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The Australian Classification Board has awarded the first R18+ rating to the Wii U exclusive title Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge. The R18+ rating in Australia hasbeen a long time comingbut the new classification finally came into effect on January 1st. The Classification Board awarded the first R18+ rating to …
Read More »Wake-Up Club rises on Vita
Sony’s latest free Vita app is to launch on Tuesday 15th in North America. The Wake-Up Club, will be available to download from the PS store from Tuesday 15th, Sony announced via the PlayStation Blog. The app brings together 12 PSN members who have selected the same morning alarm time …
Read More »London Games Festival art exhibition raises £30k for SpecialEffect
UKIE’s games industry art exhibition has raised over 30,000 for charity SpecialEffect, making it the organisation’s most successful fundraiser to date. The exhibition took place at the end of the London Games Festival and saw the industry donate a range of pieces that were auctioned off over a month. The …
Read More »Football Manager Handheld 2013 hits mobile tonight
As of midnight tonight, Football Manager Handheld 2013 will be available on iOS and Android devices. The game brings together a number of enhancements implemented as a result of user feedback with improvements including an all-new player comparison module, twitter support for all devices and skins developed specifically for tablet …
Read More »Ubisoft: ‘Players trust High Street more than online’
Some gaming enthusiasts find buying games on the High Street safer than via online, says Ubisoft. The firm’s free-to-play publishing director Thomas Paincon said that some consumers trust the High Street over online services and free-to-play games. And that’s why the firm is launching a boxed version of digital F2P …
Read More »Despicable Me producer joins Angry Birds film
Rovio has announced that a 3D Angry Birds film will launch itself into cinemas in the summer of 2016. Despicable Me producer John Cohen has signed on as producer with former Marvel Studios chairman (and executive producer of Iron Man) David Maisel serving as executive producer. Rovio Entertainment has decided …
Read More »Crysis 3 release dates announced
EA has narrowed down the release date for hotly-anticipated shooter Crysis 3. The publisher revealed both the European and US release dates for the title at a preview event highlighting its Q1 2013 line-up. As reported by Joystiq, Crytek founder Cevat Yerli revealed at the event that the game would …
Read More »Rayman Legends UK date confirmed
Nintendo has confirmed the UK release date for Ubisoft’s Rayman Legends. The Wii U exclusive title will arrive on February 28th, according to Official Nintendo Magazine. Rayman Legends was originally set to form an important part of the consoles launch line-up but was pushed back into 2013 in early October. …
Read More »IGN eSports deal for Capcom fighting games
Capcom’s most popular fighting franchises will be part of the IGN Pro League tournament in 2013. Next year’s eSports competition will include Capcom’s Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition and Street Fighter X Tekken, putting fans of fighting games centre stage at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Along with the …
Read More »Dead Island: Riptide will not be released in Germany
The follow-up to Dead Island will not make it to Germany, revealed the game’s creative producer. Techland’s Sebastian Reichert revealed Dead Island: Riptide will skip the major European games market during an interview with PCGamesN. "We have no censored version of the game so we cannot release it in Germany.” …
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