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Digital learning event Learning Without Frontiers, which was due to take place this June, has been cancelled. It would have been the eighth time the event had place. The decision has been taken due to the failure to attract sufficient commercial sponsorship support”, something the organisers blame on the current …
Read More »Crytek wants to be the king of new hardcore free-to-play market
Crysis developer Crytek foresees a future for the company where none of its titles make it to retail. That’s because the German developer wants to become the leader in what it believes is the emerging hardcore free-to-play space, with its own Gface platform at the centre of it – much …
Read More »Origin approaches 40m users as Mac client goes live
EA’s digital download service Origin is approaching 40m registered users across PC and iOS. A decent jump, that, from the 30m registered users it reported in October 2012. Around 500 titles are currently available on Origin including key EA exclusives such as Battlefield 3 and the upcoming Crysis 3. Interestingly, …
Read More »Green Throttle mobile controller gets cross-engine plug-in
Marmalade, Unity and Corona SDK users can now support Atlas wireless gamepad
Read More »Killzone 4 for PS4 tipped for February 20th reveal
Sony’s February 20th PlayStation reveal will bring with it the first news of Killzone 4, rumours claim. VideoGamer says it has word from an industry source” that the Guerrilla Games developed title will be announced alongside the PS4 and will most likely be a launch window” title for the console. …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet, Motorstorm developers hint at new games
We’re less than ten days away from Sony’s PlayStation Meeting 2013, where the company is widely expected to unveil the PlayStation 4, and two of Sony’s UK studios have hinted at new game announcements. Coincidence? We think not. Media Molecule, known for the LittleBigPlanet games, is currently working on Tearaway, …
Read More »Digital Spy breaks 20m monthly users mark as games make gains
Entertainment and technology website Digital Spy has passed the 20m monthly users mark for the first time. 20,065,530 users visited the site in January 2013 with page views hitting a total of 163,828,512m. The site has enjoyed growth of 62 per cent in the past year. Games, tech, movies and …
Read More »Dead Space 3 claims simple No.1
EA’s action horror title Dead Space 3 has, in the words of UKIE GfK Chart-Track, comfortably” claimed the No.1 spot this week. Nonetheless, sales of the game tracked 26.2 per cent lower than its predecessor Dead Space 2, which also claimed No.1. The Xbox 360 version of the new title …
Read More »Former Zynga Austin devs launch Bee Cave Games
Start-up gets $1.4m in funding and launches private beta of Blackjack Casino
Read More »Zynga stocks at six-month high
Shares rally by 11 per cent to $3.48
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