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Brisbane-based developer 3 Blokes Studios has today released Galactic Allies, sequel to its Facebook MMO hit Galactic Trader. In a twist for a Facebook title, it’s a story-drive game where players have a huge number of ‘core’ gaming abilities, as theyexplore the far reaches of the universe, collect and trade …
Read More »Tim Willits Part 3 – Games are ‘too hit-driven and it’s getting worse’
In the final part of MCV’s discussion with id Software creative director Tim Willits, we discuss idTech, the hit-driven nature of games and RAGE post-launch support. In your opinion, is gaming still a hit-driven industry? Yes, but it can’t be. The big titles will only get bigger, but it’s not …
Read More »GAME becomes first retailer to back OnLive
GAME Group has forged a unique strategic partnership with OnLive, the cloud gaming service that launches in the UK today. In fact GAME is the first games retailer to work closely with OnLive. The firm will sell the service to millions of customers in the UK, and eventually across Europe …
Read More »VIDEO: The Hoff stars in Burnout Crash trailer
EA has released apromotional video starring David Hasselhoff tomark the arrival of its XBLA and PSN game Burnout Crash, and you can watch it here. In this bizarre video the Hoff can be seen demonstrating the game’s Kinect functionality with his trademark charm. The TV icon has starred in programmes …
Read More »New Flurry SDK for Windows Phone
Additional features include breakdowns of user language and secure connections
Read More »Angry Birds phenomenon ‘spawns Starbucks deal’
As pilot tests show some 10,000 people spent over 30 minutes playing at Barnes & Noble stores
Read More »Ubi takes charity t-shirts to Eurogamer Expo
Ubisoft is raising money for GamesAid via exclusive t-shirts sold at the Eurogamer Expo. The publisher is selling three shirts at the show with designs based on Rayman, Assassin’s Creed and Ghost Recon artwork. The shirts cost 15 each or gamers can get two for 20. UK games industry charity …
Read More »UK CHARTS: August 2011
The fact that Deus Ex is No.2 after just two days on sale says as much about the state of UK games retail as it does about the performance of the Square Enix RPG. A lack of new games saw retail sales plunge last month, down 19.5 per cent over …
Read More »Study author brands Metro story "inaccurate"
The man behind the report that formed the basis of Metro’s absurd anti-gaming story this morning has slammed the paper’s reporting of it. Of the headline claiming Gamers ‘can’t tell real world from fantasy’”, Nottingham Trent University’s Professor Mark Griffith told Spong: "For one thing, we never said that in …
Read More »Driver: San Francisco available on PSN – for £57.99
Digital retail will be the end of the High Street. Or not, if these sorts of decisions continue. As part of this week’s PlayStation Network update, Ubisoft’s recent release Driver: San Francisco – which hit retail on September 2nd – is available to download in full. That kills off any …
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