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The UK arm of Burger King will from next week start offering Angry Birds themed kids meals. Beginning on January 19th and running until March 1st, a number of the brand’s characters from Angry Birds Go and Stella will adorn the chain’s packaging, with toys – which include puzzles, stencils …
Read More »BBC 5 Live show to ask whether gaming is a sport
A show called Gaming: Rise of the Cyber Athlete will this week examine the credentials of video games as a sport. It will air this Thursday (January 15th) on BBC Radio 5 Live from 8:30pm-10pm. Viewers will also be able to access it on the BBC website, where it can …
Read More »Life is Strange ‘a game for Telltale and Heavy Rain fans’
The consequence of player decisions is a central theme to Square Enix’s upcoming Life is Strange, developer Dontnod has said. This is definitely a game for the Telltale and Heavy Rain fans,” creative director Jean Maxime Moris told VG247. We are putting a lot of effort into crafting a slower-paced …
Read More »GMG’s Tracey McGarrigan becomes GamesAid trustee
Games industry charity GamesAid has welcomed Green Man Gaming’s Tracey McGarrigan as its latest trustee. McGarrigan joined the games industry in 2010 as Sci-Fi-London.com’s games editor before subsequently joining GMG as head of global PR and communications. "I’m so proud to now be a trustee,” McGarrigan said. My legs are …
Read More »The Last of Us 2 ‘on ice’ as Naughty Dog concentrates on Uncharted 4
While The Last of Us 2 will surely happen, an announcement in the near future now sounds very unlikely. With developer Naughty Dog working to get PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4 out in time to meet its 2015 release date, all other projects have now been put aside, the studio told …
Read More »Forza 6 for Xbox One announced at Detroit Auto Show
A brand new next-gen only instalment of the Forza Motorsport series has been announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The game was announced alongside Ford’s new Ford GT, which assumes cover duties for the Microsoft game. Ford gets plenty of love in-game, too, with the likes …
Read More »Twitch teams up with Devolver to offer movies for the first time
Video streaming service Twitch is making the move into movie streaming. The service has teamed up with publisher Devolver Digital to offer a series of films and documentaries about video game culture. Viewers will also have the chance to interact with each film’s production crew via chat throughout the broadcast. …
Read More »One of the worst game covers of all time is now a Mega Man figure
The legacy of Mega Man isn’t confined purely to the world of console platformers. The original 1987 platform release may have helped to revolutionise the then growing genre, but many remember it for its equally as fondly regarded US cover art. Now Kotaku reports that the rotund, strained and altogether …
Read More »GameStop teams with Microsoft for interactive Azure content
Retailer GameStop will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing network to power a number of new interactive content offerings. Primarily Azure will be used as a streaming platform to deliver videos and the like to customers and staff. This content will also be pushed to those who have agreed to receive …
Read More »Microsoft criticises Google for outing Windows vulnerability prior to fix
Google has prioritised the calling out of a rival over the digital security of its customers, Microsoft has claimed. The search giant has chosen to publicise details of a security vulnerability to Windows 8.1 two days ahead of the release of a patch that it knew was incoming and despite …
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