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Industry stalwarts Darryl Still and Peter King have launched a new digital distribution management agency called Kiss. In its own words, Kiss will specialize in helping games developers get their titles listed on all of the available digital distribution platforms, and once listed, manage them for maximum exposure and revenue”. …
Read More »Deadly Premonition getting Director’s Cut re-release in early 2013
Rising Star Games has announced Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut, which will be released in the West in Q1 2013. The update – which is exclusive to PS3 – will include new controls specifically aimed at improving the combat and new content including a new scenario by the game’s makers. …
Read More »Wikipad suffers sudden, indefinite delay
The game-focused Wikipad tablet has missed its intended launch date at US retailer GameStop. The device looks to differentiate itself from its competitors by including a detachable gamepad. However, Wikipad’s makers have said they pulled the product due to a last minute opportunity to enhance” it. No new launch date …
Read More »PlayStation revenues fall as handheld console sales forecasts are downsized
Sony has again lowered its predicted handheld sales as revenues fall for the latest quarter. CVG reports that having once predicted combined unit sales of 16m for the Vita and PSP, this was later downsized to 12m. Now Sony has again cut the forecast to just 10m handheld unit sales …
Read More »343 Industries does the Chief proud as Halo 4 reviews land
Master Chief’s new stewards, Microsoft’s 343 Industries, has struck gold with its first Halo outing. Halo 4 reviews landed online this morning, delivering near-universal praise for the Chief’s latest adventure and likely his last outing on Xbox 360. At the time of writing the game has an impressive 91 per …
Read More »OpCapita-owned Comet facing administration
Comet, which is owned by GAME’s saviour OpCapita, is likely to enter administration today. The move endangers some 6,000 UK jobs across 240 stores at the UK’s second largest electrical retailer, with losses for the year ending April expected to hit 35m. The decline has been expedited after trade insurers …
Read More »Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube finally gets a release date
Peter Molyneux has announced what will hopefully prove to be a final release date for his debut solo title Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube. The game will be released on the App Store for iOS on November 7th – and that’s despite being originally submitted to Apple on October 1st. …
Read More »Blaze dates NeoGeo X console, finally comments on GameGadget
The retro NeoGeo X console will be released in Europe on December 6th, distributor Blaze has confirmed. Eurogamer reports that the officially licensed console includes a 4.3 inch LCD screen, stereo speakers, a charging station, NeoGeo X Arcade Stick and 20 pre-loaded games. It will retail for 175. Meanwhile, Blaze …
Read More »Google Store finally matches up to Apple App Store
One of Apple’s key smartphone marketing advantages has neutralised. Google has stated that there are around 700,000 apps now available for Android devices, meaning that it is now on parity with Apple’s all-conquering App Store according to VentureBeat. Apple announced in September that it had hit the 700,000 app milestone, …
Read More »November 30th release for Zone of the Enders HD
Konami has confirmed a firm UK release date for Zone of the Enders HD Collection. The SKU will be released for Xbox 360 and PS3 in the UK on November 30th. It includes two games originally released on PS2 – Zone of the Enders and Zone of the Enders: The …
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