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Beyond: Two Souls developer Quantic Dream has admitted it was asked to depict the game’s female star holding a gun on the cover of the game. Such a depiction would betray the game’s real content, the studio felt, and as a result it rebutted the request and fortunately emerged triumphant. …
Read More »GAME to host Injustice: Gods Among Us tournament
Warner upcoming brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us is to star in a national tournament hosted by retailer GAME. There will be eight UK heats hosted by pro-gamers Ketchup and Mustard and there are plenty of prizes up for grabs including fighting sticks, bobble-heads, headsets and tickets to the Multiplay Insomnia …
Read More »StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm launch show attracts 1.1m viewers on Twitch
The world of eSports is once again demanding attention after Blizzard’s StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm attracted some impressive numbers. The game’s 21 hour launch broadcast from the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit Winter Championship on Twitch attracted over 1.1m viewers. Concurrent viewers hit a high of over 157k. …
Read More »Kotaku sticks it to the man with light-hearted dig at exclusive BioShock: Infinite review
The piece may be tagged ‘humor’, but Kotaku’s BioShock Infinite: The IGN Review: The Kotaku Review” has a serious point at heart. The international review embargo for 2K Games’ BioShock: Infinite doesn’t lift until Monday, the day before the game’s release. However, IGN has been given the nod to run …
Read More »Hit indie dev Vlambeer to make console debut with Luftausers
The studio behind the likes of Super Crate Box and recent iOS hit Ridiculous Fishing has announced a console project. Vlambeer has announced a quirky dogfighting title going by the name of Luftrausers that is scheduled for release on PS3, Vita and PC this spring. An earlier version of the …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic registers 2m new accounts since F2P switch
Star Wars: The Old Republic has seen an increase of 2m new accounts since switching to the free-to-play model last November. In a State of the Game blog post, executive producer Jeff Hickman announced the figure – adding that the game’s high capacity servers are teeming with people,” thanks to …
Read More »Kickstarter game projects total $107.6m in pledges
Kickstarter pledges have totaled over $22m thus far in 2013, with $107.6m pledged lifetime to games alone on the crowdfunding site. A Kickstarter blog post reports that since the service started in 2009, 1,476 new games have been successfully funded by over 633k backers. More than 4,500 game-related projects have …
Read More »Metro producer: Last Light on PC "the best looking game, period"
Metro: Last Light producer Huw Beynon has written a verbal check he fully expects 4A Games’ shooter to cash. I firmly believe that the PC version of Metro: Last Light is one of, if not the best looking game you can actually buy, period, at the moment,” Beynon told Eurogamer. …
Read More »StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm moves 1.1m units in two days
The second act in the StarCraft II trilogy sold around 1.1m copies worldwide in its first two days of availability, Blizzard has announced. Heart of the Swarm’s good start lags a bit behind StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, which sold 1.5m in its first 48 hours following its launch in …
Read More »PopCap’s Giordano Bruno Contestabile joins Tilting Point
Creative agency Tilting Point has named former PopCap man Giordano Bruno Contestabile as its new VP of product management and revenue. The move brings an end to the exec’s five-year stint at the EA-owned casual games studio, where he most recently served as executive producer to the Bejeweled franchise. Before …
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