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Pay attention. One of the most popular online ‘teen hangouts’ says digital games need to fight harder to battle brief attention spans. The man in charge of Habbo says that the migration of games to the web is inevitable, but makes fighting for consumers’ time more difficult. 10 years ago, …
Read More »VIDEO: Elder Scrolls MMO rings the changes
Having surprised us all with the announcement of The Elder Scrolls Online yesterday, ZeniMax has released the first details of the already hotly anticipated title. The info comes from US games mag Game Informer, which has the world-first exclusive on the game. Visually TESO will look quite different to what …
Read More »Hitari teams up with Royal Mail
Online independent games retailer Hitari has added a raft of new services after partnering with Royal Mail and DPD. It says doing so has allowed it to process orders and dispatch video games to its customers quicker than before. Parcel delivery firm DPD has been assigned as Hitari’s ‘preferred courier …
Read More »VIDEO: God of War Ascension gets multiplayer
Sony has confirmed online multiplayer functionality for upcoming PS3 release God of War Ascension. The new functionality will allow up to eight players to engage in a number of modes set amidst the series’ trademark large-scale battles. There will be plenty of customisation options, too. Player abilities will depend on …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Call of Duty’s Online Plan
Call of Duty is past it. The latest sales data revealed that Modern Warfare 3 has (so far) sold fewer copies than 2010’s Black Ops. A whole 4.2 per cent less. According to some corners of the press, the shooter series has peaked. Except it hasn’t. Not one bit. A …
Read More »Silent Hunter locks torpedoes on free-to-play
Ubisoft is to release a new free-to-play online instalment in its Silent Hunter series. Called Silent Hunter Online, the game can be played in a browser. It is being developed by Settlers and Anno developer Blue Byte. It will run using Adobe Flash player 11 and will be fully 3D. …
Read More »Retailer vows to share 10% of pre-owned revenue with publishers
New US online retailer EKGaming has made a remarkable pledge – to share ten per cent of its pre-owned revenues with publishers. It hopes to encourage what it describes as a circle of life” in retail that benefits all parts of the chain. It has also pledged to better the …
Read More »Trials Evolution downloaded 100k times on day one
Ubisoft owned developer RedLynx has said that its recent Xbox Live Arcade release Trials Evolution was downloaded over 100,000 times on day one. In fact, so high was the appetite for the game that publisher Microsoft has been forced to draft in additional servers. The game was released on Wednesday, …
Read More »OnLive PlayPack hits 200 games
Streaming games service provider OnLive has announced the addition of the 200th game to its subscription based PlayPack offer. The company is also hosting what it calls the ‘PlayPack 200′ event, which promises 200 hours of events for customers and kicks off from 5pm tonight. Anyone who signs up for …
Read More »Gamescom 2012: More space for mobile and online
Expo organisers debut new 'Mobile Games World' space, and devote increased capacity to online
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