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File this one under ‘definition of the perfect Christmas game’. European age ratings body PEGI has revealed a listing for a Frozen-themed release in Sony’s SingStar series. Going simply under the name SingStar Frozen, little more is known of the game, although it has been rated for PS3. A PS4 …
Read More »Now Kmart pulls Grand Theft Auto V from shelves
A second Australian retailer has pulled Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V from sale. Kotaku Australia reports that Kmart Australia has joined Target – both of which are owned by Wesfarmers, incidentally – is dropping GTA V over concerns about its content. Following a significant review of all content in Grand …
Read More »EA celebrates 2bn mobile game downloads
If all goes to plan this month will see EA celebrate its two billionth mobile games download. So pleased is the publisher that it says it will give away 2bn free gifts in a number of its most popular titles between now and December 17th. Freebies will be appearing in …
Read More »Big acquisitions are off the cards for EA
EA has admitted that it has enjoyed mixed success with its acquisition strategy and suggested that it’s not something people should expect more of in the immediate future. "I think our history with acquisitions is somewhat marginal in performance," CFO Blake Jorgensen told the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference, as …
Read More »GTA V tops GameStop customers’ Christmas wish lists
A survey of GameStop PowerUp Rewards members in the US has found that Grand Theft Auto V features on more Christmas lists this year than any other game. Rockstar’s next-gen re-release featured on 34 per cent of wish lists (for either giving or receiving) compared to Call of Duty: Advanced …
Read More »Quinn: All GamerGate has done is ruin people’s lives
Depression Quest developer Zoe Quinn has completely dismissed any notion that the online #GamerGate hate campaign has even the remotest link to ethics in games journalism. It’s all based on utter stupidity,” she told The Guardian. Every single thing they’ve done has been doublespeak, everything they’ve done has been harmful …
Read More »Phantasy Star can’t topple Pokemon from top of Japanese charts
107,638 unit sales weren’t enough to see Sega’s new Vita RPG Phantasy Star Nova knock Nintendo’s new Pokemon games from the top of the weekly Japanese charts. Famitsu sales data for the week ending November 30th show that the Top 10 welcomed a number of new titles including Kadokawa’s Vita …
Read More »PlayStation Home ‘was a massive success that everyone thinks was a failure’
Sony’s virtual world PlayStation Home is wrongly regarded as a flop, one of its key developers has said. Despite its 38m downloads, with 19m active users and 3m monthly users at its peak, the service has already started to wind down and will be terminated at the end of March. …
Read More »Twitter stepping up efforts to make blocking online users easier
Social media service Twitter is to make it easier to report abusive users and keep track of accounts you have blocked. Updates are already live with a few users but will roll out across the whole service in the coming weeks. In our continuing effort to make your Twitter experience …
Read More »Target pulls GTA V from sale due to its ‘depictions of violence against women’
Australian retailer Target has pulled Grand Theft Auto V from its shelves due to what it says are concerns about the game’s depictions of violence against women”. It says the move is in response to customer feedback. "We’ve been speaking to many customers over recent days about the game, and …
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