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Indie developer Ustwo looks to have walked headlong into a fresh PR disaster following an unpopular update to its smash hit iOS app Whale Trail. One-star user reviews are flooding onto the game’s App Store page after a recent update added in-app purchases to the game. What has irked users …
Read More »Hurry! Develop Awards early bird ends tomorrow
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Read More »Gioteck grows US presence with Solutions 2 Go deal
The UK games industry may be visiting America for E3 this week, but some firms are establishing a more permanent foothold over the pond. UK accessories vendor Gioteck has taken further steps to conquer America with a new distribution partnership. The firm has teamed up with US company Solutions 2 …
Read More »E3 2012: OnLive iOS app is STILL awaiting approval
Cloud gaming provider OnLive has not given up hope of its iOS app going live – despite submitting it to Apple six months ago. The iOS OnLive app was revealed at E3 2011 and very much pitched as a key part of the package. When used in conjunction with OnLive’s …
Read More »E3 2012: Miiverse messages will be moderated, delayed
Messages posted no Nintendo’s new social media Miiverse could face a delay of around 30 minutes before appearing online. President Satoru Iwata has said that the company will employ people, or human resources” as he describes them, to actively moderate messages posted to the network. The attraction of a social …
Read More »Win Turtle Beach headsets with Euro 2012 Fantasy Football
Peripherals specialist Lygo is giving members of the games industry the chance to win Turtle Beach headsets during the upcoming Euro 2012 tournament. To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is sign up to Lygo’s trade-only ‘The Turtle Beach League’ on the official Euro …
Read More »E3 2012: MS admits all gaming will be cloud-based ‘someday’
Microsoft Game Studiosâ?? Phil Spencer lifts lid on company's perspective on streaming
Read More »E3 2012: All gaming will be cloud based "someday", admits MS
Microsoft Game Studios’ corporate VP Phil Spencer has admitted that the future of gaming lies in the clouds. While an expected deal between Sony and a major cloud gaming firm has yet to be announced, platform holders are for the first time admitting that the model as we know it …
Read More »New PlayStation Plus freebies now on Indian store
At E3, Sony announced the Instant Game Collection, which will see PlayStation Plus subscribers receive ten full games for free. These freebies are now available on the Indian PlayStation Store. Of the ten games available, three will be rotated on a monthly basis, which means you’ll have three new games …
Read More »Peter Molyneux’s £50,000 DLC
Oh Peter. Outspoken creative experimenter Peter Molyneux has confirmed that his next game will contain DLC… that costs 50,000. His first project post-Lionhead is Curiosity. It’s a virtual room that contains a single black cube. Players can then tap away at the cube with a chisel, causing fractures. Fractures caused …
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