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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 …
Read More »UPDATED: FUSE gets UK release date
EA’s upcoming co-op shooter FUSE has been given official European and North American release dates. The game, which is developed by Ratchet & Clank and Resistance creators Insomniac, will arrive at European retail on May 31st, just a few days after the North American release on May 28th. Three separate …
Read More »One third of Vita games sold digitally; 100 titles coming to handheld this year
Sony has revealed that around a third of the games it sells on Vita are digital. Is that impressive? That’s a matter of opinion. Certainly it doesn’t sound anything special when the thousands of games that are downloaded everyday on iOS and Android are considered. But from a company transitioning …
Read More »HMV buyout nears as shops remove ‘closing down’ signs
Having seen fellow struggler Blockbuster rescued over the weekend, hopes are high that HMV will have similar good news very soon. A number of HMV stores – including Stockport, Manchester Market Street and Argyle Street according to tweets at the weekend – have been instructed to remove their ‘closing down …
Read More »SNES and NES emulators being readied for Ouya launch
Upcoming Android console Ouya will likely have SNES and NES emulators ready for day one, reports claim. CVG reckons that signals within the emulation community” point to a NES emulator being up and running for the console’s launch. Work on a SNES emulator is also progressing fast. Emulation could possibly …
Read More »GDC 13: Ludei readies 3D HTML5 mobile support
Technology enables the deployment of three-dimensional games to native and web app stores
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