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Sony has stopped manufacturing the amazingly successful PS2 in Japan. The games console first went on sale in March 2000 in Japan and has since sold then more than 150 million units worldwide, and still holds the record for the best-selling home console of all time. Approximately 11,000 games are …
Read More »IGDA names Kate Edwards as executive director
Microsoft veteran and localisation specialist takes reigns from Dustin Clingman
Read More »Overall UK games market down 17.4% in 2012
The ERA has said that the UK video games market declined 17.4 per cent to 1.598bn in 2012. Those numbers include both physical and digital sales. By contrast, music was down just 5.5 per cent and video 10 per cent. The overall entertainment market decline was 12 per cent, with …
Read More »TERA goes free-to-play in the Far East
Japanese and South Korean players get free access to fantasy MMO
Read More »VIDEO: First gameplay footage of Activision’s Walking Dead game
Activision has released the first gameplay footage of its own take on The Walking Dead. Developed by Terminal Reality (Star Wars Kinect, Def Jam Rapstar, Ghostbusters, Bloodrayne), the game offers a different take on the IP that has already enjoyed video game success at the hands of Telltale and its …
Read More »First Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC pack details leaked
Details of the first DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – titled Revolution – has been leaked online. Promotional images for the upcoming DLC have made their way to CharlieIntel.com, and reveal that the pack features five new maps. The maps are titled Hydro, Grind, Downhill, Mirage, …
Read More »Zynga Japan closes doors
Support to continue on card battle game Ayakashi but three other titles dropped
Read More »Ian Livingstone made CBE in New Year Honours
Industry luminary honoured for a second time
Read More »FIFA 11 among several EA titles to lose online features
EA has announced a list of titles whose online support will be terminated on January 11th. The most notable game is FIFA 11, for which both online play and Ultimate Team functionality will be shut off. Also facing the chop are NFL 11, NBA Jam and FIFA Manager 11. The …
Read More »Deus Ex developer working on Tomb Raider multiplayer
The rumours are true; Tomb Raider will feature multiplayer, but it is not being worked on by Crystal Dynamics. The multiplayer aspect has been handed over to Eidos Montreal, which developed Deus Ex: Human Revolution and is – last we heard – working on Thief 4. The confirmation was made …
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