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Two Star Wars games have been removed from both the Apple App Store and Google Play without any warning. Pocket Gamer reports that both Nimblebit’s Tiny Death Star and Disney Mobile’s Star Wars Assault Team have vanished. They were available for 11 and five months respectively. The site was told …
Read More »OPINION: Why have publishers remained silent over #GamerGate?
This last month has not been the most professionally inspiring for anyone who works in online games journalism. And while most normal humans who don’t have to spend the majority of their waking hours online may be largely unaware of the gritty details surrounding #GamerGate, if you’re in the industry …
Read More »The Banner Saga marches onto iOS
Stoic’s visually striking The Banner Saga has made the move from PC to iOS. The port of the successfully crowdfunded title is compatible with both iPhone and iPad and costs 6.99. The game is sadly probably not best known for either its gameplay or unique presentation but instead for the …
Read More »VIDEO: Watch the DriveClub TV ad
Sony has released the TV ad that it will run next week ahead of the release of PS4 racer DriveClub. The ad follows a selection of gamers from around the world as they pledge allegiance to their club, by taking ‘The DriveClub Oath’,” the company says. Forming part of a …
Read More »The Walking Dead to make next-gen debut later this month
Telltale’s acclaimed The Walking Dead will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One later this month. Both the first and second series of the game will be released on both next-gen consoles on October 24th, IGN reports. Their release will be staggered in North America, however, with Season one arriving on …
Read More »Humble Bundle teams up with YogsCast for curated storefront
Hot on the heels of curated lists on the Steam store, Humble Bundle has followed suit with a venture of its own. It is debuting the feature with a list from YouTube network YogsCast. The media organisation chooses which games appear on its storefront and in turn receives a five …
Read More »Microsoft ‘not satisfied’ with current Xbox One sales in Japan
Xbox One has got off to a slow start in Japan, but Microsoft has vowed to continue with its ongoing struggle to achieve success in the region. It’s not as though we’re satisfied with the current sales state,” Xbox Japan boss Takashi Sensui told Famitsu, as translated by Kotaku. We …
Read More »Pools and Star Wars outfits coming in The Sims 4 October update
EA will next month finally roll out the addition of pools to The Sims 4. That’s not all, either – also incoming this month are a collection of Star Wars outfits and the addition of ghosts. Ghosts sees dead Sims re-joining the game world, complete with all the attributes they …
Read More »‘The honeymoon is over’ as Kickstarter video game pledges are on track to halve in 2014
Has the crowd-funding bubble burst? Obviously the $54m raised by Star Citizen may seem to suggest not, but the story is different across the wider sector. Thomas Bidaux of consultancy firm ICO Partners told an audience at the Ludicious Festival in Zurich recently that Kickstarter funded video game success is …
Read More »PlayStation Plus fees upped in some territories
The cost of subscribing to PlayStation Network in five countries has been increased, Sony has confirmed. "We slightly increased prices for PlayStation Plus in South Africa, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and India regions due to various market conditions," the company told Joystiq. "Currently, price adjustments are not being planned for PS …
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