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Four out of ten internet users globally now play online games That’s according to a new report by Dutch browser gaming outfit Spil based on data from the company’s own pool of 130 million monthly active users and ComScore. The 2010 State of Gaming Report shows that of the 1.3 …
Read More »Games linked to childhood hymenoptera ignorance
Kids spend too much time indoors watching TV and playing games BLAH BLAH BLAH. Let’s cut to the chase. The headline of this press release reads as follows: "One in five schoolchildren can’t tell the difference between a wasp and a bee, a study reveals today." A cutting edge study …
Read More »Hydrophobia makeover announced
A new version of water-themed digital-only action outing Hydrophobia will arrive on Xbox Live tomorrow for just 800 MSP – that’s 400 MSP cheaper than the first time the game was released. Dark Energy Digital’s aquatic title received a mixed reaction from critics, averaging a rather underwhelming 58 per cent …
Read More »3DS carts have 8GB capacity
Taiwan tech firm Macronix has been drafted in to manufacture the cartridges for Nintendo’s 3DS, consumer blog Kotaku reports. Furthermore, the site claims that the cartridges will boast a capacity of 8GB – putting them firmly in Xbox 360 territory when it comes to the amount of data that a …
Read More »Riccitiello attacks COD, Treyarch
EA CEO John Riccitiello has launched his most scathing attack on the Call of Duty franchise yet, criticising both developer Treyarch and Activision’s leading executives. "I don’t know that having two guys that probably don’t play the games, in the form of the CEO of Vivendi and the CEO of …
Read More »Black Ops crowned Xmas No.1
As was predicted by pretty much everybody last week, Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has been named as the UK’s official Christmas Number One video game. The game has now sold over 3m copies in the UK, making it one of only three games to top the 100m mark …
Read More »Sega downplays Steam fears
The UK MD of publisher Sega has downplayed fears expressed by retail last month concerning the rising power of Valve’s digital distribution network Steam. Let me narrow down some publicly available market figures for you,” John Clark told MCV in an exclusive interview. In 2009, nearly 75m boxes were sold …
Read More »Kinect accuracy could be ‘quadrupled’
Reports suggest that Microsoft is working on a downloadable update for its motion camera Kinect that would effectively quadruple its level of accuracy. Eurogamer reports that the platform holder hopes to make it so accurate that it will be able to detect finger movement and hand rotation. How can this …
Read More »First Black Ops DLC announced
Activision has announced the first details of its debut DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Called First Strike, the download will include four new multiplayer maps and a new level for the zombie mode. Two of the new maps will be based on the game’s single player – Hong …
Read More »Blizzard’s Titan is ‘next-gen MMO’
Titan is not just the name of Blizzard’s latest mystery title – it’s also the name of what the developer has tantalisingly called a "next-gen MMO". "The media is not supposed to know anything about that. It’s our next-gen MMO project," Blizzard’s senior VP Frank Pearce told Destructoid. "We’ve only …
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