Year: 2012

Playstation All Stars Battle Royale Review (PS3)

Multiplayer fighting done right. Playstation All Stars Battle Royale (or PSASBR moving forward) is an interesting concept – it poses that simple, twelve-year-old’s question we often ask: Who would win in a fight? Thanks to Sony taking a leaf out of a competitors well-worn handbook, you can now satisfy your desires of taking a Big …

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Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition Now Available for Android Devices (MOB)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition is now available for select Android devices from Google Play. This 10th Anniversary Edition is an enhanced version of the award-winning original game, optimized for mobile and tablet devices with several new mobile-specific features including an intuitive, fully scalable and customizable user interface, new camera controls, upgraded …

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Small Budget Games to Benefit From Games Tax Relief

TIGA, the trade association representing the games industry, welcomed the news that there would be no minimum spend threshold in order to benefit from Games Tax Relief. This will mean that small budget games, provided that they pass the cultural test, will be supported by Games Tax Relief. The ‘games as a service’ business model …

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Ukie broadly happy with first look at proposed games tax relief scheme

Trade body will be making full response to government consultation and calls for industry input 11 December 2012 – London, United Kingdom – The UK Games and interactive entertainment trade body has today said that it is broadly happy with draft legislation published today that outlines how the new game industry tax relief system will …

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Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror – Remastered Comes to Android, 10 Days Before the End of the World It Prophesied (MOB)

Revolution Software’s celebrated graphic adventure Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror – Remastered is now available on Google Play – just 10 days before the end of the world predicted by the Mayan prophecy which features extensively in the game’s plot.       Set six months after the events of Broken Sword: The Director’s Cut, the game …

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The Pokemon Company International announced today that the official Pokedex

The Pokemon Company International announced today that the official Pokedex application, an illustrated encyclopedia of more than 640 Pokemon characters, has arrived for the iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, and iPod touch[1], providing fans in North America and Europe[2] with a new and extremely helpful way to access comprehensive data about their favourite Pokemon. Fans can …

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FINAL FANTASY & LARA CROFT HEAD UP THE SQUARE ENIX MOBILE WINTER SALE (IOS, MOB)

Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announced that it will be bringing holiday cheer to mobile devices with a range of discounts and upcoming releases hitting app stores throughout the winter period. Ranging from original and classic JRPG’s and music-based rhythm games to …

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‘Tabletop Defense’ invading smarphones

The international multiplatform publisher Immanitas Entertainment is announcing its next upcoming title, “Tabletop Defense”, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in the coming weeks. Fans of the tower defense genre will be treated to an expertly crafted game on their mobile devices. In Tabletop Defense, players have to strategically place their towers along the enemy …

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Wi-Fi tournaments coming to Pokemon in 2013. (OTHER)

The Pokémon Company International announced today it is adding Global Battle Union (GBU) Wi-Fi tournaments to its 2013 Video Game Championship Series season, making it easier than ever for video game players to step down the road to the Pokémon World Championships. Beginning with the 2012 VGCS Winter Battle, taking place December 13th through December …

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‘Bunny Cannon’ out now for iOS devices…speaks for itself. (IOS)

Not Doppler is pleased to announce that their latest mobile and table game, Bunny Cannon, is now available on the App Store. Their previous mobile and tablet game Earn to Die is currently ranked in the Top 5 paid charts for iPhone in over 25 countries. ENTER THE WORLD OF A YOUNG BUNNY’S IMAGINATIONWith the …

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‘Afterfall: Insanity’ appears on Steam to prove Greenlighters aren’t barmy (PC)

Nicolas Games and Intoxicate Studios proudly announce that following a successful Greenlight campaign, Afterfall InSanity Extended Edition is now available for purchase on Steam. Afterfall: InSanity is a third person post-apocalyptic horror game set in the year 2035 where the citizens of The Republic had to search for a shelter from the hell of the Third World …

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