Entries in 'effect' (15)

Releasing a demo can damage your game sales, social games bloss claims

Releasing a demo can damage your game sales, social games bloss claims

Getting a taster of your game into the hands of consumers is essential, right? Perhaps not.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 11th 2013 at 3:30PM in News
PEGI games ratings come into force today

PEGI games ratings come into force today

After what seems like an eternity of legislation limbo, PEGI age ratings for video games have become law in the UK today.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 30th 2012 at 8:11AM in News
Gaming can cause ‘psychological problems’

Gaming can cause ‘psychological problems’

Children who spend two hours or more every day either playing video games or watching TV are at a greater risk of suffering psychological problems, a new British study has ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 11th 2010 at 11:29AM in News
PS3 could get 3D slider

PS3 could get 3D slider

The upcoming Sly Cooper Collection could be the first 3D game on PS3 to include a software ‘slider’ that would allow the user to control the amount of 3D effect ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 22nd 2010 at 11:23AM in News

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Mass Effect 2 Overlord DLC revealed

Mass Effect 2 Overlord DLC revealed

EA has revealed first details of its upcoming Overlord DLC pack for Mass Effect, which will be available to download in June.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on May 13th 2010 at 5:10PM in News
Modern Warfare damaged by IW saga

Modern Warfare damaged by IW saga

Modern Warfare will live on, it will continue to sell by the bucket load – but both review scores and overall sales will forever be less than they were due ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 23rd 2010 at 3:19PM in News
Nintendo won’t rule out pre-owned move

Nintendo won’t rule out pre-owned move

With Sony and EA recently unveiling bold new moves to counter what publishers see as the threat posed by the pre-owned market, Nintendo has refused to rule out taking similar ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 18th 2010 at 9:36PM in News
UK CHARTS: Mass Effect 2 still top

UK CHARTS: Mass Effect 2 still top

It’s two weeks and counting at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for EA’s Mass Effect 2 this week – in fact, the top three remains ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 8th 2010 at 9:39AM in News

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Mass Effect 2 sales top 2m

Mass Effect 2 sales top 2m

Publisher EA has confirmed that, according to internal estimates, Mass Effect 2 has already sold over 2m copies worldwide. It was released in the US on Tuesday and hit UK ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 29th 2010 at 5:44PM in News
Praise heaped on Mass Effect 2

Praise heaped on Mass Effect 2

The first reviews of Mass Effect 2 have gone live ahead of Friday’s UK release of EA’s long-awaited RPG sequel – and all signs point to BioWare’s latest becoming one ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 26th 2010 at 12:11PM in News
Pre-owned penalty for Mass Effect 2

Pre-owned penalty for Mass Effect 2

An interesting experiment with Mass Effect 2 will see EA looking to discourage pre-owned sales of the game.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 25th 2010 at 7:00AM in News
Mass Effect 3 confirmed for 360

Mass Effect 3 confirmed for 360

Ahead of the release of EA’s Mass Effect 2 next week, the game’s developer BioWare has confirmed that the third entry in the series will be released on Microsoft’s Xbox ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 20th 2010 at 10:25AM in News

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Mass Effect arrives on App Store

Mass Effect arrives on App Store

EA has released one of the highest profile console crossovers on Apple’s iPhone and iPod Tough to date – colourful sci-fi outing Mass Effect Galaxy.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 23rd 2009 at 12:47PM in News
Mass Effect 2 to skip PS3?

Mass Effect 2 to skip PS3?

The lid has now officially been lifted on highly anticipated RPG sequel Mass Effect 2, with a release confirmed in early 2010 on Xbox 360 and PC – though not, ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 18th 2009 at 2:31PM in News
Halo 3 goes Classic

Halo 3 goes Classic

Microsoft has confirmed that three high-profile titles are to join its £19.99 Xbox 360 Classics range at UK retail – EA’s Mass Effect and Microsoft pair Halo 3 and Project ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 16th 2009 at 10:03AM in News