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Candy Crush Saga creator King runs more television advertisements than any other video game company out there, according to advertising metrics company iSpot.tv. Games Beat reports on the ad firm’s findings, which state King commercials have aired on US national television more than 34,000 times this year. Microsoft ran just …
Read More »Hospital Club 100 gaming and tech winners announced
The Hospital Club has revealed who was voted the Top 10 people in the tech and gaming category. Those in this year’s list include MakieLab’s Alice Taylor and indie developer Dan Pearce. These ten were picked from a shortlist of 25 that was unveiled last month. The top nine entries …
Read More »Square Enix signs Arsene Wenger for Champ Man 15
Transfer-shy Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has himself signed a deal with Championship Manager publisher Square Enix. The French football maestro has leant his face to the Champ Man 15 campaign to underline the authenticity of the experience”. The press release isn’t entirely clear, but this seems to mean that he’ll …
Read More »DICE admits that Battlefield 4 launch has damaged player trust
Battlefield developer DICE has stated its intention to win back any gamers who have been left disillusioned with the franchise following Battlefield 4. The game was last year beset by technical problems at launch that persisted well into 2014. "I can absolutely say that we lost [player] trust in the …
Read More »IGDA Scotland names new chairman
Luke Dicken steps down to join Zynga in San Francisco
Read More »Survey shows devs ask for investment too soon
Games Funding Forum organisers look into studios' biggest financing mistakes
Read More »YouTubers required to be positive in return for Shadow of Mordor review code, report claims
Persuading viewers to purchase” and putting FCC disclosures at the bottom of the video description are among the many requirements asked of YouTubers who wanted to review Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. That’s according to a new video from Jim Sterling in which he reveals a long list of demands made …
Read More »Hugh Laurie joins LittleBigPlanet 3 voice cast
Hugh Laurie will be joining Stephen Fry on the voice cast list of upcoming PS4 and PS3 title LittleBigPlanet 3. Laurie is voicing antagonist Newton, while Fry returns as the game’s iconic narrator. It’s not nearly as different as I might have thought ten years ago; storytelling is storytelling, whatever …
Read More »Ubisoft backtracks on claims it lowered AC: Unity resolution on PS4 to achieve Xbox One parity
A developer working on Assassin’s Creed: Unity has said that the game has been made to run at a reduced resolution of 900p on PS4 to keep it in line with the Xbox One release. Both versions of the title will run at 900p and 30fps – which was also …
Read More »DriveClub pre-load opens in UK on Wednesday for paid version
PS4 owners in the UK will be able to begin pre-loading DriveClub onto their consoles this Wednesday. That means they’ll have two days to get the 17GB game installed onto their consoles before its official release on Friday (October 10th). Pre-loading is due to start any moment in the US …
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