Weekly userbase increases by 100,000 in just under a month
Read More »Angry Birds Space racks up 50 million downloads
Angry Birds Space has surpassed 50m downloads in just over a month of availability. Rovio announced on its blog that the mark was hit within 35 days, breaking the company’s previous records and making the title ‘the fastest growing mobile game yet.’ The developer ends the reveal with a tease …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 PC DLC arrives next month
PC owners of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will finally gain access to post-launch content this May. Shacknews reports the release of the first ‘Content Collection’ for PC on May 8th will mark the first time the version has been addressed by Activision and Infinity Ward since the game’s …
Read More »Minecraft Pocket Edition crafting update out now for iOS and Android
The mobile version of Mojang’s indie hit Minecraft has received a significant update for iOS and Android devices. Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.3.0 adds a crafting interface similar to the PC version. Players can now build new items and materials, which most would agree is a big part of Minecraft (hey, …
Read More »Spending sinks profit as Facebook prepares for IPO
Net income declines 12%; Quarter-to-quarter revenues slide; Network hits 900 million monthly active users
Read More »Newell seemingly admits to Half-Life 3 dev issues
Valve has remained silent about the Half-Life 3 project due to significant unexpected occurrences during the game’s development, the company’s managing director Gabe Newell has explained. Newell, who co-founded the company in 1996, discussed the unannounced Half-Life project without mentioning it by name. He instead spoke at length about ‘Ricochet …
Read More »Kingston Uni urges Metro to run "Xbox paedophile predators" correction
The Professor behind the study that led to Metro’s sensational Xbox paedophile predators” last week has stated that the paper misinterpreted its findings. Furthermore, professor of criminology and director of research in criminology and co-director of the centre for abuse and trauma studies at Kingston University Julia Davidson has asked …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 15-21
Valve has released Steam’s top sellers chart for the week ending on April 21st. For the second week in a row, dungeon crawler Legend of Grimrock claims the top spot. The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition jumps to the second spot, with Skyrim keeping a tight grip on the third. Newcomers …
Read More »DOTA 2 to be a "new kind" of free-to-play
Valve will pursue its experiment with the free-to-play games model with a new plan to release its upcoming game DOTA 2 for free, the company’s managing director has said. Gabe Newell claimed Valve is not applying a wholly conventional freemium model for the online action strategy game.Usually, freemium games are …
Read More »Star Wars: TOR interest already on decline, analyst suggests
EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO may already be fading in regards to player numbers, a new report from Cowen and Company suggests. The game is forecasted to keep 1.25m subs by the end of the fiscal year, a steep and rather quick decline from the 1.7m figure recorded …
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