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Disney Interactive today announced that the highly-anticipated “Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two” video game will be available for Nintendo’s Wii U™ system from 30th November 2012. Wii U players will experience their adventure through Wasteland, an alternate world filled with more than 80 years of forgotten Disney characters and theme park attractions, …
Gamification seems like a dirty word in the games industry. With the likes of Ian Bogost being incredibly vocal about their dislike of it as a concept. I understand this and I respect the thought out opinions that people like him have. However, below is my plea to others in the games industry – especially …
My plea to the games industry. Embrace gamification and get involved. (ARTICLES) Read More »
Since the first day of Eurogamer Expo 2012, there has been one thing that seems to be catching everyone’s attention. Is it the latest Call of Duty? or maybe Hitman? No. It has been booth babes. For those who don’t know, booth babes are usually scantily clad women, who parade around the show trying to …
Booth Babes at Games Events – Not Needed and It Seems Not That Wanted (ARTICLES) Read More »
NAMCO BANDAI Games remind fans of Dark Souls™ to show their support by voting at the 30th Golden Joystick Awards. The annual Golden Joysticks awards are voted for solely by the gaming community and this year sees Dark Souls™ for PlayStation 3 and Xbox360 nominated for ‘Best RPG’, ‘Top Gaming Moment’ and ‘Ultimate Game of …
Dark Souls Receives Three Much Coveted Nominations for the 30th Golden Joystick Awards. Read More »
The new Filhos De Ogum faction battles it out against the U.F.E. in the all-new Favela Heights map from the Hostage Negotiation DLC Pack for Max Payne 3 Multiplayer. Coming this fall, the Hostage Negotiation Map Pack DLC for Max Payne 3 will bring four new multiplayer maps into the fold – all specially designed …
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 …
Special Effect – an amazing video from an amazing charity (ARTICLES) Read More »
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, …
Steelseries Free Mobile Wireless Controller and Flux Headset Available Now (IOS) Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
Are game developers ‘pinned down’ by the series they work on? (ARTICLES) Read More »
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 …
Free content update for Endless Space on Steam “Rise of the Automatons” (PC) Read More »
The London Games Festival is now in full swing, bringing an incredible variety of gaming activity to the Capital for just over a month. With events most days between now and October 28th, planning what to do is a game in itself – but one that just became easier with the official LGF 2012 iOS …