Category Archives: Internet
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 11:36 BST
Eurogamer “blacklisted” by 2K, claims it’s “standard practice”
Eurogamer operations director Tom Bramwell has said the site has been “blacklisted” by 2K in a tweet related to last night’s Redner Group story.
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Posted in: Internet, Journalism, Trade
Tags: duke nukem forever, eurogamer, review, the redner group, tom bramwell
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 | 15:32 BST
Rockstar vet forms new indie studio in Edinburgh
Former Rockstar designer Anthony Gowland has opened a new indie studio in Edinburgh called Mainly About Games, and it will focus on web-based and mobile games.
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Posted in: Development, Internet, Mobile, Platformer, Puzzler, indie
Tags: Anthony Gowland, Mainly About Games, Tealy & Orangey
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 | 06:14 BST
EVE, Minecraft, League of Legends taken offline by LulzSec
EVE Online and Minecraft have both been taken offline this evening, following LulzSec claims they have been hit by DDOS attacks, with League of Legends the latest victim in the string of attacks today.
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Posted in: CCP, Internet, MMO, PC
Tags: eve online, Lulzsec, the escapist
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 | 16:39 BST
NOE shuts down Club Nintendo and website functionality due to phishing possibility
Okay, seriously. This is getting silly.
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Posted in: Europe, Internet, Nintendo
Tags: club nintendo, nintendo uk, phishing
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 | 21:54 BST
E3: Hands-on, impressions, previews from around the net
There are so many previews, hands-on posts, and impressions out there that our head is finally starting hurt. We’ve decided to put them in one post for you today, since there seem to be quite a few popping up now that folks have gotten home.
Get acquainted with the few we’ve got so far, and keep checking back for additions later in the day.
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 | 14:08 BST
Epic Games websites and forums recently hacked
Epic has sent out emails to those how are registered on its website and forums that they have a new password after the site got hacked.
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Posted in: Crime, Internet
Tags: Epic Games, hack
Thu, May 19, 2011 | 13:45 BST
Mortal Kombat Legacy Episode 5 continues Kitana and Mileena’s story
Episode 5 of the Mortal Kombat Legacy series was released on May 16, and it’s part two of Mileena and Kitana’s story.
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Posted in: Internet
Tags: mortal kombat legacy
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 10:53 BST
Rumour: Retro Studios “working on Project Café game”
Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns dev Retro is already at work on a game for Wii’s successor, an online report claims.
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Posted in: Internet, Nintendo, Rumour, Wii
Tags: Donkey Country Returns, metroid prime trilogy, project cafe, retro studios, wii 2
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 | 16:01 BST
Report: Videogames make you eat more
Canada’s National Post newspaper has reported the findings of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The Post carried the headline “Videogames make you eat more”, further on in the article it added that watching TV and working at a computer have the same effect.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 13:37 BST
OnLive adds video recording and sharing features, plus achievements
US cloud gaming service OnLive has unveiled new features to help you be more sociable.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 13:37 BST
Black Prophecy: Gamigo addresses the community in a ‘state of play’ letter
Gamigo board-member, Patrick Streppel, has issued an open and optimistic letter on the forum of free-to-play space combat MMOG Black Prophecy, outlining the game’s progress and future updates.
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Posted in: America, Gamigo, Internet, MMO, PC, Shooter, UK
Tags: Black Prophecy, free-to-play-mmo, patrick streppel, reakktor media, space, update
Thu, Mar 31, 2011 | 13:16 BST
GamePro, G4TV and VGChartz “busted” content-spamming Reddit
GamePro, G4TV and VGChartz have all issued apparently official statements after being caught out artificially elevating their content on social bookmarking site Reddit by using multiple accounts.
Tue, Mar 29, 2011 | 19:59 BST
Blue sky no longer – Cutlack shuts down UK Resistance
Gary Cutlack’s UK Resistance has shut down, the site’s just announced.
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Posted in: Internet, Journalism
Tags: uk resistance
Tue, Mar 29, 2011 | 07:30 BST
Metacritic disables dev aggregate score program
There’s an old saying about “the best laid schemes of mice and men.”
We’re guessing it’d probably average, oh, about an 85.
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Posted in: Development, Internet
Tags: metacritic, review scores
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 21:43 GMT
Report: Asian games industry still fuelled by Internet cafe culture
A new report from games industry market analyst firm Pearl Research suggests Internet cafes are still a major motivator in Asian game markets.
Fri, Mar 11, 2011 | 06:18 GMT
Garriott: Social gaming is the “new third era”
Ultima Online and Tabula Rasa designer Richard Garriott has said social gaming is the next era, but that developers need to beware of under-estimating – or even overcomplicating – social games.
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Posted in: Casual, Internet
Tags: Lord British, Portalarium, Richard Garriott
Thu, Mar 10, 2011 | 02:34 GMT
Quick Shots – Mortal Kombat web series teasers
Some early images from the Mortal Kombat web series have emerged. One of them is of a human spine. It’s not inside anyone. If that bothers you, don’t come through the break.
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Posted in: Fighter, Galleries, Internet, Screens, Warner Bros., tv
Tags: mortal kombat, Mortal Kombat web series
Mon, Mar 07, 2011 | 05:33 GMT
Gaikai’s launch was delayed by “Zero Day” demo servers
Dave Perry has said Gaikai’s late launch was a result of choosing to meet publisher demand for “ultra” streaming from day one of a new game’s release.
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Posted in: Internet, Trade
Tags: dave perry, gaikai
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | 05:09 GMT
Zynga: Do it “light, fast and right”
How do you come up with what is undoubtedly one of the most popular games on the planet? Very quickly, according to Zynga’s GDC presentation.
Wed, Feb 23, 2011 | 21:55 GMT
Ravenwood Fair hits 10 million users, plans expansion; LOLapps sheds staff [Update]
Facebook sensation Ravenwood Fair has hit the ten million monthly users milestone, and will celebrate with a major expansion.
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Posted in: Casual, Internet
Tags: expansion, facebook, john romero, LOLapps, Ravenwood Fair, Romero
Square – Activison’s “gotta be crazy,” for giving up True Crime: Hong Kong