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Legendary Designer Chris Roberts Making Re-entry into PC Gaming Stratosphere with Star Citizen

Chris Roberts, who helped define the space sim genre in computer games during the 1990s with his Wing Commander ® and Privateer ® franchises, is back in the cockpit again with a new title he says will change the way people perceive games for the PC and will breathe new life into space combat games. …

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The Walking Dead Arrive in the Penultimate Episode of Telltale’s Critically Acclaimed Game Series

Leading publisher of digital entertainment Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman, the Eisner Award-winning creator and writer of The Walking Dead for Skybound and Image Comics, announced today that ‘Around Every Corner’ the fourth episode of their five-part game series is now available for download. Written by Gary Whitta, the screenwriter behind The Book of Eli starring Denzel …

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Meet Erica Reed: everything she touches turns to old

9th October 2012: Reverb Publishing has today unveiled new screens from its forthcoming adventure Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller. The game is the first commercial release from fledgling developer Phoenix Online Studios – renowned creators of the King’s Quest fan game The Silver Lining. An episodic story in the spirit of Dexter and Heavy Rain, …

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THQ Announces Details of WWE ’13 Downloadable Content Purchase Program

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced details surrounding the company’s downloadable content plans and Fan Axxess Program for WWE® ’13, the revolutionary next installment in the WWE flagship videogame franchise. The content offering, currently slated to include an extensive variety of playable WWE Superstars, Divas, “Attitude Era” luminaries and more, will be available via Xbox …

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Dark Souls Receives Three Much Coveted Nominations for the 30th Golden Joystick Awards.

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 …

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Ukie CEO offers to work with Labour on new ‘TechBacc’ to create a new generation of digital creative entrepreneurs

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 …

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Ukie calls for industry input in to State Aid Cultural Test consultation

1 October 2012 – London, United Kingdom – Games and interactive entertainment trade body Ukie has today urged the games industry to give their input in to a consultation that will be an important step to getting European clearance for the UK’s video games production tax relief scheme. Following an earlier consultation (concluded last month) …

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