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Read More »Bulletstorm, Resident Evil 5 free for PlayStation Plus subscribers
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition, Bulletstorm, and Hell Yeah!: Wrath of Dead Rabbit are now part of the Instant Game Collection for PlayStation Plus subscribers. This means that for a month, these games are available for download to all Plus subscribers at no extra cost. While PSN platformer Hell Yeah! …
Read More »PlayStation Mobile goes live – full launch line-up here
Sony has this morning entered a new phase in its mobile gaming masterplan. PlayStation Mobile is live in the UK, allowing owners of PlayStation Vita or certain certified Android devices the chance to buy third party and PlayStation-produced content. For the time being there are 12 compatible devices – PlayStation …
Read More »Söderlund: The day EA stops doing new IP is the day we go on life support
INTERVIEW:Patrick Soderlund is not your usual EA exec. While the likes of Riccitiello and Moore are famously focused, fierce and have an FMCG background, the Swedish label boss worked his way up from a role at developer DICE, acquired by EA in 2006, to eventually oversee all of the EA …
Read More »NCsoft tells fans that there’s no saving City of Heroes
A 20,000+ signature petition will not be enough to save MMO City of Heroes from closure. That’s according to its developer NCsoft, which insists that the planned November 30th closure of the game will sadly proceed as scheduled. "We wanted to let you know that your voices have been heard …
Read More »Signs of new life at UK supermarkets
Both Tesco and Sainsbury’s have reported a quarterly rise in sales, leading to hopes that the worst could be behind the High Street. Leading retailer Tesco posted a slight 0.1 per cent rise in like-for-like sales excluding petrol. That’s the first rise in seven quarters at the chain. Pre-tax profit …
Read More »Street Cricket Champions 2 for PSP, PS2 out now
Gully cricket title Street Cricket Champions 2 is in stores now for PS2 and PSP. Priced at Rs 699 on both platforms, this is the third game from Sony’s Street Cricket franchise. The first game – Street Cricket Champions – was also a PS2 and PSP title, while the motion …
Read More »PICHLMAIR: Wii U much more open, indie-friendly than Wii
Wii/Wii U indie developer Broken Rules has expressed its approval of the openness of Nintendo’s new hardware compared to its predecessor. Speaking with Official Nintendo Magazine, Broken Rules’ Martin Pichlmair revealed his feelings on the growth between the two devices in regards to openness and accessibility toward indies. "I cannot …
Read More »World of Tanks surges past 40m registered players
Wargaming’s free-to-play MMO World of Tanks has climbed to over 40m registered users. The company announced the figure as being twice as high as the game’s previous milestone set earlier this year. The studio also claims a record-breaking 500,000 concurrent players online on one server based in Russia. World of …
Read More »Valve launches software line
Valve has announced the launch of its creative and development focused software, now available on Steam. The first offerings include a desktop photo application, graphics tests for DirectX 10 and 11, a 3D production program, and a painting/drawing package. All our for windows, with a few being Mac compatible too. …
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