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You’re nothing but a mindless number. It’s time to liberate yourself – by buying an alternative expensive smartphone? That’s the mindset Nokia is hoping to engender with its new Lumia 920 short. In it Apple fans are depicted and mindless automatons, grimly queuing to get their hands on an iPhone …
Read More »New digital indie store lets buyers pay what they want
Following the success of the Humble Indie Bundle initiative, a new digital indie retail offer has launched online. IndieGameStand will offer a new game every four days, with the current title being SpaceChem. A portion of the proceeds will go to charity. All downloads are DRM free. Buyers are free …
Read More »PlayStation Mobile goes live – full launch line-up here
Sony has this morning entered a new phase in its mobile gaming masterplan. PlayStation Mobile is live in the UK, allowing owners of PlayStation Vita or certain certified Android devices the chance to buy third party and PlayStation-produced content. For the time being there are 12 compatible devices – PlayStation …
Read More »NCsoft tells fans that there’s no saving City of Heroes
A 20,000+ signature petition will not be enough to save MMO City of Heroes from closure. That’s according to its developer NCsoft, which insists that the planned November 30th closure of the game will sadly proceed as scheduled. "We wanted to let you know that your voices have been heard …
Read More »Signs of new life at UK supermarkets
Both Tesco and Sainsbury’s have reported a quarterly rise in sales, leading to hopes that the worst could be behind the High Street. Leading retailer Tesco posted a slight 0.1 per cent rise in like-for-like sales excluding petrol. That’s the first rise in seven quarters at the chain. Pre-tax profit …
Read More »Resident Evil 6 devs on the price of mass-market appeal
Few games have proved as divisive as Resident Evil 6 but the team behind the game has tried to explain the reason behind its design decisions. And as might be expected in this day and age, it’s the desire to tap into as wide an audience as possible that was …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Loading Bar makes Solid Snake out of 2,100 shots
There’s having a drink to celebrate Solid Snake’s 25th anniversary and then there’s really having a drink. UK games hangout Loading Bar chose to celebrate to birthday of Konami’s iconic games hero by creating an artistic interpretation of Snake out of 2,100 shots. It commissioned freelance designer and Metal Gear …
Read More »Minecraft strikes book and magazine publishing deal
Indie PC hit Minecraft is hitting the High Street – but you’ll have to head to the book aisle to find it. UK outfit Egmont Publishing has acquired the book and magazine publishing rights from Mojang, TechCrunch reports. The deal covers all territories except the US. It has not yet …
Read More »Mass Effect Trilogy includes some – but not all – DLC
EA and BioWare’s Mass Effect Trilogy will be selective in the DLC it includes in the box. The Xbox 360 SKU won’t include any of the ME1 DLC but does offer access to the Cerberus Network included in ME2 and ME3’s Online Pass. But all additional DLC for ME2 and …
Read More »OPINION: Games reviewers don’t exist in isolation
By the time the reviews hit, a consensus has more often than not already been reached. We are the Borg. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile. When I rule the world, video games reviews will be made very differently. Reviewers will be locked into cells in …
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