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Future has announced the shortlist for this year’s GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards 2011 presented by Alienware. Voting is open now and will remain so until October 14th. There are 14 categories to vote on in total. 20 games are in contention for the big prize, the Ultimate Game of the …
Read More »GAME offers Ace Combat pre-order perks
Namco Bandai has revealed a host of extras available to those who pre-order Ace Combat: Assault Horizon from the UK’s leading High Street retailer GAME. Buyers will get three free multiplayer perks – Enhanced Dog Fight Mode, Enhanced Air Strike Mode and a Plus version of Machine Gun Cool Down. …
Read More »FEATURE: Activision’s toy challenge
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is probably the most retail-friendly game out this Christmas. It has DLC you can only buy in a shop. When the game talks of cross-platform play, it doesn’t mean online multiplayer between a 360 and PS3, it means taking your toys round a mate’s house.It’s innovative in …
Read More »Andy Murray to front Grand Slam Tennis 2
Britain’s number one tennis superstar Andy Murray can be the Wayne Rooney of Grand Slam Tennis 2, says EA. The publisher has acquired the in-game licence for players including Roger Federer and Murray. And these tennis aces will be used to push the game ahead of its 2012 release on …
Read More »‘Video games media should be as mainstream as sport and film’
Video games media is not living up to its extraordinary potential”, says IGN. The online giant’s ambitious president Roy Bahat says gaming media ought to be as big as movies and sport, and that it’s down to IGN to make it happen. We have this vision of a new kind …
Read More »JAPAN: Deus Ex delayed
Less than 48 hours before its scheduled release in Japan, Square Enix has announced a surprise delay to the game. Andriasang reports that while no specifics have been given, the delay relates to the discovery of content in one area of the title that contravenes the requirements of the Japanese …
Read More »Halo 4 director quits amid creative differences
Senior Microsoft director was given red light on 'crazy' project
Read More »Execs promoted at Jagex
RuneScape development studio and publisher Jagex has appointed two new staff to senior positions. Daniel Clough has now joined the team as chief operating officer, while Wendy Rosenthal has been appointed as the new chief marketing officer. Daniel and Wendy bring a huge weight of experience to Jagex’s leadership team,” …
Read More »Halo 4 creative director quits 343 Industries
One of the creative directors working on Halo 4 has quit not just the game but also developer 343 Industries. Ryan Payton, who Kotaku reports has been previously diagnosed with depression, says that despite a great run at Microsoft” that he doesn’t regret, there came a point where I wasn’t …
Read More »Digital copies of Dirt 3 stolen
Codes for an estimated three million copies of Codemasters racer Dirt 3 have been accessed and illegally distributed online. Kotaku reports that a promotion from graphics card manufacturer AMD was offering free copies of the game to anyone who purchased one of their graphics cards. However, the 3m Steam codes …
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