Those interested in attending the inaugural F2P Summit, a London-based celebration of free-to-play gaming, have just over a day to take advantage of the cut-price Early Bird promotion.
Early Bird rates save £100 on the full-day conference, discounting passes to £195. Organisers have also announced the final addition to the lineup of speakers, with Innogames CMO Volker Dressel to explain how free-to-play games are rapidly closing the technical gap on their big-budget console counterparts.
A collection of quick-fire microgames designed to showcase the expansive feature set of Sony’s portable, Frobisher Says is a brazen attempt to ape the surreal anarchy of WarioWare, but ends up as Vita’s Wii Play: a game which offers fleeting amusement in highlighting its host console’s capabilities but little by way of long-term appeal.
UPDATE: Microsoft says on the official Xbox site that the issue was a temporary one which has since been resolved. Those who are yet to see their Gamerscore restored are advised to log out and back in.
ORIGINAL STORY: Microsoft is investigating a bug that is wiping Xbox Live users' Gamerscores when they unlock an achievement.
UPDATE: Microsoft says on the official Xbox site that the issue was a temporary one which has since been resolved. Those who are yet to see their Gamerscore restored are advised to log out and back in.
ORIGINAL STORY: Microsoft is investigating a bug that is wiping Xbox Live users' Gamerscores when they unlock an achievement.
UPDATE: Microsoft has confirmed Harrison's appointment - but has asked us to make clear that, contrary to reports, he is not taking on Peter Molyneux's recently vacated role at the head of Microsoft Game Studios in Europe.
Instead, Harrison will serve as corporate vice-president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business leadership team, reporting to Don Mattrick with a specific brief to grow the division's European business.
Some 22,500 videogame industry professionals attended last week's Game Developers Conference, organisers have confirmed.
The figure represents year-on-year growth of 17 per cent for the event, and sets a new attendance record. Organisers have confirmed that the event will return next year, to the same venue - San Francisco's Moscone Center - from March 25 to 29.
Double Fine Adventure, Tim Schafer's Kickstarter bid to fund development of a PC point-and-click adventure, has raised more than $3 million (£1.9 million) - and there are still ten hours to go.
At the time of writing the project has raised $3,027,728 from a total of 79,698 backers. Double Fine is to count down the final two hours in a live web stream.
Floundering UK retailer Game Group has received more bad news this morning with the confirmation that Tecmo Koei will not be supplying it with copies of two upcoming releases.
Long-time Edge contributor and Big Robot founder Jim Rossignol has revealed the development project's latest game, Sir, You Are Being Hunted.
The game conjures a sinister alternative reality in which humans are hunted by tweed-loving gentleman robots for sport. Set in landscape inspired by Britain's rolling countryside, the open world is populated by tea-drinking, top-hat-wearing artificial life and tasks the player with surviving against the odds.
Mark Rein, vice president of Unreal Engine creator Epic Games, says he will be "shocked" if Nintendo's new console, Wii U, doesn't do well.
David Jaffe, the outspoken creator of God Of War and Twisted Metal, is in no rush for the next generation of consoles, telling us he "couldn't care less" about the prospect of new hardware.
Wii U is due later this year, and rumours continue to swirl concerning new consoles from Microsoft and Sony. In an interview, however, Jaffe tells us that he's not excited at the prospect because, simply put, he's seen it all before.
This is the second article in our series looking for the flaws in some of the greatest and most discussed games of all time. You can read our dissection of Half-Life 2 here.
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Two firms have today been linked with buyouts of the assets of beleaguered UK retailer Game Group.
The Financial Times reports that Hilco, a retail restructuring group that has previously dealt with the likes of HMV Canada, Woolworths, Littlewoods and Borders, is reportedly looking at Game's international assets, including its stores in Spain, Portugal and Australia.
PC strategy series Total War is headed to iOS and Android, publisher Sega has confirmed.
Developer The Creative Assembly is hard at work on Total War Battles: Shogun ahead of its release for iPhone, iPad and Android next month. Both studio and publisher insist that this is no shoehorned PC port, but has been designed specifically for mobiles with multi-touch controls.
Embattled UK retailer Game Group will be stocking PS3 vehicular shooter Twisted Metal when it is released on Friday.
Shinji Mikami's Tango Gameworks studio's current project will not see release until next year at the earliest.
Speaking in an interview with 4Gamer, translated by Andriasang, Toru Takahashi - general manager of ZeniMax's Asia division, which acquired Tango in 2010 - said fans should not expect to see Mikami's game until 2013 or beyond.
Mojang is forbidden from making any further games using the Scrolls name under the terms of the legal settlement reached with Bethesda last week.
Gamasutra reports that, while the settlement left the Minecraft studio free to release Scrolls, announced at GDC last year, with no change to its name, the developer relinquished all rights to the trademark to Bethesda parent company ZeniMax.
Hiroshi Kawano, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, has promised that the company's next PS Vita web broadcast will be much improved.
In a blog post translated by Andriasang, Kawano recognises that last week's "Welcome! PS Vita Game Heaven" broadcast did not meet user expectations, and says he and his staff are using this "harsh criticism" as a lesson for its future work.
David Peter Meads (aka Scroobius Pip) launched into the public eye upon releasing his single with DJ Dan Le Sac “Thou Shalt Always Kill” in late 2006. The accompanying video, which saw Pip tossing records aside and declaring legends from The Beatles to Radiohead “just a band”, became a viral sensation. He’s not just a music geek, however, which you realise very quickly once the subject turns to games.
UPDATE: Microsoft has confirmed the below report, with Xbox Live mouthpiece Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb saying on his blog that the changes will be optional from next mont, and mandatory from June onwards.
Microsoft is set to double the number of Achievement points available in Xbox Live Arcade games, according to reports.
UPDATE: Microsoft has confirmed the below report, with Xbox Live mouthpiece Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb saying on his blog that the changes will be optional from next mont, and mandatory from June onwards.
Microsoft is set to double the number of Achievement points available in Xbox Live Arcade games, according to reports.
Dream Build Play, the annual, Microsoft-sponsored XNA development contest, is now open for registration.
Users can sign up at the source link below and, when submissions open in May, submit their game for consideration. The contest is now open to Windows Phone as well as Xbox Live Indie Games, with the developer of the best game on each platform receiving $20,000.
Electronic Arts has moved to improve security on FIFA 12's Ultimate Team online game, which has been linked to phishing scams and the hacking of Xbox Live accounts.
Q-Games, Japanese developer of the Pixeljunk series, showed off upcoming PS Move game Pixeljunk 4am at GDC last week.
Lead designer Rowan Parker explains the system powering 4am, which has been developed with input from Japanese multimedia artist Baiyon, in the below video, posted on the PlayStation Blog.