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Zynga has revealed two new titles along with a sequel for its Ville franchise. The social games company revealed at their press event in San Francisco that titles The Ville, ChefVille, and FarmVille 2 are on the way. The Ville is a Facebook game where players will be able to …
Read More »New partners join Zynga publishing program, third-party API released
Social games powerhouse Zynga has announced a trio of new publishing partnerships. The company revealed at its Zynga Unleashed event earlier today in San Francisco that Majesco, 50 Cubes and Portalarium have partnered and will have Zynga handle publishing duties for their applicable titles. Zynga also highlighted Konami, Playdemic, and …
Read More »No Dawnguard for Indian Xbox Marketplace
Dawnguard, the eagerly anticipated first downloadable content for last year’s RPG phenomenon The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, is unavailable for Indian Xbox 360 users. While Skyrim was officially released in India and Bethesda does have an official distributor here, no Skyrim content is available on the Indian Xbox Marketplace. On …
Read More »Zynga Unleashed spooks investors
Share price drops thirty cents following press conference
Read More »Zynga with Friends unveiled
Social games network links all Zynga platforms
Read More »Sony reveals Indian prices for 2012-13 releases; The Last of Us absent
Sony has just released the Indian prices for its PS3 and PS Vita line-up for the remainder of 2012-13 along with tentative release windows. Interestingly, while both God of War: Ascension and Beyond: Two Souls are listed, The Last of Us isn’t, suggesting that Naughty Dog’s survival action title won’t …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Can we really keep kids safe?
Earlier this month, kids social network Habbo grabbed the headlines when Channel 4 reported on the sexual predators that allegedly stalk the site’s 265m users. Within two minutes I was being asked ‘do you have a webcam?’, ‘can we chat on MSN or Skype?’,” said Channel 4 News producer Rachel …
Read More »Nintendo ready for digital switch
David Yarnton says it won’t be long until Nintendo rolls out its digital games strategy to retailers. Last month, we reported on global plans by Nintendo Japan to start selling more downloadable content via all its retail partners to aid the marketing of digital content and reduce inventory costs. Nintendo …
Read More »First Dust 514 content available on PSN tomorrow
The first premium content for yet-to-be-released free to play” first person shooter Dust 514 will arrive on the European arm of PSN tomorrow. The Mercenary Pack, which apparently offers $50 worth of content for $19.99 (13.99 in the UK), includes a host of in-game perks and, most notably, guaranteed access …
Read More »No Journey Collection for Europe
The recently confirmed Journey Collector’s Edition for PS3 will not be released in Europe, developer Thatgamecompany has confirmed. TheJourney PS3Collector’s Edition isn’t coming out in Europe,” the studio said on its Twitter feed. We wish Europeans could get it, but there’s nothing we can do. The best thing for you …
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