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Read More »Region Focus: Sweden
Develop talks to those leading the charge in one of the world's most productive dev hubs
Read More »The Guardian partners with London Games Festival
The Guardian has joined forces with London Games Festival to run its own series of events. The broadsheet will host a session on changes in reader tastes and games journalism, advice for aspiring games writers and tips on how to code the Raspberry Pi. The Guardian’s award-winning games team will …
Read More »Indie retailers snap up Borderlands 2 Top Trumps offer
2K Games’ indie-only Borderlands 2 Top Trumps promotion has proved a big hit on the UK High Street. The video games themed card game is limited to 5,000 copies and will never be released at retail. It will be made available to those who pre-order the game through retailers who …
Read More »Open-world Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes announced; New movie
Konami has announced the next Metal Gear Solid game at a Japanese press event to mark the 25th anniversary of the franchise. Called Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, it makes a big departure from future games in the series by being open-world. Cut scenes (of which you can expect many) …
Read More »Gearbox excited about next-gen projects
Gearbox has plenty in the present to smile about with Borderlands 2, but that doesn’t mean the company isn’t excited about what it has in the works going forward. We’ve got a few things going on right now that we haven’t talked about but that’ll appear later,” company president Randy …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 for Wii U in development by BioWare and Straight Right
Australian studio Straight Right has revealed its helping BioWare develop the Wii U version of Mass Effect 3. The company revealed the news on their Facebook page, stating that the team is working in conjunction with BioWare on the port. It was previously rumoured that its sister company Tantalus Media …
Read More »Square takes to cloud gaming with CoreOnline
New browser streaming service to offer free and paid-for titles from publisher's back catalogue
Read More »Counter Strike: Global Offensive still MIA from PlayStation 3
Sony has revealed its extensive content slate being added the PSN this week… and Counter Strike: Global Offensive is highly conspicuous by its absence. The game was supposed to arrive on both Xbox 360 and PS3 last week. It turned up on Xbox Live, as planned, but failed to materialise …
Read More »Square Enix launches HD streaming games portal Core Online
Cloud gaming has taken a significant step into the present thanks to a new initiative from Japanese publisher Square Enix. Its new portal, Core Online, allows gamers to play some its titles for free in proper HD through their web browser. It has launched with playable versions of Hitman: Blood …
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