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Kids can go on adventures and build their own worlds in Disney Infinity, which was a real hit when the franchise first arrived in 2013. Featuring a host of iconic Disney characters – from Mickey Mouse to Captain Jack Sparrow – the original title has sold through 3m units. This …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s fourth patch brings fresh problems
Assassin’s Creed firm Ubisoft continues to release patches and updates to fix its latest release, but it’s a slow and frustrating process for consumers. The latest patch – which focuses on improving the frame rate in Assassin’s Creed Unity and revamping areas of Paris that were causing problems –weighs in …
Read More »Was Black Friday a good thing?
PlayStation UK and Ireland boss Fergal Gara discusses the recent pre-Christmas sales bonanza and the 20th anniversary of PlayStation… Well what an amazing couple of weeks for the games industry. It’s almost exactly one year since the launch of two new consoles and perhaps, all across the industry, we were …
Read More »You thought it was all over, but PES is back
There was a time, back in the days of PS2, when the match between Konami and EA’s football titles was a real top-of-the-table clash. It was Pro Evolution Soccer, the purist’s game of choice, versus FIFA, the game that had all the big name licences. And while the latter might …
Read More »Patch problems continue for Assassin’s Creed Unity
Ubisoft issues 6.7GB patch for troubled triple-A game, error creates 40GB download for Xbox One owners
Read More »Jagex and Hasbro to close Transformers Universe
Game now in maintenance period before January 31st shutdown
Read More »Playstation’s hunt for the next big indie hit
Shahid Ahmad, senior business development manager at Sony Europe, has been one of the driving forces behind PlayStation’s thriving indie movement for the last two and a half years, having signed recent and upcoming hits including Thomas Was Alone, OlliOlli, Fez, Hotline Miami and No Man’s Sky. Matthew Jarvis sees …
Read More »Publisher BitComposer files for insolvency
German developer and publisher BitComposer has filed for insolvency. The studio claimed its own problems stemmed from the financial difficulties of its suppliers in game development”.Despite claiming its operations are running smoothly” amidst what it has termed a crisis, the company is now seeking a new investor to ensure it …
Read More »Ubisoft delays latest Assassin’s Creed: Unity patch so it can ‘refurbish Paris’
The fourth patch for Assassin’s Creed: Unity has been delayed so Ubisoft can add further improvements. Chief among them seems to be what the publisher has described as a refurbishment” of Paris. As stated last week, we’d expected to release the patch today (and we know that many are anticipating …
Read More »Bangkok mobile gaming start-up secures $500k
Debut title Ranch Run to release worldwide in January
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