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EA is taking SimCity offline – deliberately this time. The game will go offline for around two hours from 9pm tonight in order for dozens of fixes to be applied for many of the issues that have been irking players since launch. Here are the changes in full, as posted …
Read More »Injustice: God Among Us is this week’s No.1
Warner Bros’ new fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us is the new UK No.1. It’s the first Warner title to top the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 since LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes in mid-2012. The game improves upon the performance of its spiritual predecessor Mortal Kombat …
Read More »Jodie gets top billing on Beyond: Two Souls cover art
Sony’s Beyond: Two Souls will see lead character Jodie Holmes take centre stage on its cover art. Why is this relevant? Because as the name suggests Jodie – played by Ellen Page – is a female. That shouldn’t maater, obviously, but sadly it does. And before you start jumping on …
Read More »Curiosity update allows users to RESTORE cubelets
Please, Peter, just tell us what’s inside the ****ing cube? Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans release Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube was released in early November 2012 and we’re still none the wiser as to what life changing” secret is contained within. Amazingly, the game’s latest update now offers the chance for …
Read More »Bethesda reveals Resi creator’s new game – The Evil Within
The Evil Within is the next game from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and it’s being published by Bethesda. It’s being developed by Tango Gameworks and is described as a survival horror. That’s about it, for now at least. Expect a deliberately controlled PR trickle of more information over the …
Read More »Razer to honour 90% discount code error
Peripherals company Razer is to honour orders placed via its website that used an erroneous 90 per cent discount code. Earlier this week a third-party generated coupon codes did the rounds online that allowed shoppers to buy anything they liked off the UK Razerzone at just 10 per cent of …
Read More »GAME becomes first European retailer to sell Nintendo eShop codes
As of today GAME customers are able to buy Nintendo eShop download codes in store and online. Codes will be available for both Wii U and 3DS titles and will be issued via a till receipt on the High Street or via email when purchased online. These codes can then …
Read More »US games market falls 10% in March
Hit releases such as BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider were sadly unable to stop another month of annual decline in the US video games market. Total video games industry sales declined ten per cent year-on-year to $1.9bn, Gamasutra reports. That is of course an improvement on February’s 25 per cent …
Read More »MCV AWARDS: See EA’s Battlefield 4 ad
Attendees of last night’s MCV Awards 2013 were treated to a big-screen look at EA’s impressive 60-second Battlefield 4 ad. And the good news is you can see it right here. Battlefield 4 looks to push the graphical envelope further than ever before thanks to the power of EA’s Frostbite …
Read More »Revenue leaps 56% at Microsoft’s Xbox division; Console sales begin to fall
Ye olde Xbox 360 continues to defy its years. Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division – home of amongst other things its Xbox operations – saw revenues increase 56 per cent year-on-year for the three months ending March 31st, hitting $2.53bn. The numbers were credited to higher Xbox 360 platform and …
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