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Some gaming enthusiasts find buying games on the High Street safer than via online, says Ubisoft. The firm’s free-to-play publishing director Thomas Paincon said that some consumers trust the High Street over online services and free-to-play games. And that’s why the firm is launching a boxed version of digital F2P …
Read More »Asda Direct: ‘We need to stock more games’
Supermarket giant Asda wants to double the number of music, videos and games it sells online. The firm currently has around 6,000 films, CDs and games on its website, which according to stat tracker Hitwise is one of the fastest-growing sites in the UK. But that number is ‘nowhere near’ …
Read More »HeroEngine 2 goes live
Online gaming engine introduces numerous features with updated version
Read More »$99 Wii Mini is confirmed; Does not include internet connectivity; Is Canadian exclusive
Nintendo has officially unveiled the Wii Mini. The cut-sized console will retail for $99 in Canada. It has a manually operated top-loading disc drive and sports no internet connectivity whatsoever. It is also not compatible with GameCube titles. The system is designed to lay flat. In the box gamers will …
Read More »New online retailer 2Game.com emerges
A new online store has launched, and it believes it can be a major presence on social media. 2Game.com sells games for all major formats, and the retailer aims to create a community rather than just a customer base. Having experience within the social media sphere and a real passion …
Read More »HeroCloud integrates foliage middleware SpeedTree
Tech designed to assist developers with modelling, animating and rendering trees
Read More »PS3 version of Black Ops 2 has a few online teething issues
With millions of day one sales, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was always going to experience a couple of hiccups. Sadly for owners of the PS3, both of the early issues are dogging only their systems. Some players have taken to the European PlayStation forums to complain of online …
Read More »VIDEO: Elder Scrolls Online gameplay
Bethesda has released the first gameplay video for the divisive The Elder Scrolls Online. The game has split fans of the series down the middle, with some outwardly delighted that the IP is finally getting the MMO treatment and others annoyed at the cartoonish WoW-like art style. The game is …
Read More »That time when cloud computing (and definitely not DRM) broke your mouse
We’re used to server troubles causing issues with games, but borking hardware is a new one. PCGamesN reports that owners of the $79.99 Razer Naga has fallen into exactly this trap. The high-end mouse uses Synapse software that requires an online activation before it is installed. And yes, Razer’s activation …
Read More »Monday December 3rd named as Amazon’s Cyber Monday
Amazon.co.uk has predicted that Monday December 3rd will be the busiest online shopping day of the year. Known as Cyber Monday, Amazon reckons orders will peak at 9:20pm and on what it believes could be its busiest ever day in the UK, The Huffington Post reports. In 2012 Cyber Monday …
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