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Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions raised $3.4 million through Kickstarter last year for its new game, tentatively called Double Fine Adventure. The game now has a proper name – Broken Age. The crowd-funded point-and-click adventure follows two characters leading parallel lives. The girl has been chosen by her village to …
Read More »GDC 13: Unity optimises Snapdragon support
Engine vendor to make available a number of games specifically tailored for devices
Read More »BioWare "getting ready to develop new Mass Effect game"
Regardless of whether your Shepard lived to tell another tale at the end of Mass Effect 3, don’t expect your favourite gender-hopping space hero to return in the next game. That’s because BioWare has said it plans to tell a completely different story in the next Mass Effect game – …
Read More »Battlefield 4 beta access to Battlefield 3 Premium users – reports
A screenshot from Origin Russia suggests that subscribers of the Battlefield 3 Premium season pass will automatically gain access to the Battlefield 4 beta. The screenshot was published by Russian fan site MyBattlefield, that shows a list of content available to Premium subscribers, starting with Battlefield 3 multiplayer packs and …
Read More »Games get convenience store boost
Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons say they will push games through their local convenience stores. All three already sell games through smaller outlets, but usually focus on major launches such as Call of Duty and FIFA. Although there are no plans to stock a wider range of games, the grocers’ buyers …
Read More »Is 2013 the year of the indie?
This year will be a major year for the independent retail scene, say store owners. Indie retailers hope the mass closure of HMV and Blockbuster stores have provided them with opportunities to expand both their in-store offerings and the number of shops. Last week, major retailers pledged to fill the …
Read More »Jade Raymond: Market can only support 10 successful triple-A games a year
The popularity of emerging business models and free-to-play has significantly reduced the scope for full-price triple-A success in the modern games market. That’s the opinion of Ubisoft’s Toronto Studio boss Jade Raymond, who believes that while the sector has reduced in size there is still scope for success in more …
Read More »Gamescom 2013 Roadshow coming to London
The organisers of Gamescom have confirmed the return of the Gamescom 2013 Roadshow presentation in London. The meeting offers a chance for attendees to get up to speed with everything Gamescom ahead of the annual European expo in August. It takes place on April 18th at 2:30pm in UKIE’s Wadour …
Read More »Warner announces F2P DC arena brawler Infinite Crisis
Lord of the Rings Online studio Turbine is developing a free-to-play arena battler based on the DC Comics licence. It’s called Infinite Crisis and it will be published by Warner Bros. It’s due out at some time in 2013 on PC. It’ll feature lots of recognisable DC faces and will …
Read More »BioShock Infinite on track to be one of the highest rated games of all time
2K Games’ BioShock Infinite, which goes sale worldwide tonight, is receiving a blistering reception from critics. The review embargo lifted just one hour ago at the time of writing, and already the game has an almighty 96 per cent rating on Metacritic. Only 13 other games have ever scored so …
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