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Halo: The Master Chief Collection creators 343 Industries have explained the reasoning behind its planned 20GB day one patch for the game. Eurogamer spotted that Halo franchise development director Frank O’Connor told Neogaf that it’s purely to avoid the need to ship the game on two discs and require users …
Read More »BBC Doctor Who game designed to teach kids computer programming
A new free-to-play online Doctor Who game from the BBC hopes to bring the art of basic computer programming to kids. The Doctor and the Dalek will be available on the CBBC website from Wednesday (October 22nd) and is voiced by the 12th Doctor himself Peter Capaldi. The story has …
Read More »I Am Bread is a game in which you play as a slice of bread
The next title from Surgeon Simulator developer Bossa Studios is called I Am Bread. As the name suggests, it sees players assuming the role of a slice of bread. The physics-based control scheme allows for independent control of each corner allowing the bread to scale walls, manipulate objects and no …
Read More »Hatred creator defends game’s ‘honest’ approach
The creator of controversial title Hatred has said that the only thing that differentiates his game from existing titles is the honesty of its approach. The game hit the headlines last week for its depiction of brutal violence, leading Epic Games to request the removal of the Unreal Engine logo …
Read More »PlayStation Flash sale supports gaming’s females
It’s hard to interpret Sony’s most recent PSN flash sale as anything other than a shout of support for the women of the games industry. A number of games and films featuring females are currently on sale on Sony’s service, the timing of which presumes that the company intends it …
Read More »Jail sentences for online abusers could be increased
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he wants those found guilty of sending abusive online messages to spend up to two years in jail. The BBC reports that proposed amendment to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill would quadruple the current maximum six month term and hand magistrates the power to …
Read More »‘Majority’ of Driveclub players should now be able to connect online
Evolution that Driveclub should now be working for most – but not all – players. The flagship racing game will as of tomorrow been available for two weeks in the US (the same will be true of the UK on Friday) but is still suffering from a lack of online …
Read More »Halo: The Master Chief Collection release date edges forward
Microsoft has ever so slightly brought forward the release date of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One in the UK. The game had been listed by retailers such as Amazon and GAME for a UK release on November 14th but will now arrive in the UK at the …
Read More »iPad Air 2 introduces ‘Apple SIM’ so users can swap between networks
Apple’s presentation last night may have been light on innovations, but one new feature has been found hidden in the iPad Air 2’s product listing. The company revealed that the device comes with what is being called the Apple SIM and allows users to swap between networks without changing SIM. …
Read More »Apple announces iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 3 and 5k iMac
‘Iterative’ is probably the best word used to describe what are the moderate updates to the iPad line revealed by Apple last night. The iPad Air 2 is the closest Apple got to a headline grabber. The tablet is aesthetically very similar to its predecessor but does improve in two …
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