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Nintendo has made good on its promise to broaden its digital software offer by making Namco Bandai’s Tank! Tank! Tank! Free to play. The game has failed to perform commercially, not least because of the critical mauling that saw it win a Metacritic average of just 45 per cent. Gamers …
Read More »Google’s entertainment manager heads to Weve
Warren Mills will leave Google for a role at mobile commerce firm Weve at the end of the month. Mills was Google’s industry manager for entertainment. At Weve, which is a joint venture between mobile operators EE, Vodafone and O2, he will assume the role of entertainment partnerships manager and …
Read More »Amazon depots face GMB union protests
Members of the GMB union will tomorrow (Feb 13th) stage a number of demonstrations across nine of Amazon’s UK depots. Retail Week reports that the dispute concerns staff wages, which are 6.20 an hour – one penny above the UK minimum wage. Disquiet about the pay rates has intensified since …
Read More »Worldwide Xbox 360 sales reach 76m units
Microsoft has proudly announced that the Xbox 360 has now sold 76m units worldwide. Amazingly, the machine has been the best selling console for 24 consecutive months in North America, fending off new hardware launches such as 3DS, Vita and Wii U in the process. On top of the console …
Read More »Next Xbox will not function unless Kinect is connected, requires mandatory installs – rumour
Fresh rumours about Microsoft’s Next Xbox suggest that the machine will not operate unless the latest version of Kinect is connected. That’s according to Kotaku, which has word from anonymous source SuperDaE. He’s the fella who last year made a name for himself trying to sell a Durango development kit …
Read More »Journey wins eight nominations at games BAFTAs
This year’s British Academy Games Awards nominees have been revealed, with Sony’s Journey leading the pack. The Thatgamecompany developed title has eight nominations, leading Telltale’s The Walking Dead, which has seven. Far Cry 3 wins six and indie hit Dear Esther five. A total of 53 games feature across 17 …
Read More »PSN’s Journey "bankrupt" Thatgamecompany
The critical success of Thatgamecompany’s Journey was not enough to stop the developer going bankrupt, boss Jenova Chen has claimed. Journey was the best-selling game on PlayStation Network in 2012 and while over time it has just about returned a profit, Chen is demanding commercial success that rivals his studio’s …
Read More »Releasing a demo can damage your game sales, social games bloss claims
Getting a taster of your game into the hands of consumers is essential, right? Perhaps not. Speaking to the crowd at DICE 2013, the CEO of crowd designed gaming site Puzzle Clubhouse used data from Xbox 360 releases to suggest that games tended to perform better when gamer’s were still …
Read More »VIDEO: Slender The Arrival gameplay footage looks absolutely horrifying; Pre-order details announced
The first beta gameplay footage of Slender: The Arrival has been released online. And it’s not for those of a nervous disposition. The game is a high-tech remake of free cult hit Slender: The Eight Pages and uses a considerable improvement in graphical quality to up the tension levels. Developer …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm devs drop PS4 game hints
It looks like at least three Sony properties will have new game announcements alongside the PS4 next Wednesday. LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule has added a mysterious ?” to its list of titles on its website, the contents of which is an embedded YouTube video of Toyah Wilcox performing It’s a …
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