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Keep next Tuesday night free – GAME will be opening its doors to welcome the unconventional Wednesday release of Assassin’s Creed III. The flagship event will take place at GAME’s Stratford Store which will be transformed into a scenic replica of the game’s winter wilderness, complete with Redcoats who will …
Read More »GamesAid 2012 charity voting now open
The UK video games industry charity GamesAid has named the 14 charitable organisations in the running for GamesAid support in 2012. Members are invited to vote for the charity they would like to see being officially supported. The focus is on organisations that focus on children and young adults with …
Read More »Appynation calls out sites that charge for game reviews
UK startup app publisher Appynation has taken the brave move of calling out six sites that it says routinely charge publishers and developers to review their games. Specifically, six sites are named – AppCraver, Tapscape, Best 10 Apps, The iPhone App Review, iPhone Toolbox and iPhone Footprint. Accusations range from …
Read More »Update brings PSOne titles to Vita; Complete compatibility list here
A selection of PlayStation one games are now playable on Sony’s Vita handheld. The new functionality comes courtesy of the v1.80 system update. Users can either download games directly onto their portables from the PS Store or transfer them from their PS3 console. The complete list of officially compatible European …
Read More »GameStop named the 10th worst company to work for in the US
An analysis of employee reviews at online jobs portal Glassdoor has labelled GameStop as the tenth worst company to work for in the US. Those included in the report must have had at least 300 reviews, with a total of 202 companies being analysed. GameStop’s business model has come under …
Read More »UK ISP’s renew efforts to block Pirate Bay
Several major UK ISPs have expanded their blockade against The Pirate Bay by denying a number of new IP addresses known to be used by the file-sharing website to their blacklist. Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and Talk Talk have all widened their block, although The Pirate Bay is thought to …
Read More »Top devs honoured at 10th Develop Awards
Games industry pioneers of all shapes and sizes won Develop Awards last night. A gala ceremony in Brighton was attended by over 550 people from 150 companies, where they saw the likes of Moshi Monsters, Dear Esther and World of Tanks handed highly-coveted awards. Now in its tenth year, the …
Read More »UPDATED: Steam Summer Sale – full list leaked
It’s one of the key annual highlights for PC gamers, and one internet poster claims to have revealed the complete line-up of this year’s Steam Summer Sale. The information comes from Reddit. It’s authenticity remains 100 per cent unverified. But if it’s true, this is what’s heading our way: Day …
Read More »E3 2012: Wii U will support 1080p, releases full game list
Nintendo’s Wii U will support Full HD 1080p visuals, a new tech sheet has confirmed. The supported resolutions are 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i. It will also support a wide range of outputs, at least compared to most modern consoles, offering HDMI, Wii D-Terminal, Wii Component Video, Wii RGB, …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2012: The winners in full
The tenth anniversary MCV Awards were dominated by mass-market brands and digital pioneers. There were no prizes for the format holders. Instead, the top three publishers all claimed multiple prizes while ambitious smaller firms grabbed many others. Activision took home four awards: two for the best-selling Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (Digital …
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