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Digital distribution platform GOG has admitted that a temporary glitch in its system accidentally saw titles given away for free for a short period. One user claimed to have received copies of Long Live The Queen, Kentucky Route Zero, Darwinia, Sir You Are Being Hunted, Flatout 2, Surgeon Simulator and …
Read More »Wii version of Skylanders: Trap Team includes download code for Wii U release
Activision’s upcoming toys-to-life release will effectively offer a cross-buy option between Wii and Wii U. The publisher tweeted at the weekend to say that the Wii version of Skylanders: Trap Team will include a code to download the title on Wii U – and it’s all the more notable considering …
Read More »Sony site lists Journey and The Unfinished Swan for PS4
Two additional PS3 titles look as if they may be getting a release on PS4. NeoGaf spotted a (now altered) list of titles on Sony’s official Gamescom site detailing the games that will be playable at next month’s show. Included in the PS4 list are Journey, The Unfinished Swan and …
Read More »Freemium mobile games up 39% and full game downloads down 43% at EA
EA’s Q3 financials have revealed the extent to which the smartphone market has shifted from full price to freemium and microtransaction titles. Overall mobile grew 18 per cent to $120m for EA for the quarter ending June 30th, with smartphone and tablets accounting for 90 per cent of that. Within …
Read More »EA wants to release Star Wars: Battlefront around the same time as Star Wars VII
Well over a year away – that appears to be your best case scenario for the release of EA’s Star Wars Battlefront. What we’re building is more rooted in the traditional Star Wars universe and not so much necessarily linked to the movies being made. And that’s just because we …
Read More »ANALYSIS: European gamers in profile
Research firm Ipsos MediaCT has taken a look at who is playing video games and how they are doing it for the first quarter of 2014 in its latest Gametrack study. The data shows that France is the biggest nation of gamers out of those investigated. 58 per cent of …
Read More »No Dark Souls 2 season pass on Xbox 360
Confusion has surrounded yesterday’s release of the Dark Souls 2 Crown Trilogy DLC. The first part of the trio, The Crown of the Sunken King, was released on PC and Xbox 360 yesterday with a PS3 release due to follow today. However, while a 19.99 season pass is available on …
Read More »VIDEO: 4.5m views and counting for animated League of Legends short
A new League of Legends video called A New Dawn has racked up close to 5m views in just a single day. It features a number of characters from the hit MOBA using powers that players of the game will recognise. The video’s official description states: Day breaks over a …
Read More »Areal Kickstarter suspended, is now hunting for PayPal contributions
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has suspended funding for the controversial STALKER successor Areal. Things appeared to be going wrong for developer West Games earlier this week when a string of bizarre events and unusual pledges mysteriously propelled it towards its funding goal. Our Kickstarter was suspended without any warning,” the studio …
Read More »First Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas DLC available now on PC and iOS
Blizzard has at long last released its single player DLC for card battling title Hearthstone. The first of a planned five parts of Curse of Naxxramas can be downloaded now. It contains a series of boss fights, new cards and a new board. The remaining releases will be released at …
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