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Read More »Killer Is Dead gets August release, special editions detailed
Deep Silver has confirmed a release date and two collector’s editions of Killer Is Dead, the new title by Suda 51. The highly-stylised action game will arrive on Xbox 360 and PS3 on August 30th. It sees players brutally taking down various outlandish criminals and is reminiscent of Suda’s previous …
Read More »Metro Last Light dramatically outperforms Metro 2033
Recent FPS release Metro Last Light has smashed the commercial performance of its predecessor Metro 2033. The game has in one week of release already matched what the last game achieved in its first three months and the PC version managed triple the sales that 2033 managed in its first …
Read More »Dead Island TV ad banned
The Dead Island: Riptide ad has been pulled in Australia. The ad received a number of complaints over the depiction of suicide, says the Australian Advertising Standards Board. The ad shows a couple in a crashed boat, surrounded by zombies, who then blow up the boat with them inside. (You …
Read More »4A Games overcame major hurdles to make Metro: Last Light, Rubin says
Metro: Last Light developer 4A Games overcame a series of seemingly unbelievable trials and tribulations to see the game through, according to former THQ president Jason Rubin. In a report on Games Industry, Rubin stated the Ukrainian-based studio should be recognized for more than just its "creativity behind the ever …
Read More »Microsoft Studios, Crytek and Deep Silver back Develop Awards
Respected Platinum sponsors on board for prestigious awards ceremony
Read More »Dead Island: Riptide claims its second UK no.1
Deep Silver’s Dead Island: Riptide has topped the UKIE GfK Chart-Track UK All Formats Top 40 for the second week in a row. All in all it’s a largely uneventful week in the listings with the highest new entry at 26th – Sony’s Vita title Soul Sacrifice. There are re-entries …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Dead Island shuffles to No.1
Dead Island: Riptide defied the critics by becoming the UK’s best selling video game this week. Despite some dodgy reviews, the game was comfortably the best seller, although it only managed half the sales of the original. The first game was a big hit for publisher Deep Silver following what …
Read More »Metro: Last Light coming to PS4?
A translation of a Ukrainian interview with developer 4A Games has suggested that a PS4 version of Metro: Last Light is in the works. The interpretation, provided by a user on the Metro: Last Light forums, suggests that the game will likely come bundled with its predecessor Metro: 2033. However, …
Read More »Some Dead Island: Riptide codes are accidentally redeeming Dark Souls on Steam
A number of consumers have this morning taken to the internet to complain about a problem with some UK versions of Dead Island: Riptide. The Steam forums carry complaints from several users who tried to redeem the Steam code found in their copy of the game only to find that …
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