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The release of the newest operating system for the iPhone and iPad early yesterday evening lead to a surge in European internet traffic. Following the release of iOS 5 at around 6:00pm last night, UK net usage increased by around 200Gb per second, effectively adding around a fifth to the …
Read More »Superman makes his video games return
His success record is less then exemplary, but Superman will never give up and is to make his video game return next month. Chillingo has been revealed by IGN as the publisher of a brand new Superman title for iOS devices. Superman features 18 levels and an array of the …
Read More »DoDonPachi gets UK release date
Rising Star Games’ Xbox 360-only 2D shooter DoDonPachi Resurrection will be released in the UK on November 4th, MCV can reveal. It’s the first time the SKU has been released in any territory outside of Japan. MCV also understands that the European SKU will be region free. Included on the …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto III coming to iOS, Android
It’s ten years since the release of seminal PS2 classic Grand Theft Auto III and to celebrate Rockstar Games has announced that the 3D action title is coming to smartphones. It’s due to hit both iOS and Android some time this autumn. Compatibility has been confirmed with iPad 2, iPhone …
Read More »Your chance to grab a FREE MCV subscription
Intent Media has extended its offer of a free subscription to MCV magazine for all of its Twitter followers. MCV is not only the UK’s only weekly games trade mag – it’s also the only video games trade publication in the world to be released every seven days. If you …
Read More »PopCap announces Popcorn Dragon
The casual gaming giant has lifted the lid on its next mobile title: Popcorn Dragon for iOS. The game gives player control over a dragon and challenges them to pop kernels of popcorn using his ability to breath fly. They’ve also got to have the dragon eat as much of …
Read More »ONLINE GAMES FOCUS: Trion Worlds
In a sector that is becoming more generic, where most newcomers can be described as World of Warcraft with…guns/lightsabers/robots (delete as appropriate)”, everyone is searching for a way to topple the market leader. Trion Worlds’ solution is to step away from what makes current MMO behemoths so popular, enticing gamers …
Read More »ONLINE GAMES FOCUS: Blizzard
As of June this year, World of Warcraft had 11.1 million subscribers.Speak to any other MMO creator and they would bite your hand off for even a slice of that success. But to Blizzard, that number marks the game’s first decline in users since the title launched in 2005. Last …
Read More »Burnout iOS game confirmed
Downloadable Xbox Live and PSN game Burnout Crash will be heading to the iPad and iPhone this year. EA’s Criterion Games studio has ported the top-down car crash game to Apple’s iOS platform. The publisher says it will arrive this holiday season” on iPad, iPad 2 and iPhone 4. The …
Read More »ONLINE GAMES FOCUS: NCsoft
NCsoft quite likes Europe. The Korean MMO giant has been making a lot of noise across the continent in recent months. In August it took to Gamescom to announce unique online adventure Wildstar, before revealing almost all the details for its anticipated Guild Wars sequel. And it gained a host …
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