Shares in Game Group have more than halved since the UK retailer lowered its revenue forecasts last week.
PlayStation Vita will launch in Europe next February with 11 firstparty games, including two newly announced titles, Zipper Interactive’s Unit 13 and Evolution Studios’ MotorStorm RC.
They will be joined by a selection of thirdparty offerings, providing what Michael Denny, SVP Worldwide Studios Europe, labelled “one of the best launch line-ups of any games console ever”.
The latest update to the Xbox 360 dashboard will be released on December 6, Xbox Live mouthpiece Major Nelson has confirmed.
The update, revealed in June, adds cloud storage for game saves and Xbox Live profiles, and has been designed around Kinect, with the dashboard fully controllable by voice commands.
Microsoft will also begin adding content from TV companies including the BBC, Channel 4 and HBO, which it announced last month.
If you were part of an experienced team making your first iOS title quickly and on a tight budget, the result might well look a little like Extraction: Project Outbreak. ShortRound’s Cannon Fodder-inspired zombie shooter is confidently constructed around an original, and extremely promising, single-finger control scheme. When the game struggles, it tends to be with content rather than concept.
Call Of Duty: Elite, the stat-tracking platform that launched alongside Modern Warfare 3 on November 8, amassed a million paid members in just six days, Activision has announced.
In a press release, the publisher claims that more than four million have signed up for the service, which is available for free with a premium version, costing £34.99 per year, offering extra features including clan support and video content.
Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a sales director to cover Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa. You'll have to manage a team and will be directly responsible for creating and maintaining retailer relationships in Russia and new emerging markets. Best of all, the position is based in Versailles, France. Find all Blizzard's vacancies here.
When making the fifth game in its Elder Scrolls series, Bethesda didn't just build Skyrim. It built the entire Tamriel landmass, with Oblivion and Morrowind mapped out and accessible with a bit of tinkering.
The discovery was made by Jesse, a 19-year-old blogger from Finland, who ventured to Stendarr's Beacon, the south-eastern corner of Skyrim and the closest part to Morrowind. Following a path, he found an archway, only to find the game wouldn't let him progress any further.
It's safe to say that Minecon should have been an entirely celebratory affair.
Veteran developer Ste Pickford has decried the British Academy Of Film And Television Arts' (BAFTA) Videogame Awards, saying the excessive fees charged to those submitting their games for consideration prevents indie developers from receiving the recognition they deserve.
It would seem that Codemasters is gearing up to bring back much-cherished '80s videogame icon Dizzy.
The developer has released the below teaser video and launched a website that simply includes an egg box with a pair of eyes staring out from within and the words: "Guess who's back?"
As if any further confirmation were needed, Codemasters communications manager Ade Lawton tweeted: "No yolk. Eggciting times".
It would seem that Codemasters is gearing up to bring back much-cherished '80s videogame icon Dizzy.
The developer has released the below teaser video and launched a website that simply includes an egg box with a pair of eyes staring out from within and the words: "Guess who's back?"
As if any further confirmation were needed, Codemasters communications manager Ade Lawton tweeted: "No yolk. Eggciting times".
A collection of HD remasters of the first three games in the Jak And Daxter series will be released in February, developer Naughty Dog has announced.
In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells confirms that the collection, which will include series debut Jak And Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II and Jak 3, will run at 720p, with stereoscopic 3D support and Trophies.
Bethesda Softworks has released a patch for the PC version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but it doesn't fix any of the game's technical issues. Instead, it limits what players can do with the game.
Rock Paper Shotgun reports that the patch ties the game's executable to Steam security. The most significant consequence of this is preventing users from modding said executable with a thirdparty patch to make it large address aware, which permitted Skyrim to use more than 2GB of system RAM.
Dutch art dealer Maarten Brands doesn’t waste time fretting over the question of whether or not games should be deemed art. He and a handful of partners have launched Cook & Becker, a company which specialises in selling museum-grade prints from the entertainment sector – including videogames – via its Web site and Amsterdam gallery. We sat down with Brand to discuss the nature of game art and what it means to present that work in a fine art context.
Dutch art dealer Maarten Brands doesn’t waste time fretting over the question of whether or not games should be deemed art. He and a handful of partners have launched Cook & Becker, a company which specialises in selling museum-grade prints from the entertainment sector – including videogames – via its Web site and Amsterdam gallery. We sat down with Brand to discuss the nature of game art and what it means to present that work in a fine art context.
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DC Universe Online continues to reap dividends from its recent switch to free-to-play, Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley has revealed.
Chrono Trigger will be released on the App Store next month, publisher Square Enix has confirmed.
Destructoid reports that the beloved RPG, released for the SNES in 1995, will be retooled for iPhone with new menus and touchscreen controls, but has been otherwise untouched. No price or release date was announced.
Erstwhile Edge columnist Toshihiro Nagoshi has hinted at a significant overhaul to the Yakuza series with the upcoming Yakuza 5, describing its creation as "like building a new house."
Square Enix has revealed plans to expand its operations in Montreal by adding 250 staff across its Deus Ex: Human Revolution studio and a new development outfit whose first project will be a fresh entry in the Hitman series.
Eidos Montreal will grow its headcount by 100 staff, driving work on a third project at the studio alongside ongoing Deus Ex and Thief development. It will also expand its facilities to include in-house audio recording, motion tracking studios and a mini-theatre.
Following his statement earlier that Mojang would no longer be working with the Yogscast because they'd sworn in front of children during their Minecon panel, Markus "Notch" Persson has posted a litany of grievances against the YouTube-based video group.
"Wow. Hate, insults and threats are flooding in from Yogscast fans. I'll stop biting my tongue now," he said in his first tweet, before listing the following:
Following his statement earlier that Mojang would no longer be working with the Yogscast because they'd sworn in front of children during their Minecon panel, Markus "Notch" Persson has posted a litany of grievances against the YouTube-based video group.
"Wow. Hate, insults and threats are flooding in from Yogscast fans. I'll stop biting my tongue now," he said in his first tweet, before listing the following:
Japanese mobile gaming network Gree has launched a billion-yen lawsuit against DeNa Co, operator of rival social network Mobage.
The case dates back almost a year, when DeNa's shares fell 6 per cent in a single day after it admitted it was under investigation by Japan's Fair Trade Commission for alleged unfair competitive practices.
Markus "Notch" Persson, studio head of Minecraft developer Mojang, has said he will no longer work with the duo behind YouTube sensation Yogscast.
Persson was unhappy with the duo swearing during a panel at the Minecon event in Las Vegas given that so many attendees had brought their children to the event, which was held to celebrate Minecraft's stunning success and mark its official release.
A good puzzle game subtly rewires your brain, and there are certainly enough surprises lurking within Fractal to get some new synapses firing. Cipher Prime's extremely pretty offering tasks you with creating "blooms", circular groupings of seven same-coloured hexes, by tapping an empty space on the board and "pushing" new tiles out in the direction of every piece touching it. It's a challenging concept to get your head around at first, and not one that you'll easily confuse with the likes of Tetris or Bejeweled.