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There’s much excitement online this week as Valve detailed more of its battleplan to get Steam a space in the living room. To start with, SteamOS promises to get the service and its games on home TVs, not just laptops or desktops PCs hidden in the dining room or bedroom. …
Read More »UKIE proposes merger with fellow trade body Tiga
Industry trade body UKIE said it would like to explore a closer relationship with its counterpart Tiga at its Annual General Meeting today. There have been numerous calls from the industry in the past for a single UK trade organisation to represent developers, and UKIE has now expressed its interest …
Read More »Virgin wants back into gaming
Sony’s Gamescom press conference ended with a flurry of announcements. Price cuts for PS3 and Vita. New PlayStation Plus offers. That all-important PS4 release date. Almost lost amongst them was the news that Virgin Media will be the official Internet Service Provider for the next-generation console. For Virgin, it’s a …
Read More »GamesAid names charity winners as donations hit record amount
The five charities that will receive a share of the 260,000 raised by games industry charity GamesAid have been named. Action for Kids, Lifelites, MAPS, Safe@Last and SpecialEffect this afternoon received 52,000 each from the total fundraising pot of 260,000 at Eurogamer Expo presentation – that represents a 44 per …
Read More »Microsoft: Digital is an ‘unstoppable force’; Drops Premier League Xbox One TV hint
Phil Harrison has said that a digital-only future for the games industry is an inevitability. The general trend of the world is to be more digital and less physical,” Microsoft’s EMEA corporate VP Phil Harrison told Eurogamer. That is in our opinion an unstoppable force. Depending on where you live …
Read More »EA: Mobile not a threat to consoles
The console and mobile games markets are very different beasts. But that isn’t stopping the industry’s biggest publishers bringing their blockbusters to the small screen. The likes of EA and Activison are bringing their triple-A franchises to the small screen to compete in the most populated games marketplace. Activision’s Call …
Read More »Microsoft: There’s still room for the physical market to grow
The physical market is not in decline, Xbox Live product manager Pav Bhardwaj has stated. "I don’t genuinely believe that there will be more digital and less physical product," Bhardwaj told OXM. "I actually think the entire market will grow. I think there’s room for both – there’s a certain …
Read More »61% of Brits think violent games cause real-world violence
A YouGov poll has revealed that the majority of Britons believe that video games violence can be a catalyst for real-world violence. When asked if they agreed or disagreed with the statement ‘video games can be a cause of real-world violence and aggression’ 61 per cent of those who responded …
Read More »BP gives up on video games
One of the more unusual video games retailers has abandoned the sector. Petrol stations run by BP had stocked a limited number of games in recent years, namely big blockbusters like Call of Duty, alongside driving titles such as Codemasters’ F1 series. Last year the fuelling giant even suggested it …
Read More »Today’s Mirror headline: "Driven To Kill By Call of Duty?"
One day after the release of Grand Theft Auto V, the UK’s national press has seemingly resumed its attack on gaming. Surprisingly, GTA V is not the target – instead, today’s edition of the Daily Mirror targets Activision’s Call of Duty. Driven to kill by Call of Duty” is the …
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