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Nearly a week on from the US launch and four days on from its UK release, Sony’s Driveclub is still crippled with severe online problems. Game update 1.03 went live on Saturday and was intended to implement several game-side fixes to reduce server load” and while there have been some …
Read More »New curriculum alone is not enough to build kids’ computer skills
Report from the Nominet Trust says there's no one direct path to become a digital creator
Read More »LittleBigPlanet 3 delayed by a week
PS4 and PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet 3 is going to arrive slightly later than expected. The game had been due to be released in the UK on November 21st but will now launch on November 28th. We’re currently working our socks off with Sackboy and friends to get the game to …
Read More »London Games Conference: Look who’s talking
Facebook, Buzzfeed, Twitch, PlayStation, Ubisoft, IGN and more will be sharing their expertise at next month’s London Games Conference. The event will discuss the marketing challenge: driving reach, engagement and conversation. London Games Conference returns on Wednesday November 19th – with a clutch of high profile brands involved. This year’s …
Read More »Keywords acquires art specialist Lakshya Digital
Expanding services firm acquires India-based outsourcing company
Read More »Livingstone School will focus on ‘games-based learning’
Industry veteran Ian Livingstone wants kids to learn how to solve problems, not just pass exams
Read More »"Let’s be clear up front – Ubisoft does not constrain its games"
Ubisoft has released a fourth statement that it hopes will put to bed a week’s worth of headlines concerning the display resolution of Assassin’s Creed: Unity. Let’s be clear up front – Ubisoft does not constrain its games,” senior communications manager Gary Steinman said. We would not limit a game’s …
Read More »Ono: 2m sales needed before Capcom greenlights sequels
Producer says Street Fighter X Tekken sequel unlikely
Read More »Games Media Profile: Gamer Network
Gamer Network co-founder and CEO Rupert Loman talks about the diversity of games media formats Eurogamer has long been a staple of the UK games press, and the outlet’s events are similarly becoming a cornerstone of the consumer games circuit. The firm’s EGX show attracted over 80,000 gamers this year …
Read More »Capcom games must sell 2m units to get a sequel, Ono claims
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono says that Capcom won’t greenlight sequels to games that sell under 2m copies. In an interview with Famitsu (via Eventhubs) Ono was asked about the possibility of a sequel to Street Fighter X Tekken. Having downplayed the possibility, the mag pointed out that the Capcom …
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