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Users who have been banned from EA’s Origin network will now be able to access the single player content of any games on their account. That’s after EA decided to review the terms and conditions of its Origin user agreement. Previously any ban from origin resulted in account holders being …
Read More »US authorities to track suspects using games consoles
Big Brother is watching. Specifically, he’s watching what you’re doing on your consoles. Gamasutra reports that the US Navy and the Department of Homeland Security have employed the services of forensics company Obscure Technologies to discover a way to track data exchanged through modern console networks. The aim is to …
Read More »Gamescom London press meet happening this Thursday
The organisers of the year’s Gamescom are running a London press meeting this Thursday at UKIE’s Wardour Street office. Billed as the chance to get the latest information from the organisers of this year’s Gamescom event in Cologne”, the gathering takes place on Thursday April 19th at 2:30pm. Drinks and …
Read More »November 6th release rumoured for Halo 4
It looks as if Microsoft is to break with recent tradition and release the new Halo closer to Christmas than it ever has previously. The Verge claims to have word from a reliable source” that Microsoft has internally set November 6th as the release date for Halo 4. Furthermore, it …
Read More »Super Mario and Pikmin 3 confirmed for E3
A new Super Mario game and Pikmin 3 for Wii U will make their debuts at E3, Nintendo has officially announced. News of the new games broke yesterday in a Spanish language interview with Nintendo’s development boss Shigeru Miyamoto. In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Pikmin …
Read More »Namco Bandai maintains grip on Japanese market
Good news for Namco Bandai this morning – the publisher has claimed the lion’s share of Japanese software revenues for the second month in a row. Enterbrain’s numbers, as reported by Andriasang, show that the company accounted for 36.8 per cent of the overall software market – that’s nearly three …
Read More »Sony dates E3 press conference
The French arm of Sony Computer Entertainment has revealed the date of the company’s E3 press conference in an email sent to journalists today. The briefing will take place on Monday June 4th at 18:00 PST (that’s 02:00 on the morning of Tuesday June 5th in the UK). It will …
Read More »Miyamoto confirms Super Mario Wii U
It would appear that none other than Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that a brand new Super Mario game will be announced for Wii U at E3. The confirmation comes from an interview with Spanish language website El Mundo, as deciphered from Google’s translation (and a translation from forum Neogaf). Could …
Read More »OPINION: Working for Jack
Last week the games industry lost one of its founding fathers with the sad news of Jack Tramiel’s passing. Here, Zattikka president Tim Chaney recalls the legacy left by the founder of Commodore… In early 1982 I responded to an advertisement in The Grocer for Regional Sales Executive – Consumer …
Read More »Crysis 3 official, release date is 2013
EA will release Crysis 3 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in 2013, it has confirmed. The blurb describes it as the premier sandbox shooter experience of 2013”, suggesting an experience more akin to the first game than the 2011 sequel. Indeed, that’s an assumption supported by the first batch …
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