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Kazunori Yamauchi took part in this weekend’s 24-hour race at Nurburgring. The creator of Gran Turismo was a member of a four-man team and raced in a Nissan GT-R. Yamauchi was at the wheel when it crossed the finish line, according to Dual Shockers. The team finished in 36th place, …
Read More »Win a trip to Vegas with THQ and UFC
Fancy shedding a few pounds this summer and getting your efforts rewarded with a trip to Las Vegas? MCV has teamed up with THQ and its new UFC Personal Trainer game to offer the fighting fit a jaunt to the US city, 1,000 spending money, and tickets to UFC Live …
Read More »SURVEY: Do you trust digital games services?
Barely a day has gone by this month without the words "hack" or "breach" appearing in headlines. And we want to know what effect that has had on the trust people place in digital download platforms and other online gaming services. You can take part by clicking here. Having reported …
Read More »Infamous 2 gets digital release
Continuing its experiments with early digital releases, Sony has made Infamous 2 available to download via PSN. The game only landed on shelves two weeks ago, but now PS3 owners can avoid the trip to the shops and download a digital version straight to their console, according to the PlayStation …
Read More »IGN lays off editorial staff
IGN Entertainment’s US-based editorial team has been downsized, with at least four members laid off. The site’s ‘expanded audience’ editor-in-chief Dana Jongewaard confirmed on Facebook that she has left the firm, while writer Nicole Tanner posted on Twitter that she has been laid off today. Gamasutra reports that GameSpy’s editor-in-chief …
Read More »Just Dance expansion pack announced
Just Dance 2 – Extra Songs will be released for Wii on July 22nd. The game is the first retail expansion pack for Ubisoft’s best-selling dancing series and features 21 tracks that were previously only available via download. It will not require Just Dance 1 or 2 to be playable. …
Read More »3D not engaging UK public
Research has shown that 3D is on course to become a mass market product, but has yet to engage the majority of its audience. A study by Informa Media & Telecoms predicts that 3DTVs will find their way into 11m homes over the next five years, but less than half …
Read More »Valve eyes Wii U
Valve has become the latest games firm to show interest in Nintendo’s newest console. Speaking to Joystiq, at the Games for Change Festival, the company’s head and co-founded Gabe Newell said that the Wii U fits into Valve’s scalability model”. Wii U seems to be a lot more powerful than …
Read More »Zyngas latest attracts 33m users
Zynga has struck gold again with Empires & Allies, it’s latest Facebook title. The free-to-play strategy game has attracted just under 33m active users in its first three weeks, according to GamesIndustry. It is currently averaging at 6.5m users per day, and had a userbase of 10m just nine days …
Read More »Yakuza series ships 5m
Sega’s popular Yakuza series has shipped more than five million units worldwide to date. The series began in 2005 with the PS2 original, which combined with a re-release years later has since sold one million units, according to Andriasang. Yakuza of the End, a zombie apocalypse-themed spin-off for the PlayStation-exclusive …
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