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Social and mobile games publisher Gree has revealed partnerships with a handful of North American-based independent developers. The four studios include Gamenauts, InfiniDy, Oceanside Interactive, and SkyVu Entertainment. SkyVu, best known for its Battle Bears mobile franchise which boasts over 18m users, will release its latest Battle Bears effort exclusively …
Read More »Minecraft XBLA hits 3.6m copies sold
Mojang has announced the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft has sold 3.6m copies since its May launch. "Was really surprised to see that 3.6 million people have now purchased Minecraft for Xbox," Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan wrote on Twitter. Add to that over 7m sold on PC (as of earlier this …
Read More »Perlman out at OnLive as part of management reshuffle
Previous reports that said OnLive founder Steve Perlman would stay with the beleaguered firm are false – he’s leaving. The founder of the cloud gaming firm is moving on from the post of CEO and president. New investor Gary Lauder is to become chairman, with Charlie Jablonski, former head of …
Read More »Uncharted rewrite in the works as film loses second director
The Uncharted film adaptation is going back to the drawing board in more ways than one. Variety reports Marianne and Cormac Wibberley will be rewriting the script of ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.’ The two co-wrote Disney’s ‘National Treasure.’ The report adds Neil Burger is no longer onboard as director. The producers …
Read More »The World Ends With You – Solo Remix hits App Store at high price
The World Ends With You – Solo Remix has landed on App Store, with Square Enix once again slapping a large asking price for one of its iOS ports. An errant listing on the company’s site last week all but unveiled the DS title was heading to the platform, though …
Read More »Answers needed to solve UK games crisis
Just what is going wrong amongst UK games retailers? A number of senior trade execs have told MCV the market slump has left them perplexed – compounded by a seeming reluctance from some corners of retail to do anything about it. In the last few week’s MCV has reported on …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 19-25
Valve has announced Steam’s top selling titles for the week prior. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive stays on the offensive, holding off Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for the top spot this time around. Pre-orders hit for War of the Roses this week, with Paradox’s upcoming title nabbing the sixth spot. …
Read More »XBLA’s first free-to-play game is Happy Wars
XBLA will be taking the full leap into free-to-play with Toylogic’s multiplayer action title Happy Wars. PlayXBLA reveals the game will launch this fall and will be available as a free download for Xbox Live Gold accounts. ‘Lavishly rendered’ character customization items will be offered for purchase. Rumours that the …
Read More »Xbox opens up to free-to-play
Happy Wars to be first microtransaction game on platform
Read More »GAME OF THE DAY: Transformers Fall of Cybertron
The Transformers IP may have enjoyed a newfound popularity in recent years thanks to Michael Bay’s cinematic adaptations, but Fall of Cybertron is pure 1980s. From the outset, this game is squarely aimed at fans of the G1 animated series and the movie that it spawned – which, imaginatively, was …
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