Wars games will be released on mobiles on May 4th. As in, May The Fourth Be With You. Geddit? Called LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles, it takes place amidst the turmoil of the Clone Wars and sees the aged Jedi Master instructing a new …
Read More »End in sight as Curiosity reaches its last 50 layers
What’s inside the cube? WHAT’S INSIDE THE SODDING CUBE? Six months on from the launch of Peter Molyneux’s global gaming experiment Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube?, gamers are finally getting tantalisingly close to discovering the answer. Calculations at developer 22Cans suggest that c-day could likely be on May 10th at …
Read More »Asda slashes ANOTHER £50 off the price of Wii U
How low will retail go in an effort to shift its Wii U stock? Having slashed 50 off the price of both the Wii U Basic and Premium SKUs back in March, retailer Asda has now cut ANOTHER 50 off the machine’s shelf price. That means consumers can now buy …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts goes official, gets release date; Uses next-gen game engine
The franchise that has defined a generation of gaming is set to raise the bar once again with the all-new Call of Duty: Ghosts.” That’s the opening gambit of Activision’s official announcement of the new Call of Duty. Despite dropping the Modern Warfare subtitle, the game is being developed by …
Read More »Sony execs give up bonuses
40 executives, including CEO, forgo $10 million in "unprecedented" gesture
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