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Rovio CMO Peter Vesterbacka has outlined the scale of not only Angry Birds’ achievements, but also its ambitions for the ‘century’ ahead. "We’re not building Angry Birds for a hundred days but for a hundred years,” he told an audience at Pocket Gamer Connects, as reported by ME. "I thought …
Read More »King reaches out to defend ‘Candy’ trademark drive
Candy Crush Saga make King is reaching out to the press to clarify its attempt to trademark the word ‘candy’. It was revealed this morning that the company has received approval from the US Patent and Trademark Office over the trademarking of the term and that if it is successful …
Read More »Play Arts Metal Gear Solid V figure unlikely to quell eroticism concerns
A photo of an upcoming Play Arts Metal Gear Solid figurine has reignited the ‘eroticism’ debate sparked off by Hideo Kojima last September. The pic, of the Play Arts take on Metal Gear Solid V’s Quiet, shows that the character has certainly not been toned down since details of her …
Read More »Gamescom registration opens
Registration for this year’s Gamescom is now open. A 15 per cent discount is available on all bookings until February 17th, with organisers Koelnmesse adding that acting early means buyers will secure the premium exhibition spots. Last year’s event was attended by 635 exhibitors from 40 countries. 340,000 visitors attended, …
Read More »Now Amazon drops Wii U to £180
A second retailer has significantly cut its Wii U asking price. After Argos this morning cut the Wii U Premium Nintendo Land bundle to 179.99, Amazon has now gone ahead and price matched the deal. Amazon routinely does this, of course, having matched various 199.99 Wii U bundles and even …
Read More »UPDATE: Growing reports of PS4 data corruption error
A thread on the PlayStation forum regarding a specific data corruption error is pointing towards a problem for Sony’s machine. Currently standing at 36 pages long, the thread focuses on the CE-34878-0 error. The sisue doesn’t seem specific to any particular title and has manifested for players of various games …
Read More »UPDATE: Borderlands 2 dated on Vita
2K Games’ Borderlands 2 finally has a firm release date on PlayStation Vita. The publisher has confirmed that the game will launch in the US on March 18th. There’s no word yet on a UK or European date. Friday March 21st seems like a logical guess, although that could mean …
Read More »UK net porn filter could tamper League of Legends patching
David Cameron’s brave new world of socially responsible internetting could interfere with League of Legends. Kotaku reports that the game’s patching program attempts to access two URLs – specifically VarusExpirationTimer.luaobj and XerathMageChainsExtended.luaobj – that the filter is blocking by default due to the inclusion of the word ‘sex’. Whether a …
Read More »EA Sports is paying off Premier League refs
The reffff-er-reeee’s a… n official partner of EA Sports. EA has signed a long-term agreement with Professional Game Match Officials Limited that will run until the 2018/19 season and see match officials sporting EA Sports-branded kit wear. The new garb was seen for the first time in last night’s 1-1 …
Read More »Argos drops Wii U Premium to £180
Another console has seen its RRP significantly cut on the High Street. Argos is currently selling the Wii U Premium console along with a copy of Nintendo land for 179.99. That’s a 120 saving over the hardware’s RRP. The machine was available for as little as 200 from time to …
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