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Greg Martin, the man behind a huge number of classic 1990s video game covers, has passed away. Martin’s works include the likes of Adventure Island, Bonk’s Adventure, Pac-Man, Sonic CD, Aero The Acro-Bat and perhaps most famously Sonic the Hedgehogs 2 and 3. Greg was the exceptionally talented illustrator. He …
Read More »DayZ unlikely to enter Beta until the end of 2014
The developers behind digital smash-hit DayZ have warned that the game is unlikely to exit its Alpha phase before the end of the year. The game, which sold an amazing 800,000 copies in its first 18 days, is now available on Steam. Total sales now stand at over 875,000 copies. …
Read More »VIDEO: New Snoop Dogg video is a Pokemon homage
It’s not hard to see the inspiration provided by Nintendo’s Pokemon in the latest video from hip hop star Snoop Lion. As spotted by Kotaku, the video for Get Away is a direct homage to Nintendo’s handheld Pokemon series, although it also goes on to ape the graphical style popularised …
Read More »Doctor Who: The Adventure Games writer penning Capaldi Who episode
The man who wrote the BBC’s free Doctor Who: The Adventure Series has been tasked with writing an episode for upcoming Doctor Who series starring Peter Capaldi. Phil Ford is writing the second of Capaldi’s episodes, which began filming yesterday and are expected to air later this year. This follows …
Read More »$10bn+ spent on the Apple App Store in 2013
Apple has revealed that over $10bn was spent on its App Store throughout 2013. December was a record breaking month for the service, in which spend passed $1bn and nearly three billion apps were downloaded. We’d like to thank our customers for making 2013 the best year ever for the …
Read More »2K Sports cancels MLB 2K series
Three strikes! Is that a suitable baseball analogy? Sorry we’re British and don’t really understand… Regardless, 2K Sports has confirmed that it has dropped its MLB 2K baseball series. MLB 2K13, which was panned by critics, will stand as the final release in the series. "[We have] decided not to …
Read More »Spencer admits it "didn’t feel good" to delay Xbox One in Euro markets
Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has spoken about his disappointment at his company’s decision to postpone the launch of Xbox One in some territories. "I wish we had the global coverage that we originally announced when we stood on stage at E3," he said told OXM. "I stood on stage …
Read More »Newell on Xbox One threat: "It’d take a while for them to catch up with Steam"
Xbox One has already sold 3m machines. But Valve founder Gabe Newell isn’t worried. Kotaku reports that when Newell was asked about the potential threat posed by Microsoft’s machine at CES yesterday, he responded: Well, it’d take a while for them to catch up. I mean, we’re at 65m.” He …
Read More »Alienware’s Steam Machine amongst 13 confirmed devices
13 of the upcoming Steam Machines have at last been detailed, including one from gaming PC specialist Alienware. Alienware’s device is apparently a result of a four-year collaboration with Valve and is designed to combine the ease of a console with the freedom of a PC”. "We have been working …
Read More »China temporarily lifts console sales ban
Quick – sell 1.35bn consoles before the government changes its mind! A leading news agency is reporting that the world’s most populated country has lifted its sales ban on foreign made games consoles. Reuters reports that China’s State Council has temporarily lifted the ban” which has until now been in …
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