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Publisher EA has removed all Online Passes from existing games. Eurogamer reports that titles that had previously required the purchase or activation of an Online Pass to access either additional content or online multiplayer are now free of such restrictions. Titles that until now prompted users to enter a code …
Read More »Mario Party 9 and Animal Crossing named in Guardian’s violent games Axis of Evil
Call of Duty, Halo 4, Far Cry, Borderlands – all violent games, yes, but the real damage is being done by those that conceal their violence behind a duplicitous family-friendly wrapping. Yesterday The Guardian published a feature entitled ‘Violence and guns in best-selling video games‘ that, to be fair to …
Read More »60 mins of extra Watch Dogs content exclusive to PS4 and PS3
Ubisoft release Watch Dogs will offer an additional 60 mins of content to PlayStation owners. The content will be made available post-release as a DLC download for both PS4 and PS4 owners. It’s a tactic Ubisoft has employed in many of its recent releases. Ubisoft yesterday revealed four special editions …
Read More »Freelance journo Irvine launches dlcentral.co.uk
A new consumer website has launched that intends to offer unrivalled coverage of downloadable digital games content. It’s called dlcentral.co.uk and is run by freelancer Nathan Irvine. Irvine’s a familiar face to many in the industry following his successful eight year stint at Future publishing where he began at PSM2 …
Read More »Wii U owners can only download adult games between 11pm-3am
Mature-rated video games like Ubisoft’s ZombiU can only be downloaded from Nintendo’s eShop between the hours of 11pm-3am. This startling discovery, first reported by CVG, stems from a response issued to an Italian Wii U owner. We would like to let you know that Nintendo has always aimed to offer …
Read More »The Dark Knight Rises gets added SmartGlass content on Xbox 360
Microsoft is trying to entice consumers to choose Xbox 360 as their host platform for the video release of The Dark Knight Rises. The film will come will a host of SmartGlass extras, meaning that those with a compatible device can access complimentary content while watching Christopher Nolan’s movie. Additional …
Read More »Next Skyrim DLC allows you to design and build your own home
The second DLC release for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will allow players to construct their very own in-game home. Called Hearthfire, the download allows for gamers to purchase plot and plans and then construct a fully customisable dwelling that can be decorated and extended as its owners see fit. …
Read More »Smartphone gaming is "the biggest content revolution we’ve ever seen"
The handheld video games market is being killed off by the smartphone sector, metrics firm Flurry Analytics believes. It claims that in 2009 the iOS and Android games software market accounted for 19 per cent of the total $2.7bn handheld and mobile games market in the US. In 2001 it …
Read More »We’ve done our job – now it’s time for parents to do theirs
PEGI age ratings have been law in the UK for a whole week now. But the battle is only just beginning. The successful introduction of a single, legally enforceable age ratings system for video games software is a tremendous victory for a games industry that is still fighting those who …
Read More »More PS3 fans buy digital content than 360 gamers
UK PS3 owners are more willing to pay for digital content than Xbox gamers. That’s according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel. The data specialist revealed that in the UK, 8m people bought a digital film, TV show or game in the past year. The firm says that 17 …
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