Month: January 2014

Blaste Em is gonna take you back to the old school!

Veteran game developer Byron Atkinson-Jones today launches his highly anticipated retro-styled shooter Blast Em! from his indie studio Xiotex Studios onto Steam for PC and Mac in collaboration with the publisher Mastertronic. Blast Em! is a return to the rock-hard-and-addictive games of the 80s. Take charge of a space ship and battle your way through endless hordes of …

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy Xiii Playable Demo For Xbox 360® And Playstation®3 Systems

Square Enix Ltd., publishers of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and PAL territories, announced today that a playable demo for LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII is now available for download on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft* and available from tomorrow for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. The demo to the …

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RedBedlam celebrates Bedlam paperback launch with stunning AlienWare competition

To honour today’s launch of the Bedlam paperback RedBedlam, in conjunction with AlienWare, has unveiled a gamers’ dream competition prize an AlienWare X51 – the ultimate rig to play PC games on. To win, all people have to do is share the first chapter of Christopher Brookmyre’s new book ‘Bedlam’ on his official site located here. …

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PlayStation® Vita Unity deployment announced

In March 2013, Unity Technologies announced a partnership with Sony based on support for every single one of SCE’s PlayStation platforms, in addition to Unity for PlayStation®3. Today, Unity announced that with Unity 4.3 they are releasing Unity for PlayStation®Vita to the public. Developers with a licensed developer agreement from SCE for PS Vita will now be able …

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TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ONLINE® LAUNCHES ON STEAM EARLY ACCESS

Today Ubisoft announced that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online® is coming to Steam™. Since its launch, the tactical 3rd person shooter has evolved significantly with the help of its four million registered users. Players contributed their time and feedback to improve and refine the unique gameplay and team experience provided by the game, allowing Ubisoft Singapore …

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Government estimates suggest games industry shrank in 2012: Ukie calls for more companies to be counted

14 January 2014 – London, United Kingdom – Ukie CEO Jo Twist says that many UK games companies aren’t being counted as part of official industrial and economic figures and that the industry needs to work together to fix this.   The new estimation of the UK industry’s value suggests that the sector contributed £540 …

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