Games and interactive entertainment trade body UKIE today welcomes the news that the UK assets of GAME Group PLC have been purchased by Baker Acquisitions who have been advised by OpCapita. This will reportedly save some 3,200 jobs and keep 333 specialist video game stores open in the UK. UKIE CEO, Dr Jo Twist said: …
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In a week when Team17 announced, Worms™ Revolution, its most significant release of recent years, the UK’s oldest independent developer is delighted to reveal another surprise to its fans – the return of Worms creator, Andy Davidson. At the height of his career, Andy quit the games industry to pursue other interests. “I left Team17 …
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It has been a dramatic few weeks for GAME, but it looks like there may be light at the end of the tunnel. Over the weekend, the BBC reported that investment firm Opcapita would be buying a “large part” of GAME. This will keep over 300 stores open and save more than 3000 jobs. Today, Games …
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Steam has cut the price of ‘Trine 2’…and added more gameplay! Finnish game developer Frozenbyte is pleased to announce that the popular action adventure game Trine 2 is now on sale on Steam at a 50% discount. The sale lasts until 4/2 Monday 10 AM PST and is also featured in the Mac App Store. …
With FIFA Street, Mass Effect 3, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 and FIFA 12 all in the top five, EA continue to show their brand strength. In a slow week for new releases we see Naruto entering the charts at six for Namco Bandai Games and Silent Hill enter at twelve and fifteen with HD …
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Prepare to get bloody hands all over your Vita when Mortal Kombat is released May 4th. Mortal Kombat for PlayStation Vita system provides an on-the-go fighting game experience with brand new gameplay features and tons of new content developed exclusively for the revolutionary handheld system. Mortal Kombatdelivers an all-new Challenge Tower mode with 150 brand new missions, …
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Akira Yamaoka and Jimmy Urine are amongst the musical artists performing for ‘Lollipop Chainsaw’s’ soundtrack. What is the exact soundtrack to a zombie massacre? In scoring the upcoming game Lollipop Chainsaw, artist Jimmy Urine (of Mindless Self Indulgence) and Grasshopper Manufacture Sound Director Akira Yamaoka had to address these types of questions. When Juliet rips through …
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You promised you’d go back there someday…but you never did Over a decade ago, we were condemned to a foggy town that hid its darkest terrors from us in mist and poor lighting. Despite the crackling radios, bloody mannequins and piles upon piles of mysteriously deformed creatures, the mysteries the town hid simply begged to …
Electronic beams amongst other things are on offer for PC players of ‘Dungeon Defenders’. Get the DLC here: store.steampowered.com/app/208541/ Series EV can store up to two guns and magic staffs in her memory bank, reproducing their capabilities with her “Assimilable Range Cannon,” and can switch between any two such weapons on the fly! Furthermore, EV can consume vast …
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Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Bioshock creator Ken Levine has been nominated to earn pride of place in the 2012 edition of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Now, there is some biased involved in me demanding your attention. Bioshock is one of my favourite games of all time, and hopefully …
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Bringing their gaming expertise and reputation for innovation to an expanded audience, Crytek GmbH (Crytek) today announced the arrival of Fibble – Flick ‘n’ Roll, a brand new physics-based puzzle game available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Creators of award-winning titles such as Far Cry and the Crysis series, Crytek’s debut game for mobile …
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The recent tax breaks for the UK Games industry, announced last week by the Chancellor, have been received with great joy from the majority of the people in the industry. It is a great win for us all and for the UK in general. UPDATE 1 Ok, we have had an official statment from UKIE. …
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