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Organisation speaks to the charities it has supported thanks to the games industry
Read More »VIDEO: See where GamesAid donations go
GamesAid has released its annual video talking to the charities it has supported with the help of games industry donations. The six charities featured this year were Action For Kids, Jigsaw4U, Lifelites, Volunteer Centre Sutton: MAPS, SpecialEffect and The Willow Foundation. Each one received a donation of 29,000 in 2011 …
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online finally announced
After years of rumour, denials, more rumours and more denials, an Elder Scrolls MMO has finally been confirmed. The first details on Bethesda’s entry into the online games space will be in the June issue of Game Informer, and will reportedly cover the entire continent of Tamriel, including Skyrim, Morrowind …
Read More »Bugs Bunny and Scooby-Doo go free-to-play
Warner Bros has unveiled a new free-to-play online game that brings the worlds of Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo together. Cartoon Universe is the first game from WB Games Montreal and lets players create and customise their own cartoon character. Once they have their creation established, they can engage in a …
Read More »Inside Xbox canned in US
Microsoft has discontinued production of its Inside Xbox programmes in the United States. First-party on-console shows such as Major’s Minute, Featured Videos and Insider Moves will no longer be available in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, according to Xbox’s Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb. "We want to express our …
Read More »London Games Festival ready for October return
The UK’s biggest celebration of video games is back. London Games Festival will return in 2012 after a 2011 hiatus. It will be a month-long affair, running between September 27th and October 28th – not timed to coincide with the Olympics, as had originally been planned. The festival will encompass …
Read More »$99 Xbox 360/Kinect bundle on the way
Rumour has it US consumers will be able to buy an Xbox 360 and Kinect for as little as $99 this month. Microsoft is releasing a new bundle as early as next week that feature the a 4GB console, Kinect sensor and a two-year subscription priced at $15 per month, …
Read More »Marvelous sets up UK social and mobile publisher
The Japanese publisher behind No More Heroes is coming to Europe. Marvelous AQL – the result of last year’s merger between Marvelous Entertainment, AQ Interactive and mobile developer Liveware – has created a new subsidiary MAQL Europe. The firm will be based in Tunbridge Wells and headed up by CEO …
Read More »Microtransactions generate 90% of US mobile game revenues
Think the big money is in paid-for apps? Think again – the real money is in in-game purchases. The latest figures from research firm Newzoo show that over 90 per cent of mobile game revenues in the US is generated by microtransactions, according to Gamasutra. That’s considerably higher than in …
Read More »Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter campaign nets $1.8m
The Kickstarter campaign for a new Shadowrun title has ended with more than $1.8m generated in pledges. Shadowrun Returns will be developed for PC and tablet, with Jordan Weisman at the helm. Weisman is one of the creators of the original pen-and-paper RPG Shadowrun. The Kickstarter campaign started in early …
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