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It will impossible to escape the launch of Halo 4 this week as the Xbox team prepares its most ambitious campaign to date. Master Chief’s latest adventure – released tomorrow (November 6th) – will be supported by the biggest out of house budget Xbox UK has ever spent on a …
Read More »Halo 4 – where’s cheapest? (includes FREE deal)
The first UK High Street prices for Halo 4 have gone live in this morning’s national press. Retailer GAME will sell the game for 99p when customers trade-in any two games from its ongoing trade-in list. Supermarket Sainsbury’s, meanwhile is offering Halo 4 for just 32.99 when purchased with 2100 …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed III makes a killing in UK Charts
Ubisoft’s flagship franchise has broken its own records with the release of Assassin’s Creed III. The game debuted at No.1 in the UK All Formats Charts and is the publisher’s biggest launch to date. It almost doubled the week one sales of 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II, and surpassed Ubisoft’s previous …
Read More »FishVille and Treasure Isle will be first Zynga games to close
Zynga has told players of FishVille and Treasure Isle that their games will be terminated on December 5th. The move comes after the publisher revealed last month that it plans to switch off 13 titles and close a number of studios as it wrestles to get to grips with its …
Read More »Former GameStop vice president pleads guilty to fraud charges
Former GameStop vice president of corporate communications Chris Olivera has pleaded guilty to fraud for the theft of nearly $2m from the Texas-based company. As part of his job as the public face of the games retailer, Olivera oversaw the handling of invoices from vendors. Court documentsprovided by Eric Nicholson …
Read More »Former GameStop VP pleads guilty to fraud
Executive admits taking $2 million through fake invoices
Read More »INTERVIEW: Glen Schofield, Sledgehammer Games
On day one of the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference, we caught up with Glen Schofield, vice president of Sledgehammer Games (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), who spoke to us about the state of the gaming industry, the free-to-play revenue model, mobile gaming, and more. MCV: What made you move …
Read More »Trip Hawkins at NGDC 2012: Apps today, browser tomorrow
Industry legend Trip Hawkins delivered a keynote speech on day 1 of the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference, and he had some interesting predictions for where the games industry is headed next. We live in an era of convenience,” said Hawkins, stating further that just like it has happened with music, …
Read More »NGDC 2012: Day 1 recap in pictures
It was a busy first day at the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference, and proceedings began with NASSCOM Gaming Forum chair Rajesh Rao announcing that for the first time, the conference had crossed the 1,000 attendees mark. While one of the most anticipated sessions of the day – the Global Indie …
Read More »NGDC 2012: Glen Schofield on state of the games industry
At the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2012 being held in Pune, VP of Sledgehammer Games (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) and former general manager of Visceral Games (Dead Space), Glen Schofield weighed in on the current state of the gaming industry. He advised those in the industry to brace …
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