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Next year’s remake of TriStar Pictures’ 1990 sci-fi movie Total Recall is to be transformed into an MMO. The original film was directed by Paul Verhoeven and was based on Philip K Dick novel We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. It sees hero Arnold Schwarzenegger play the part of …
Read More »Dev industry in awe of new Tegra mobile tech
Nvidia chip lauded for bringing 'console quality graphics' to platform
Read More »Digital games market to reach $50bn in five years
The global digital games market will more than double over the next five years to $53 billion, a research company has claimed. In the report, business analysts Ovum said revenues will grow at an annual rate of 17 per cent from $24 billion at the end of 2011. It also …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Retail dresses up for Batman launch
Everyone may be recovering from the Modern Warfare 3 launch party, but that’s not the only game that saw retail go all out to draw in fans. Below are photos from some of the midnight openings for last month’s smash hit Batman: Arkham City. The activity was sponsored by the …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders "broke industry records"
Ahead of the possible release of concrete numbers later today, Activision has claimed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the most pre-ordered game ever released. Of course, this puts the title on track to break the sales records set by immediate predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops. Pre-orders …
Read More »Gamestation helps MW3 fans skive off work
Finally getting your hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is great. Things like jobs and kids and gardening preventing you playing it is not. So retailer Gamestation has offered a helping hand in the form of some suggested text messages posted on its Facebook site that can be …
Read More »Digital ‘will be worth $50 billion by 2016’
Mobile gaming to triple in value to more than $17.5 billion, says Analyst firm
Read More »Focus Multimedia achieves record market share
UK publisher Focus Multimedia dominated the budget market in October 2011, achieving its largest ever market share in a single month. The firm accounted for 31.4 per cent of all budget PC software sales in terms of units, according to last month’s GfK Chart-Track report. By contrast, Focus’ nearest competitor …
Read More »Drawsome tablet announced for Wii
Ubisoft has unveiled a new Wii peripheral that allows players to interact with games by drawing. The Drawsome tablet features a 6.5 x 5-inch touchscreen which displays whatever the user is drawing. These scribbles can then be transferred into the game.Players will also be able to share their creations with …
Read More »XCOM reboot delayed
Take-Two has confirmed its sci-fi shooter XCOM will not be released in March 2012. Instead, the reboot of the classic 2K series will land during the publisher’s next financial year: between April 1st 2012 and March 2013. The delays was announced during Take-Two’s quarterly financial report, according to Eurogamer. The …
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