See all our 2011 awards by visiting the Edge Awards topic page, or following the topic using My Edge. Look out, too, for the Alternative Edge Awards 2011 which we'll be posting on Monday.
When Jas Purewal, a fine lawyer who advises us on occasion, wrote his open letter to "people who defend game pirates", my agreement predisposition switch was firmly snapped to the on position.
Mobile Pie is a small, young mobile developer. We have suffered piracy. In fact some of our early titles have more pirate players than paid ones.
When Jas Purewal, a fine lawyer who advises us on occasion, wrote his open letter to "people who defend game pirates", my agreement predisposition switch was firmly snapped to the on position.
Mobile Pie is a small, young mobile developer. We have suffered piracy. In fact some of our early titles have more pirate players than paid ones.
New Year’s Eve is filled with rituals, and one of the best I’ve discovered so far is Mateusz Skutnik’s habit of making a game. Since 2009, he’s commemorated the passage of time each December by turning out a clever little browser-based diversion, and Where Is 2012? is the latest.
An Xbox Live user whose account was compromised and used to purchase thousands of Microsoft Points has identified the hacker involved, and discovered websites where accounts are up for sale.
See all our 2011 awards by visiting the Edge Awards topic page, or following the topic using My Edge.
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Our February issue, which is on sale January 17, includes reviews of Soul Calibur V, Resident Evil Revelations, Infinity Blade II and Dear Esther, featuring in-depth Post Script articles on each.
Our February issue, which is on sale January 17, includes reviews of Soul Calibur V, Resident Evil Revelations, Infinity Blade II and Dear Esther, featuring in-depth Post Script articles on each.
Microsoft and Sony will both unveil their next-generation consoles at E3 this year, according to reports.
A source has told MCV that 2012 will mark the first time in E3's 17-year history that all platform holders will have a new console to show off. Sony has apparently told thirdparties that it has no intention of being late to market, as it was with PS3.
Capcom has moved to clarify its stance on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), decrying claims it was supporting the bill as "bad journalism" and insisting: "We do not have an internal stance on this particular issue."
EA has closed Bright Light, the Guildford-based developer of the recent Harry Potter games, according to reports.
While the publisher has yet to confirm the closure, sources close to Develop have confirmed that the studio was closed late last year. It leaves EA with just two UK studios: Burnout series developer Criterion, and social game studio Playfish.
Sid Meier's Firaxis Games has announced XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a strategy game in the mould of the Julian Gollop classics to be released this autumn for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
Games in the Infinity Blade series have grossed over $30 million for publisher Epic Games.
Gaming charity Child's Play has announced that it raised more than $3.5 million during 2011.
In a statement posted on its website, the charity, founded in 2003, confirms that 2011 fundraising came to $3,512,345. The total represents a 53 per cent improvement on the $2.29 million raised in 2010.
Capcom USA has as good as given its public backing to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
While stopping short of expressing formal support of the controversial bill, the publisher said in a statement to Digital Trends: "The ESA represents us on these matters."
Mario Kart 7 is once again number one of the Japanese all-formats software chart, selling just under 110,000 units in the week ending January 1.
We'll be publishing our 2011 awards throughout the week. See all of them by visiting the Edge Awards topic page, or following the topic using My Edge.
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HD remakes of arcade shooters The House Of The Dead 3 and 4 are headed exclusively to PlayStation Network, Sega has announced.
The House Of The Dead 3 will be released on February 7, to be followed by The House Of The Dead 4 in the spring. Both games have been updated with HD graphics, with Trophies and support for PS3 motion controller PlayStation Move.
Microsoft Flight, the latest in Microsoft's stalled Flight Sim series, will be released in spring this year and will be free-to-play, according to a press release.
The free download will allow armchair pilots to soar above Hawaii's Big Island, and along with a free flight mode will also include missions, flying challenges and a number of hidden "aerocaches" to find. Region-specific weather patterns and customisable control realism complete the package.
Cryptic Studios' MMOG Star Trek Online will offer a free-to-play option, while retaining its existing subscription model, from January 17.
The new system, explained at the source link below, will see those paying a monthly subscription fee renamed Gold members, with those playing for free given Silver accounts with fewer features.
Apple is cracking down on piracy of App Store software by issuing takedown notices to a popular source of cracked iOS apps under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Cult Of Mac reports that Apple has issued DMCA takedown notices to Apptrackr. As a result, Apptrackr has moved its servers to different countries where the DMCA does not apply.
Our February issue, which is on sale January 17, includes reviews of Soul Calibur V, Resident Evil Revelations, Infinity Blade II and Dear Esther, featuring in-depth Post Script articles on each.
We'll be publishing our 2011 awards throughout the week. See all of them by visiting the Edge Awards topic page, or following the topic using My Edge.
Japan's game industry made 8 per cent less revenue in 2011 than the year before, according to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain.
Andriasang reports that, between December 27, 2010 and December 25, 2011, total game industry revenue was ¥454.3 billion (£3.8 billion). Hardware sales actually rose by 2.4 per cent to ¥179.7 billion (£1.5 billion), but that increase was wiped out by a 13.7 per cent slump in software. Revenue from game sales fell to ¥274.6 billion (£2.3 billion).
Microsoft has announced several changes to file size limits on the Xbox Live Indie Games service.
The maximum size of games on the service is now 500MB, up from the previous 150MB. Developers can now charge 80 Microsoft Points for games of up to 150MB in size; previously, games over 50MB had to be priced at 240 or 400 MSP.