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We’ll never know exactly how much EA spent on bankrolling BioWare’s first MMO Star Wars: the Old Republic, but one analyst reckons the total figure could be close to half a billion dollars. I think it’s safe to say that the total all-in investment in Star Wars is probably approaching …
Read More »Games to feature in Junior Design Awards 2012
This year’s Junior Design Awards 2012 will for the first time recognise video games and their importance in the lives of families and children. Three new categories are debuting in the 2012 event – Best Console/Handheld Game, Best Family Video Game and Best Children’s App. Judges will be selecting the …
Read More »CCP: ‘Cloud gaming perfect for free-to-play success’
CLOUD GAMING EUROPE: But is the cloud enough to make free-to-play a perfect bet? Namco Bandai isn't convinced
Read More »App Store Charts: Week 2
Imangi's platformer Temple Run tops the free iPhone chart whilst Disney's popular Where's My Water? moves up to 2nd on iPad
Read More »FEATURE: Tap into a £10,000 prize fund for your Ultrabook app
[Intel sponsored feature] Find out how you can win a gold medal and cash prizes for your London app
Read More »Star Trek Online now free-to-play
Cryptic Studios has confirmed that its Star Trek MMO is now free to all players. The developer completed the transition from a subscription-based model to F2P on schedule, having previously promised a relaunch date of January 17th. Players now have access to the entire game with no fees. However, those …
Read More »360 dash app usage rises 50%
The amount of consumers using entertainment apps on Xbox Live globally increased by 50 per cent from November to December. On average, over 60 per cent US Xbox Live Gold members accessed these apps for one hour each day. Entertainment apps include YouTube, Blinkbox, Netflix and MSN. Several went live …
Read More »Rockstar extends Max Payne 3 Special Edition deadline
Fans of the series now have until April to pre-order the Special Edition of Max Payne 3. Rockstar announced it has extended the deadline following yesterday’s news that the game has been delayed until May. The SKU will no longer be available after April 2nd. The Special Edition features a …
Read More »Indie retailer Videogamesplus.ca hacked
Canadian games importer Videogamesplus.ca has reportedly been hacked, leading to the details of 21,000 customers being leaked online. Edge reports that a list of names, phone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords was uploaded to Pastebin, though links to the file have since been removed. Videogamesplus is a popular …
Read More »The REAL entertainment Top 40
You know that Entertainment Top 40 released last week and published online by the games press (including MCV)? Well it was wrong. MCV can reveal that the video game numbers were based on the raw Chart-Track data and were not up-weighted to account for the whole market. That means Black …
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