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The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) has issued a worrying warning for parents concerning the use of 3D screens. A report advises that children under the age of six should never view 3D films or play 3D games, while those under the age of …
Read More »Daedalic is making a game out of Ken Follet’s Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follet’s popular fantasy novel The Pillars of the Earth is getting the video game treatment. Daedalic Entertainment, which publishes Follet’s novels in German, is to both develop and publish the title which is due for release in 2017 on PS4, Xbox One, PC and iOS. The game is scheduled …
Read More »Now £299.99 DriveClub and Last of Us PS4 Black Friday bundle rumoured
GAME has confirmed its 299.99 Xbox One hardware bundle for tonight’s Black Friday sale, and now it looks as if it might be joined by a PS4 one. HotUKDeals, which was first on the case with the Xbox One deal, reckons GAME’s Aberdeen store tweeted a picture of a 299.99 …
Read More »EA reckons FIFA is increasing the popularity of football in America
The growing appeal of the FIFA series in the US is helping to increase the popularity of an obscure sport called ‘pro soccer’ in the region. We think EA means ‘football’, so we’re going to work on that pretence. Apparently 34 per cent of US gamers who’ve played FIFA have …
Read More »UPDATE: £300 four game Xbox One console bundle in GAME’s Black Friday sale
An Xbox One with four games will apparently feature as part of GAME’s Black Friday sale kicking off tonight. A HotUKDeals user claims to have seen a TV ad for a 299.99 bundle including a console, controller and copies of Forza Motorsport 5, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Assassin’s Creed: Unity …
Read More »This War of Mine recoups dev costs in two days
11 Bit Studios’ PC title This War of Mine is already in the black. The downbeat war survival title recouped its development costs after just two days of availability on Steam, the studio has said, with sales coming from customers spread across 92 countries. 33 per cent of sales came …
Read More »Wired: The PS4 may be more powerful, but Xbox One is stronger
Sony’s PS4 may be regarded as having more technical power than Xbox One, but it looks like Microsoft’s machine wins when it comes to raw strength. As in, physical strength. Wired’s Battle Damage series recently tested both consoles for durability and it was the Xbox One that emerged as the …
Read More »Bungie says it can be difficult to review modern games
Interconnected, heavily socialised games such as Destiny are asking questions of how the press reviews games. That’s according to Bungie COO Pete Parsons who has told Games Industry that the current way in which games are reviewed doesn’t give titles like Destiny a fair crack of the whip. I think …
Read More »King chairman Melvyn Morris resigns
The chairman of the company behind Candy Crush Saga has quit the company. King says that Melvyn Morris, who is its second largest shareholder, has left for personal reasons”, just days after the release of the company’s release of Candy Crush Soda Saga. Morris has been replaced by board member …
Read More »DayZ not expected to leave Steam Early Access until 2016
Bohemia Interactive has outlined its forward plans for DayZ, indicating that the game won’t exit Steam Early Access until the first half of 2016. The former Arma mod entered Early Access in December 2013 but is not even expected to enter its beta phase until Q4 2015. Furthermore, the price …
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