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Akin to staring into the mirror and saying ‘Candyman’ three times, daring to label your product a ‘Halo killer’ has become a move only the brave or the stupid would dare to take – but that’s exactly how EA has chosen to describe upcoming shooter Crysis 2. The term ‘Halo …
Read More »DRM could become legally enforceable
The European Commission has revealed details of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which is designed to help combat piracy. The act has been shrouded in secrecy for years, but finally the European Commission has revealed a draft following threats of court action from the European Parliament. ACTA features several measures …
Read More »Cecil: Piracy is natures way of telling us games are too expensive
Revolution Software’s Charles Cecil has claimed that the rampant piracy currently testing the industry is the natural consequence of gaming’s current business and distribution model. The legendary developer warned that prices are too high and distribution is still not accessible enough to prevent illegal downloads from being a threat to …
Read More »US: The end for Game Crazy
North American video game retailer Game Crazy is to close, it has been confirmed. The decision comes after parent company Movie Gallery filed for bankruptcy in February of this year – the second time it has done so in the last three years. Over half of Game Crazy’s total of …
Read More »WoW on iPad pictured
Famed developer David Perry has posted an image on his blog of an employee playing the PC-only MMO World of Warcraft on the Apple iPad. How is this achieved? Via Perry’s Gaikai cloud computing service, which allows any game to be potentially played on any internet-ready device. Soon I’ll be …
Read More »Sega defends Alpha Protocol DRM
Details about the requirements of the Uniloc: SoftAnchor DRM that Sega has chosen to ship with the upcoming PC release of Alpha Protocol have been outlined by the publisher in an extensive blog post aiming to alleviate gamers’ concerns. Gamers will be required to have an internet connection to activate …
Read More »INTERVIEW: GAME
GAME has seen its profits tumble 27 per cent. Why has trading been so tough? Ben White: We’ve been clear with the market about where we expected to come out. We’ve hit our numbers exactly in line with expectations at 90.4 million profit before tax. If you look at the …
Read More »FIFA World Cup shines on PS3
It was the PS3 version of EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa that shone at retail over the weekend, with official figures from ELSPA GfK Chart-Track showing that the Sony release accounted for 48 per cent of sales. It was only just ahead of Xbox 360, though, which claimed …
Read More »New God of War for PSP
Sony has confirmed that a brand new God of War is in development for PSP and will be released later this year. Called God of War: Ghost of Sparta, the game resumes from the narrative point where last year’s God of War on PSP left off. With Kratos on a …
Read More »Retailers give CoD: Black Ops £54.99 RRP
It didn’t seem to hurt Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s performance at retail, so talk of a 54.99 RRP for the upcoming COD: Black Ops shouldn’t come as a huge shock. There was much furore in July last year when Activision took the bold move of pricing Modern Warfare …
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