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Former SCE UK marketing director Alan Duncan has accepted a role at lettings specialist Upad. The move signifies his departure from the games industry, a career that began in 1998 when he was hired by GT Interactive. Duncan left Sony’s games team last month after 13 years with the PlayStation …
Read More »Digital accounts for 5% of New Super Mario Bros 2 sales
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has revealed that digital sales of new 3DS release New Super Mario Bros 2 accounted for around five per cent of the total. "This initial offering going forward, we’ve gotten a good reaction going," he told The Wall Street Journal. He also revealed that the share …
Read More »Sleeping Dogs beats New Super Mario Bros 2 to UK No.1
Square Enix action title Sleeping Dogs has pipped Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros 2 to become this week’s Uk No.1. The pair’s success comes as the lessening of Olympic fever sees Sega’s duo of London 2012: The Official Video Game and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games …
Read More »Lauder Partners is new OnLive owner; Over half of staff "non-hired"
Existing OnLive investor Lauder Partners has been revealed as the new owner of the cloud gaming company. The value of the deal is unknown. Although the staff of and investors in OnLive are left with little doubt as to the value of their assets – absolutely nothing. Lauder Partners is …
Read More »Team NSD wins Asia E-sports Cup India
Baroda-based Team NSD destroyed all opposition on its way to winning the finals of the Asia E-Sports Cup 2012 India finals for Counter-Strike 1.6. AEC 2012 saw 167 Clans from 13 cities participating in the qualifiers, and the finals were held recently in Navi Mumbai. Team NSD beat off competition …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 12-18
Valve has announced Steam’s top selling titles for the past week, with the latest in the Counter-Strike franchise holding its position at the top of the heap. ArmA II (runner-up) continues to sell as well while in the midst of many happenings for its popular DayZ mod. Elsewhere on the …
Read More »Rumour: Black Ops 2 Wii U outed on LinkedIn
A Linkedin profile of a Treyarch QA tester suggests Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be making its way to Wii U. IGN dug up the resume in question that states the employee has been working on both the PS3 and Wii U versions of the game since May. …
Read More »DotA 2 documentary unveiled as Valve’s movie project
Valve has confirmed previous reports and teases that the company is in production on a gaming-related film, unveiling a documentary focused on pro circuit players competing in the annual Dota 2 tournament The International. Gabe Newell revealed that his company is producing the film on GTTV late last week, providing …
Read More »UPDATED: 1,600 users – the story of OnLive’s collapse starts to emerge
The truth about OnLive’s demise will take time to emerge – but already a solid picture is being formed. And at the heart of it are user numbers. OnLive has never given out detailed user numbers, beyond vague statement of phenomenal interest” and growing user bases”. But if the numbers …
Read More »OnLive demise confirmed; ‘New’ OnLive hiring percentage of old staff
After a night of wild rumour and corporate denials, the demise of OnLive in its current form has been confirmed. And as suspected, a new company has emerged as part of pre-agreed bailout deal that will continue to operate the OnLive name and services. We can now confirm that the …
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