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South Park’s reveal was the stand out moment at last year’s Xbox E3 press conference. In the midst of endless gore and gun games came this funny, ridiculous RPG that evoked laughter from an audience otherwise jaded by corporate double-speak. South Park: The Stick of Truth epitomised THQ over the …
Read More »Dare to be Digital 2013 applications open
Successful applicants will have chance to win a BAFTA 'Ones to Watch' Award
Read More »Xbox 720 specs exposed… again
Look, we don’t really understand this stuff. But there’s noise coming from people that do which suggests this latest Xbox 720 tech leak is the real deal. The numbers come courtesy of VGleaks. We shan’t try and editorialise these – just take a look at the list: CPU:– x64 Architecture– …
Read More »Simultaneous PC release for Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Ubisoft has announced the Splinter Cell: Blacklist will arrive on PC at the same time as its console counterparts. The publisher recently pushed back Blacklist from its spring release window to 20th August, but going by past trends, we doubted whether this date would apply to the PC version. Ubisoft …
Read More »Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance price lowered
The retail price for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has been revised downward to Rs 3,499, distributor Origin Games has announced. While Rs 3,499 may still seem a little steep, that’s quite a drop from the Rs 3,999 price that Origin had earlier announced. Origin has also confirmed that Revenegance will …
Read More »SimCity enters the classroom as educational tool
New partnership designed to help inspire more students into jobs in game development
Read More »GameStop pulls Metro: Last Light from download store, offers refunds
Upcoming THQ release Metro: Last Light has been pulled from GameStop’s Impulse digital download store. Furthermore, the retailer is even offering refunds to those who have already paid up. The physical version of the game remains available for pre-order. Other 2013 THQ titles such as South Park: The Stick of …
Read More »EA exec says perceptions of sexism in the games biz are a "cop-out"
It’s easy to blame men for not creating an attractive work environment – but I think that’s a cop-out. If we want more women to work in games, we have to recognize that the problem isn’t sexism.” Those are the thoughts of EA’s executive vice president and chief talent officer …
Read More »Zynga loses Facebook crown as FarmVille 2 is overtaken
FarmVille 2’s hefty stint as Facebook’s No.1 game has come to an end. Well, it has according to one measure, at least. AppData reports that Zynga’s game currently commands some 8.8 DAUs (daily active users). That places it second behind King.com’s Candy Crush Saga which currently has 9.7m DAUs. However, …
Read More »Ex-Konami Europe boss heads to Capcom
Kunio Neo to take on yet to be announced senior role
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