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EA will be grilled by Anne Robinson and co tonight over FIFA 12’s long-running user disconnect issue. Investigate TV show Watchdog will take a closer look at gamers affected by the problem, which disconnects certain users after they’ve played a game online, preventing them from earning coins in the Ultimate …
Read More »BBC iPlayer coming to Xbox Live
Xbox 360 owners may be able to access digital TV service BBC iPlayer via Xbox Live as early as next week. Eurogamer reports that iPlayer – which is already available on PSN and Wii – will arrive on Live after Microsoft and the BBC reached an agreement. It allows users …
Read More »Strictly Come Dancing game axed
Ubisoft has canned its licensed music game Strictly Come Dancing. The title – based on the popular BBC TV show – was due to hit shelves on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii in time for Christmas last year. However, a Strictly Come Dancing game will still arrive, but it will …
Read More »Doctor Who to materialise in March
The BBC will release Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock in March for PlayStation Vita and PS3. The game will be download only and available via PSN, with a PC version to follow. Doctor Who fans can check out the first gameplay trailer below, which reveals The Eternity Clock will be …
Read More »Lace Mamba goes green with climate change game
The publisher of a brand new climate change game is doing its own bit to save the planet by making the packing as eco-friendly as possible. Brighton-based Lace Mamba Global is releasing the boxed version of PC strategy title Fate of the World on Friday, January 27th. The 19.99 ‘Tipping …
Read More »UK games industry stars in tonight’s Young Apprentice
Lord Alan Sugar will tonight decide the winner of Young Apprentice. And he will use video games to make the choice. Tonight’s season finale for the junior entrepreneur show challenges it finalists, Zara Brownless and James McCullagh, to develop and market an online video game. One of the two will …
Read More »SuperMassive Games scores Doctor Who contract
BBC Worldwide says new project will launch on PC, PS3 and PS Vita
Read More »LoveFilm hits Xbox 360 with new dashboard tomorrow
Microsoft has confirmed that streaming movie service LoveFilm will arrive on Xbox 360 tomorrow alongside the rollout of the console’s new firmware and dashboard design. LoveFilm has been available on PS3 for some time. In the US the new service will be joined by a number of others, too, such …
Read More »BBC Newsnight to feature Livingstone-Hope Skills Review
The games industry will get its chance to speak to the nation next week, with the BBC’s Newsnight programme scheduled to run a feature on the Livingstone-Hope Skills Review. The Department for Education is due to break its eight-month silence on the Skills Review paper, which launched in February this …
Read More »Xbox Live gets BBC, 4OD, LoveFilm and more
BBC content, Channel 4’s on demand service, Channel 5 and LoveFilm are amongst the biggest services now coming to Xbox 360. The services are due to be rolled out over the next three months and will take the number of TV and entertainment providers available on Xbox Live to over …
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