Month: October 2012

Special Effect – an amazing video from an amazing charity (ARTICLES)

SpecialEffect are a unique UK charity that do whatever it takes to help everyone with disabilities to have a better quality of life. For some, this means access to fun and leisure activities like computer games. For others, it’s giving them a voice at a time when they can’t even speak. Find out more at …

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Steelseries Free Mobile Wireless Controller and Flux Headset Available Now (IOS)

SteelSeries, the leading manufacturer of premium-quality, gaming peripherals today announced that the SteelSeries Free Mobile Wireless Controller along with the SteelSeries Flux Headset are available on the SteelSeries Web Shop. The SteelSeries Free Mobile Wireless Controller is cross-platform compatible, meaning it can be used with a roster of games on PC/Mac®, Android® Smartphones and Tablets, …

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Ukie CEO offers to work with Labour on new ‘TechBacc’ to create a new generation of digital creative entrepreneurs

CEO of games and interactive entertainment trade body Ukie, has today used a speech at the ‘How Labour can put small business first’ event, held at the party’s Conference, to comment on the announcement by Ed Milliband that Labour would introduce a new Technical Baccalaureate qualification. Commenting on the ‘TechBacc’ announcement, Dr Twist said: “We …

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Masthead Studios, a leading independent game developer, launched today first gameplay trailer for their upcoming title GUNS and ROBOTS, a shooter with cooperative online multiplayer for PC. You can watch the trailer on the Official YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playgar       The new gameplay video highlights the customization process, that helps players progress in the game. In …

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Are game developers ‘pinned down’ by the series they work on? (ARTICLES)

Yuji Naka (who is the creator of Sonic) stated in an interview that he wished other developers could be free of the series they work on and- like him- make new games and characters. So, is their some truth to his word? Recently Yuji Naka (the brainchild behind Sonic) spoke about his enjoyment of being …

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Free content update for Endless Space on Steam �Rise of the Automatons� (PC)

Haarlem, The Netherlands – 2 October 2012 – Iceberg Interactive and developer Amplitude Studios announce that they are ready to release the first free add-on for their ‘4x’ strategy hit ENDLESS SPACE, called “Rise of the Automatons”, later today on Steam. Amplitude CEO Mathieu Girard says: “We have to thank our community for their help …

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Lights Off, Party On! Just Dance® 4 Now Available in the UK (360, PS3, WII, WIIU)

Today, Ubisoft® announced that Just Dance 4, the brand new iteration of the most popular dance video-game, is now available in the UK, on the Wii™ system from Nintendo, Microsoft Kinect™ for Xbox 360® and Sony PlayStation® Move for PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system. The game will also be available on the Wii U™ system …

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Ukie calls for industry input in to State Aid Cultural Test consultation

1 October 2012 – London, United Kingdom – Games and interactive entertainment trade body Ukie has today urged the games industry to give their input in to a consultation that will be an important step to getting European clearance for the UK’s video games production tax relief scheme. Following an earlier consultation (concluded last month) …

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