Archive for category: News

/ 27th Mar, 2012 10:09 am

News Round-up 26th March 2012

More Bad News for GAME as Administration Takes Hold Numerous MCV reports have revealed the extent of GAME’s administration, which was made official today. PwC, the Group’s administrators, have closed 277 GAME and Gamestation stores, as well as axing 40% of the workforce. This means that over 2000 people have lost their jobs, 15 of which from GAME’s head office, [...]

/ 24th Mar, 2012 10:02 am

MMO News Roundup

Nothing lined up for this weekend? Fancy some hard-core sitting in your pants and playing video games? I have excellent news for you, Star Wars: The Old Republic is available on a free weekend pass and will be available till 7am on Monday 26th March, even with the download time that’s still plenty of hours to charge about the place swinging [...]

/ 22nd Mar, 2012 8:39 pm

Daily News Round-up 22/03/12

Angry Birds in Spaaaaaaaaace Angry Birds Space arrived on iOS, Android, PC and Mac today. The latest episode in Rovio’s hugely successful franchise sees the Birds exit the stratosphere, giving fans the chance to experiment with new characters and mechanics in zero gravity. The app comes with 60 levels, and more are expected to arrive in the form of updates [...]

/ 21st Mar, 2012 6:21 pm

News Roundup 21st March

Today marks a sad day in the British gaming industry. It has been coming for a while, but today GAME has filed for administration. While this is tough news for everyone who loves games, don’t be too disheartened, there’s good news for UK videogame developers. GAME files for administration The biggest news today is that the GAME Group, owner of [...]

/ 20th Mar, 2012 6:15 pm

News Roundup 20th March 2012

Here is a collection of some of the biggest stories from today in gaming. BBC iPlayer now live on Xbox The BBC iPlayer launches today for Xbox 360. It is expected to be available to all UK Xbox owners by the end of the day. The iPlayer has been available for both the Wii and PlayStation 3 for some time, [...]

/ 16th Mar, 2012 10:54 am

MMO News Round-Up – 16th March

CCP are working on yet another new game, this one is to be a PS3 exclusive MMO titled DUST 514 - gameplay will feature “intense infantry combat augmented by powerful vehicles” and will be connected to the EVE Online universe. Utilising the existing EVE factions and player-driven market concept this development looks like it’ll combine familiarity and new experiences for [...]

/ 7th Mar, 2012 1:56 pm

King Arthur II – Min Spec Warning

This would have been a review of King Arthur II – The Role-Playing Wargame, I was poised to bring you pithy observations and useful comparisons between it and games you actually enjoy. Then a case of “underpowered PC” struck when I was least expecting it. My current machine specs… Core 2 Duo 2GHz ATi HD5770 3GB Ram Windows 7 64bit [...]

/ 6th Mar, 2012 7:39 pm

XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Deep Dive Video

Hot on the heels of my XCOM: Enemy Unknown – first look post is this deep dive video into the world of XCOM. Watch the first gameplay footage and see the awesome ant-farm view and scary-as-hell Berserker in action. Jake Solomon (lead designer), Casey O’Toole (lead programmer) and Greg Foertsch (art director) talk you through their re-imagining of UFO: Enemy [...]

/ 6th Mar, 2012 1:37 pm

MMO News Round-Up: Tuesday 6th March 2012

Guild Wars 2 continues to be the biggest thing since sliced bread and I’m not going to repeat what you’ve probably already seen. Suffice to say, there’s stuff here (traits & attributes) and here (lots of links) if you’re interested. An MMORPG .. from a television show .. from a book? Bigpoint have announced their upcoming browser based MMORPG based on Game [...]

/ 2nd Mar, 2012 1:25 pm

News: Assassins Creed 3, Microsoft Flight, BioShock Infinite and more

BioShock Infinite: 2k have announced the release date – 19th October 2012. From the press release: BioShock Infinite puts players in the role of Booker DeWitt, a hard-bitten former Pinkerton agent, together with the revolutionary AI companion, Elizabeth. The two struggle to escape the sky-city of Columbia, in a 1912 America that might have been. Armed with an arsenal of [...]

/ 27th Feb, 2012 11:55 am

MMO News Round-Up: Monday 27th Feb 2012

I can kiss goodbye to any spare time from the 28th of February – NCSoft have confirmed the release date for Aion Free-to-Play and I’m all anticipation. The beta went well, as is evidenced by there being only a week between close and official launch. Having expected to be only mildly interested in Aion it’s nice to feel a sense [...]

/ 26th Feb, 2012 6:43 pm

Vote for the BAFTA GAME Audience Awards 2012

The video game BAFTAs are coming up soon (16th March) and what could be more appropriate than holding a popularity contest for a selection of last year’s games? Yup, GAME are sponsoring the Audience Award again this year and here are the ten finalists as chosen by a panel of influential games media editors and TV presenters. Batman: Arkham City [...]

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