GUILDFORD, UK – Dec. 19, 2012 – There is a new threat in the Star Wars™ universe and the future of the Republic, the Empire and the entire galaxy is at stake! Today, BioWare™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc., and LucasArts announced that players will face-off against the ruthless Hutt Cartel in the first …
19th December 2012 Frontier Developments has today released a teaser trailer video in support of its Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of Elite: Dangerous, the planned reboot of the classic 80s space epic game. The video can be viewed now at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGHM6wu1WY4&feature=youtu.be The Kickstarter campaign is already at nearly 90% of its target goal …
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In addition to last week’s release of San Andreas in the PlayStation Network’s PS2 Classics Collection, a trio of Rockstar titles from the PS2 era are now available to download from the PlayStation store for £7.99each. Bully (Canis Canem Edit in Europe and Australasia) Set in the fictional New England town of Bullworth, Bully tells the …
Every year it seems I feel compelled to defend the games industry against some kind of sensationalist headline or article. I thought I had got away with it this year. 2007 – www.yetanotherreviewsite.co.uk/violence-in-games-just-my-news~692.htm 2008 – www.yetanotherreviewsite.co.uk/link-between-online-gaming-and-news~1018.htm 2010 – www.yetanotherreviewsite.co.uk/violence-in-games-revisited-opinion-news~2743.htm 2011 – marczewski.me.uk/2011/02/10/why-am-i-not-an-axe-murderer-even-though-i-play-video-games/ Sadly, the tragic events in Connecticut have yet again raised the favourite topic …
We are pleased to announce that RAGE: The Scorchers, the official add-on pack for id Software’s first-person shooter, is now available in Europe on Xbox 360 and PC for €4.49 / £3.69 / AUS$7.75 (or 400 Microsoft Points) and will be available tomorrow on PS3. In The Scorchers, battle an all-new maniacal bandit clan, wreak havoc with new …
Dead Island Riptide – one of the most anticipated video game titles of 2013 – and bookmaker Paddy Power have today revealed the odds of a worldwide zombie apocalypse occurring on 21 December 2012, the day that signifies the end of the Mayan calendar and, for some doomsday theorists, a date that also represents the …
Tuesday, 18th December 2012 London Games Festival organiser Ukie has revealed that its games industry art exhibition has raised a whopping £30,050.31 for charity SpecialEffect. The exhibition marked the finale of London Games Festival, with rare and exclusive pieces donated from across the games industry displayed for free at City Hall during the last week …
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Christmas is never all that exciting a time for releases, so it is no great surprise that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is still number one. Nice to see Hitman: Absolution rising up through the charts though. LW TW TITLE AGE RATING PUBLISHER 1 1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK …
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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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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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Leading independent games studio Jagex today announced the launch of its all new Transformers Universe website in preparation for the next stage of the free-to-play MMO’s release. As well as featuring an entire redesign, the addition of forums and a news feed for all things Transformers Universe, the website will be the new and improved …
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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