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Popular games comic and blog Penny Arcade is offering fans the chance to remove all advertising the site – if they pay $1m. The website’s creators have started a Kickstarter campaign promising that all ads will be removed if it raises enough money – specifically $999,999. If they reach $525,000, …
Read More »Kickstarter ‘offers a great feedback mechanism’
Develop Conference: 'Advice developers receive from contributors is trustable as they have invested money', says Jason Holtman
Read More »Angry Birds Trilogy finally coming to consoles
Rovio’s mobile phenomenon will swoop into living rooms this Christmas as Angry Birds Trilogy arrives on Xbox 360, PS3 and 3DS. The compilation includes Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and movie tie-in Angry Birds Rio, according to IGN. The trio have a combined sales count in the billions. Angry Birds …
Read More »Windows 8 due out in October
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will launch in late October. Speaking at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference, the computing giant announced that the final consumer version of its latest operating system will launch October alongside the first run of its next-generation tablets and phones. Microsoft also announced that users …
Read More »Pachter: EA boss fears for his job
Develop Conference: EA's John Riccitiello fears losing his job over falling stock
Read More »Gamescom 2012 sees expanded Gamecity:Hamburg presence
Germany’s largest games industry network, Gamecity:Hamburg, welcomes its biggest ever gathering at gamescom 2012. Gamecity: Hamburg will bring 11 Hamburg-based companies to its booth at the industry event in Cologne. Exhibitors under the Gamecity umbrella include Atlas Interactive Deutschland, Fishlabs Entertainment, InnoGames, Playa Games, and Taylor Wessing Deutschland. It is …
Read More »Kinect PlayFit launches in US
Microsoft’s new Kinect fitness initiative goes live today in the US. Kinect PlayFit takes the form of a new dashboard for Xbox 360 that keeps track of your efforts in compatible Kinect titles, aggregating all of the information in a single resource. Confirmed currently compatible games include Dance Central 2, …
Read More »PEGI ratings go official on July 30th
July 30th is the day that the full-blooded new PEGI age ratings system for video games will go live in the UK. Games released in the UK are currently rated by both PEGI and, if they contain mature content, the BBFC. PEGI will assume sole control from the end of …
Read More »Miyamoto "like a slightly more friendly Steve Jobs"
One of the most experienced games designers to have worked with Nintendo’s legendary Shigeru Miyamoto has compared him to the late Apple boss Steve Jobs. Most definitely Miyamoto,” Q Games’ Dylan Cuthbert answered when asked from whom he took most inspiration from in a GAME-organised Q&A on Facebook. His private …
Read More »Hackable console Ouya begins $1m Kickstarter campaign
All games in Android-based system to offer form of free play
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