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High-performance PC gaming brand Alienware has launched an online gaming tournament for the Asia-Pacific region, which will be hosted on AlienwareArena.com. Aside from India, Alienware Game Victorious 2012 Battlegrounds is also open to competitive gamers from Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Japan and China. The tournament is designed to …
Read More »Excessive XBLA dev fees block Fez patch
'As a small independent, paying so much money makes no sense at all', says studio
Read More »UKIE revamps AskAboutGames.com ahead of PEGI launch
AskAboutGames.com, a website designed to educate parents and families about video games, is online once more. The site has been relaunched by trade body UKIE to coincide with PEGI’s debut as a legally enforceable ratings system, which is due to occur on Monday, July 30th. It will feature information on …
Read More »King.com to keynote second F2P Summit
David Darling and Ian Baverstock also set to speak at London event
Read More »Chinese dev stole Torchlight assets, claims creator
EGLS expresses shock at accusations that it ripped content for its latest mobile game
Read More »Sony Gamescom press conference set for August 14th
Sony’s Gamescom conference will take place on August 14th at 7PM local time (6pm our time). The event will take place at Staatenhaus am Rheinpark in Cologne. Sony tends to make big announcements at Gamescom. Previously, major games and hardware revisions have been announced at the show. Insiders suggest this …
Read More »Halo 4 toys due August
Re:creation has confirmed the release of its hotly tipped Halo 4 die-cast vehicles. The Jada Toys collection will launch in the UK this august, with Re:creation handling distribution duties. The five die-cast vehicles include the Mongoose (12.99), Ghost (14.99), Warthog (19.99) and Banshee (24.99) from Halo 4, as well as …
Read More »Capcom Vancouver lays off 20 staff
Dead Rising 2 developer trims seven per cent of employees due to 'unsuitable fit with studio goals'
Read More »EA hands UFC to Fight Night team
The next Ultimate Fighting Championship will be developed by the talent behind EA’s Fight Night titles. The publisher has confirmed that EA Canada is now working on the provisionally-titled EA Sports UFC, according to Kotaku. This will be the first UFC game published by EA after it picked up the …
Read More »Edinburgh announces keynote speakers
The man behind Xbox will be amongst the headline acts at this year’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Seamus Blackley will give a talk on ‘the future of fun’ at this year’s event, which will be his only European appearance this year. As well as setting the proposal for Xbox, Blackley has …
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