Author Archives: Brenna Hillier
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 23:17 BST
Activision has doubled its licensees list in one year
Activision has signed up with so many licensees that it now has double the partnerships it had last year, so expect Skylanders and Call of Duty merchandise in every store.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Trade
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 23:05 BST
Humble Bundle for Android 6 includes Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Pay what you want for a collection of excellent indies available cross-platform with no DRM, and playable on your Android device.
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Posted in: Android, Linux, Mac, PC, indie
Tags: Aquaria, Fractal, humble bundle, Organ Trail, pulse, Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 22:55 BST
Deep Down is not a sequel to Dragon’s Dogma
Capcom has confirmed that its Panta Rhei demo Deep Down is not part of the Dragon’s Dogma franchise.
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Posted in: Capcom, Development, PS4, RPG, Xbox One
Tags: christian svensson, Deep Down, dragons dogma, Panta Rhei
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 22:44 BST
The Wonderful 101 is about 20 hours long
After much controversial discusson on just how long The Wonderful 101 will last, director Hideki Kamiya has said an average first play session could be about 20 hours.
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Posted in: Action, Wii U
Tags: Hideki Kamiya, platinum games, The Wonderful 101
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 08:28 BST
Australian development population has more than halved
The latest data on Australia’s game development community suggests the number of staff employed locally has dropped dramatically in recent years.
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Posted in: Australia, Trade
Tags: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 08:09 BST
Mad Max petition calls for Australian voice actor
Avalanche Studios’ Mad Max utilises an actor with an American accent, something which has disappointed fans of the Australian-grown film franchise. Ausgamers asked the developer about the choice and was told that the team wanted someone “generic”, so it has opened a petition to request an Australian actor be brought on board. You know what to do. Mad Max is coming to PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in 2014.
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 08:03 BST
Train Conductor dev among first Screen Australia Enterprise Fund recipients
Train Conductor developer The Voxel Agents is one of nine Australian developers awarded a piece of the $20 million Interactive Games Fund.
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Posted in: Australia, Trade
Tags: Screen Australia
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 07:04 BST
Crytek shows off iOS tactics game at WWDC – report
Crysis developer Crytek seems set to make another foray onto iOS with a tactics title called The Collectibles.
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Posted in: Strategy, iPad
Tags: crytek, Crytek Budapest, The Collectibles
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 06:26 BST
Dark Souls 2 engine upgrade allows for fancy graphics tricks
Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura is pleased with the new graphical flourishes From Software is able to implement now that it has upgraded the RPG’s engine.
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Posted in: Horror, Namco Bandai, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Dark Souls 2, From Software, Yui Tanimura
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 06:39 BST
League of Legends All-Star tournament inspired by traditional sports
Riot Games is drawing on the strctures surrounding meatspace sports in order to help transform League of Legends into a true spectator esport.
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Posted in: Free-to-Play, MOBA, PC, eSports
Tags: Dustin Beck, league of legends, riot games
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 05:38 BST
Thief dev wants getting spotted to have real consequences
If you get caught by guards in Thief, you won’t just be able to hole up in a nearby bin and wait out the alert; if you don’t know the level layouts you could be in a lot of trouble.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS4, Square Enix, Xbox One
Tags: Daniel Windfeld Schmidt, eidos montreal, thief
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 05:14 BST
Portable gaming market will top $12 billion in 2013 -report
Portable console, mobile and tablet gaming is worth big, big money, according to a new report.
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 04:57 BST
Dual Destinies: Capcom USA canvassing demand for physical release
Although it was announced as a downloadable release only, Capcom may bring Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies to retail in the west if it sees enough demand.
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 04:44 BST
The Division second screen client and classless characters detailed
The Division boasts a companion app which allows the player to control a drone in-game, in real time.
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Posted in: Shooter
Tags: Ryan Barnard, The Division, Ubisoft Massive
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 04:31 BST
FIFA PC players have low spec machines, EA Sports boss says
The majority of PC gamers interested in playing FIFA games aren’t running high-end machines, according to EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson.
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Posted in: Development, EA Sports, PC, Sports
Tags: Andrew Wilson, Ignite Engine
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 04:15 BST
State of Decay tops 500K sales, is fastest-selling original XBLA game
Microsoft has announced that State of Decay holds the somewhat mysterious title of “fastest selling original game ever on Xbox Live Arcade”.
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Posted in: Horror, Xbox 360, indie
Tags: State of Decay, Undead Labs
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 02:18 BST
3DS firmware update brings new StreetPass games
Update your 3DS system software to access a new Mii Plaza shop vending StreetPass games.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo
Tags: 3ds firmware update, StreetPass
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 02:02 BST
Xbox One Cloud Services to be “ubiquitous” and available in “all markets”
Microsoft expects its data centres to be able to provide decent Cloud Services support to all territories.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: Cloud Services, Jeff Henshaw
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 01:53 BST
PS4: auto-update, social features free to all users
Some PlayStation 3 features currently restricted to PlayStation Plus subscribers will be free to PlayStation 4 owners.
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Posted in: PS4, PlayStation Plus, Sony
Tags: Fergal Gara
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 01:28 BST
Oculus Rift scores $16 million in funding
A group of venture capitalists have ponied up $16 million to help “accelerate” the development of Oculus Rift as a commercial product.
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Posted in: PC, hardware, peripherals
Tags: oculus rift
Deadpool also includes an appearance from Rogue