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Amazon has announced GameCircle, its own answer to rival services such as Apple’s GameCenter and Microsoft’s Xbox Live. GameCircle will offer Kindle Fire devs the ability to integrate achievements, trophies and leaderboards. Where it goes one better than its rivals, however, is its Sync function that stores game saves in …
Read More »Microsoft sounded out about Activision Blizzard acquisition
A number of possible suitors for Activision Blizzard have reportedly been sounded out about a possible deal by Vivendi executives. Reuters reports that amongst the companies contacted are Microsoft, Time Warner and Chinese online giant Tencent, as well as a number of venture capitalists. Although a formal process has not …
Read More »Tekken’s Harada says Wii U’s CPU lags behind 360 and PS3
The lead developer of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 says that the Wii U’s processor speed is maybe a little bit” slower than both the PS3 and Xbox 360. "As far as graphical processing and such, it’s not much of an issue. But as far as the CPU goes, the clock …
Read More »Sony rejected EyeToy Kama Sutra pitch
EyeToy Kama Sutra could have been a notable addition to Sony’s PS2 library – had the platform holder known how to go about QA testing it. "There was a genuine pitch from a developer who pitched EyeToy Kama Sutra,” SCE producer Pete Smith told Eurogamer. Seriously, this was a genuine …
Read More »Valve has "no plans to change" despite Euro ruling
Steam will not introduce any functionality to allow gamers to sell on products they buy digitally, it has said. We don’t have any plans to change,” was the stark response given (twice) to PCGamesN by Valve’s business development director Jason Holtman. The comments come following last week’s revelation that the …
Read More »Arkham City prequel to feature Justice League – report
Warner Bros’ next instalment in its Batman Arkham series will be a prequel featuring several of DC’s biggest superhero characters, a new report claims. Variety claims that the game, which will be set before both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City and will feature a selection of stars from a pool …
Read More »Tiny Wings 2 is free!
Oh, how things change. Tiny Wings 2 is arguably the biggest release in games this week… and it’s free! Owners of Tiny Wings should keep their eyes peeled for an update to the game. It has already rolled out in New Zealand and should hit the UK around midnight. What …
Read More »Microsoft’s Ballmer declares war on Apple
Steve Ballmer, the bullish CEO of Microsoft, has outlined his determination to stop Apple having things its own way in its key markets. Admitting that Microsoft has in the past ceded some of the boundary between hardware and software innovation to Apple” the exec would have the world believe that …
Read More »Android grabs smartphone majority in key markets
For the first time ever, Android has accounted for over half of the overall smartphone sales in key global markets over a 12 week period. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech says that Android’s OS accounted for over 50 per cent of the sector in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, US and Australia. …
Read More »Trophy patch incoming for Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Solid 4 will at last receive a patch that will introduce support for PS3’s Trophy system. Andriasang reports that the news was broken by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima in an interview in this week’s issue of Japanese weekly Famitsu. Trophies will be integrated into disc copies of …
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