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As rumoured in June, Mariah Carey is the new celebrity face/cleavage of Machine Zone’s mobile hit Game of War. Furthermore, the first short to feature the R&B songstress can be seen below, as spotted by Eurogamer. Be warned though – Mariah’s involvement is quite fleeting. Carey replaces the game’s current …
Read More »PS4 gets a price cut in Japan
Sony has cut 5,000 (30) off the price of the PS4 in Japan. The console currently retails for just shy of 40,000 (217) in the region. As of October 1st, however, this will be cut to 35,000 (190). It’s the first official price cut for the machine in the region. …
Read More »Dead Space and Real Racing among 23 mobile games killed by EA
Apps to be pulled from sale with no more updates in the future
Read More »Capcom announces a Resident Evil team-based FPS
Publisher Capcom has said it is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Resident Evil series with… a team-based first person shooter. Resident Evil Umbrella Corps has an air of Resident Evil Raccoon City about it, although infused with a big dose of modern FPS trappings. We know the game …
Read More »Xbox One is getting two exclusive JRPGs
Japanese publisher Experience has announced its intention to release two JRPGs on Xbox One. Pure Xbox reports that CEO Hajime Chikami has confirmed global releases for both Stranger of Sword City and an in-development game going by the working title of Students of the Round 2. Both will offer full …
Read More »Flight Control and Dead Space among 23 mobile games killed by EA
One of the App Store’s earliest success stories is among a list of older smartphone games being killed by publisher EA. Included on the list is the multi-million selling Flight Control, which back in 2009 sold 700k copies in under two months on sale – an especially notable achievement considering …
Read More »Sponsored Feature: How to automate your wholesale business
CodesWholesale.com’s CMO Fatih Parlayan tells us why retailers should be using digital distribution Eliminating the need for storing products and time-consuming transportation of boxes are only a few of the advantages of digital distribution of video games. Additionally, the whole process is completely automatic – which makes it possible to …
Read More »BBC announces Doctor Who Game Maker educational tool
Doctor Who is again being used as an educational vehicle, this time to encourage kids to learn how to design games. The Doctor Who Game Maker will go live next week on September 15th (just a few days before the Timelord’s return to our TV screens on September 19th). It’s …
Read More »VIDEO: Live-action Destiny trailer arrives ahead of The Taken King
The Taken King is very nearly upon us, so of course it’s time for a big promotional push from Activision. This new Destiny live-action short maintains the tradition of using Led Zeppelin tracks, this time featuring ‘Black Dog’, much like the game’s most recent trailer. This new video is directed …
Read More »BBC opens up Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing to aspiring game makers
New Maker Kits to be published over the coming weeks
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