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EA’s powerhouse FIFA franchise remains No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats UK charts for a fourth week. Its strongest contender this week was Activision’s debutant Skylanders Giants, which debuts in second. The toy brand smashes the week one sales of its predecessor Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure which itself managed …
Read More »Anarchy Reigns finally gets UK release date
Sega has finally announced a European release date for Platinum Games’ Anargy Reigns. It will be released on January 11th in the UK. That game’s road to market has been a troubled one. As long ago as May 2011 the game was pushed back to 2012, with a July 2012 …
Read More »Facebook and Twitter apps pulled from Xbox Live
Microsoft has removed the dedicated Facebook and Twitter apps from the Xbox 360 marketplace. The apps are no longer available to download for all users who have updated to the latest Xbox 360 dashboard update, which has already begun rolling out to users. The Verge reports that multiple sources familiar …
Read More »Successful Kickstarter outing Haunts: The Manse Macabre faces uncertain future
What happens when a successful Kickstarter project goes wrong? We may well be about to find out. Developer Rick Dakan’s promised multiplayer horror romp Hanuts: The Manse Macabre successfully passed its Kickstarter project, raising a total of $28k+ from 1,214 backers last July. However, having already missed its proposed release …
Read More »‘New’ Megaupload will be immune to raids, copyright infringement claims
The creators of Megaupload have vowed that its replacement will effectively be bullet proof. US authorities ordered the closure of the file-sharing portal in January, but owners Kim Dotcom and Marthias Ortmann says that its replacement – simply called ‘Mega’ – will not be so easy to shift. TorrentFreak reports …
Read More »And so begins the era of Ultra High Definition Television
The next era of HD TV has been given an official marketing moniker – Ultra High Definition Television, or UHDTV. The technology has until now been going by the ‘4K’ moniker, owing to the fact that it supports resolution of either 3840×2160 or 4096×2160. UHDTV boasts four times the resolution …
Read More »Gangnam Style gets the Just Dance 4 DLC treatment
Internet and chart sensation Gangnam Style is coming to your games console. Ubisoft has confirmed that the track – which has become a worldwide smash hit – will be offered as DLC for dance title Just Dance 4. The video, by South Korean band Psy, has over 480m hits on …
Read More »VIDEO: Exploring Far Cry 3’s sandbox gameplay
There’s still over a month to wait, but that’s no reason not to be very, very excited about Far Cry 3. In a new video by GameSpot we’re shown a little about how the world is constructed and how players can go about navigating – and in turn liberating – …
Read More »GAMES MEDIA AWARDS: A night in tweets
Obviously last night was a great evening for everyone in the building at the Games Media Awards 2012. But it was an exciting time on the internet, too. Thanks to the widespread support of the UK games industry, #GMA12 was trending throughout the night in the UK. Even better news …
Read More »Increased R&D + Decreased income = New Xbox approaching
The New Xbox feels a lot closer this morning than it did last night. The headline from Microsoft’s Xbox financials was the 94 per cent drop in operating income. But combine that with the massively increased R&D figure, and you have an inescapable conclusion. R&D expenses were up 44 per …
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