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Sony Online Entertainment has released the Planetside 2 Mobile Uplink app for iOS and Android devices. Carrying the usual companion app standards, such as info on various statistics and server updates, the mobile program has the added ability to voice chat with friends currently playing – essentially letting you prepare …
Read More »Investors spooked over EA’s Facebook withdrawal
Facebook, Zynga, and EA stock dives following three-game shutdown
Read More »Sony begins PS3 game manufacturing in India
Sony has finally begun manufacturing PS3 games in India, with the first lot of locally manufactured games set to hit stores by the end of the month. Initially, local manufacturing will be focussed on Sony’s first-party PS3 Essentials range. The first games to arrive in stores will be Killzone 3, …
Read More »Crytek: Graphics are 60% of the game experience
Crytek CEO claims visuals are the biggest part of immersion for games
Read More »Paul Collins joins Activision’s recruitment team
THQ's former global recruitment manager now at Call of Duty publisher
Read More »Retail version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition delayed
The retail launch for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been pushed back to June. Major Nelson revealed on Twitter that the US release date had been moved from April 30th to June 4th – in effort to match the current downloadable equivalent’s latest version. FYI: In order to include the …
Read More »Alone in the Dark studio Eden Games closes
Atari shuts down French developer after 15 years
Read More »Hack group targets online game companies
Cybercriminals target game companies to steal from online games
Read More »Microsoft Spotlight: Mortar Melon
Mudvark on developing a game for Windows 8
Read More »UK government scrutinises F2P kids games
Office of Fair Trading to investigate ethics and practices of IAP in youth-targeted games
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