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The Video Standards Council has confirmed that the proposed changes to the UK video games age ratings system that will make PEGI legally enforceable will not now be put in place until April 1st 2011. The delay has been blamed on the fact that while the Digital Economy Act has …
Read More »Apache: Air Assault announced
Publisher Activision has announced a brand new flight sim that’s due for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 some time this autumn. Apache: Air Assault is being developed independent Russian studio Gaijin Entertainment which was the outfit behind last year’s console outing IL2-Sturmovik: Birds of Prey that was published by …
Read More »Channel 4: We seek originality first, not players
Develop 2010: Alice Taylor takes a fighting stance on quality of product over quantity of users
Read More »INTERVIEW: YooStar
So what exactly is Yoostar?Yoostar is the first video game that puts you in the movies and next to the other actors. Players can create user-generated video and post it up on the respective Microsoft or Sony websites. From there, the gamer can share it with their friends, comment on …
Read More »GAMEs midnight Xbox 360 S openings
Those super keen to get their hands on the very shiny new Xbox 360 S will get the chance to do so at midnight tonight with news that GAME and Gamestation are to open the doors to dozens of its UK stories tonight at midnight. Stock will be available to …
Read More »Microsoft scraps 1 vs. 100
Confirming what has been suspected for some time, Microsoft has announced that interactive Xbox Live quiz show 1 vs. 100 will not be returning for a third series. The downloadable game was free to play and allowed a handful of lucky gamers to compete in real time against others with …
Read More »BBC: DLC represents our future
Develop 2010: Doctor Who: The Adventure Games singled out as a yardstick of Auntieâ??s likely attentions over the coming years
Read More »Average game price falls
The price of games is falling, says ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track. Following Sainsbury’s demands last week for prices of games to drop, the latest Chart-Track data reveals that Wii, DS, PSP and PS2 games have in fact gone down during the first half of 2010. The average price of Wii games for …
Read More »Nintendo reveals new sampling tour
Platform holder Nintendo has announced a brand new sampling tour that will grace five major consumer expos between now and early 2011. Called Nintendo Unleashed, the campaign will offer the chance to get and early hands on with the likes of Metroid: Other M and Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of …
Read More »We R Interactive opens doors
Developer-publisher founded by former Sony exec David Rose and backed by ITV commercial director Fru Hazlitt
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