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Apple has confirmed that the unusually low battery life seen by some iPhone 4S owners is down to a bug in iOS 5. Some iPhone 4S owners found that battery life was very low and a number of workarounds circulated that improved matters for some users including disabling the time …
Read More »Ubisoft acquires Trials HD developer
Ubisoft has bought Finland-based developer RedLynx, the studio best known for its Trials Xbox Live game. The publisher has bought the company as part of its active plans to grow its online output. RedLynx has produced some 100 games since 2000. We are delighted to welcome RedLynx to the Ubisoft …
Read More »Zumba Fitness 2 out this month
One of the year’s bestselling games will get a sequel in just a few weeks. 505 Games has confirmed with MCV that it has officially signed up the rights to Zumba Fitness 2 for Wii. The game will debut on November 25th. A Kinect version will arrive in Q1 2012. …
Read More »LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE: Now Screen Digest offers free data, too
Thought our ‘free NPD data’ offer was good? Well, it gets better. Screen Digest has also signed up to offer two free reports to those who buy a ticket for next week’s digital games summit. Delegates to the November 10th London Games Conference will get Screen Digest reports in their …
Read More »Angry Birds downloads reach half a billion
Smash-hit game Angry Birds has been downloaded over half a billion times across various platforms, developer Rovio has announced. The entertainment media company said this made the title one of the most downloaded games in history. "This is a fantastic landmark achievement for us, and we’re extremely delighted to see …
Read More »Square ups income estimates 148%
Square Enix holdings has doubled its net income projections from $19m to $47m after revising its financial forecasts, the company has announced. The group also changed its predicted net sales for the six months ending September 30th, which went up 1.8 per cent to $730m, whilst forecasts for operating income …
Read More »OPINION: The Return of GTA
We’re just a few hours away from finally having some of the answers. Will Rockstar North choose to revisit San Andreas, its digital recreation of an entire state, or the neon-clad Vice City? Will it go for somewhere else, but another slice of Americana? Or maybe somewhere different – a …
Read More »COUNTDOWN TO LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE: Apple cuts to the core
Move over, Miyamoto. Step aside, Steam. The games industry says former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and the iPhone were most influential thing to happen to interactive entertainment. A survey of over 1,000 industry execs has put the two at the top of the league tables when it comes to which …
Read More »Eutechnyx secures £1.8m funding
UK developer Eutechnyx has received a regional growth fund of 1.8m from the Government to fund an online racing game. The North-East based company said it will use the money to develop a publishing operation for its upcoming racer Auto Club Revolution, creating up to 190 new jobs. The new …
Read More »Silicon Knights axes 75% of workforce
Canadian games studio Silicon Knights has laid off three quarters of its staff, according to sources close to the company. The cut brings the amount of employees at the developer from 97 down to 25.Two credible” independent sources that staff had been laid off. Silicon Knights has had massive layoffs. …
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