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A Vision in 3D Short Film Winner Announced

Nicholas Pratt has been announced the winner of ' A Vision in 3D ', a nation-wide competition by Nintendo and BFI (British Film Institute) and backed by Ridley Scott, that invited budding filmmakers to produce and submit a short 3D film made on Nintendo 3DS or 3DS XL devices. The winning submission would then be shown at the BFI London Film Festival, along with help from industry experts...

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Level 10 M Mouse Now Available In The UK

Tt eSPORTS have announced that the Thermaltake and BMW Designworks USA's Level 10 M Mouse is now available to buy in the UK. The Level 10 M gaming Mouse has a number of features designed to specifically appeal to gamers. The level 10 M gaming mouse features two regular buttons on the top and five additional buttons on the side, with the “Z” key acting as a modifier to provide five...

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Samsung & HTC Android Fixes On The Way

Some of you may have recieved an over the air update from your carrier on Samsung Galaxy S III devices. This post is to clear up any confusion as to what that update actually achieved. The update is being rolled out, and is planned to roll out on other Samsung devices too, so I would be surprised if you haven't gotten an update notification yet. It patches a flaw that could be used to wipe yo...

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Brainworth's kickstarter Title Will Teach You To Make Games

A Kickstarter project called Brainworth, is an online educational video game that will focus teaching the skills required to make web-games in HTML5. The Brainworth team claim the finished product will teach the equivalent of what a 13 week university course would, and will equip you to confidently build the equivalent quality of a great indie game. “We’ve made online education into a ...

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Google Becomes Fifth Most Valuable U.S. Company

People have questions for lots of things.  What is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything (Hint: 2 * 21)?  How can a person get a job in the game industry?  What method to use so the breading around chicken is crispy when fried?  In the past people turned to pastors or clerics to divine these answers for them.  Now, people turn to Google ...

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Ubisoft and HMV partner for Rocksmith Charity Donation

Ubisoft in partnership with retailers HMV and the Teenage Cancer Trust have announced that from the launch of Rocksmith for the on the 27th September until Christmas that with every purchase of the game in the UK, £5 will be donated to the charity. Ubisoft and HMV will each contribute £2.50 each from every sale. Managing Director of Ubisoft Rob Cooper spoke about the scheme commenting:...

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Turtle Beach Expands Its Ear Force Series To The WiiU

Today Turtle Beach announced it will launch two officially licensed wired headsets, the Ear Force NLa & Ear Force N11, for the Wii U in Q4 2012. The headsets were created in collaboration with Nintendo and promise to bring high-fidelity audio & superior comfort to Wii U gamers at an affordable price. “We are very excited to be working with Turtle Beach to launch the N11 and NLa for t...

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Alienware, AMD, and More Team Up for Ravaged Director’s Contest

Alienware, AMD, Logitech, Andrea Electronics, and Reverb Publishing have gotten together to put on a contest for Ravaged, Reverb Publishing’s latest game. They want entrants to put together a 60 to 90 second spot for their game that focuses on Ground Combat, Vehicular Combat, Arial Combat [sic], Iconic Areas, and Serious Pwnage. These are their words, not mine. I’m guessing they meant ...

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PixelFoundry + NVIDIA = Blackspace

This past year Kickstarter Projects have received a massive amount of coverage ever since Double Fines very own Tim Schafer brought it to the table back in February. Ever since then many other projects have been popping up here and then. The latest title to attempt to receive funding from Kickstarter would be an RTS game that already exists, which is known as Blackspace. It is the creation of a de...

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GAME, BT Wi-Fi Partnership Lend Customers New Experience

United Kingdom’s largest videogame retailer, Game, today publicized that their partnership with BT Wi-Fi will give gamers access to free Wi-Fi; creating a new environment for gamers to find out about new titles, and for them to interact across their 341 stores. A new, free smartphone application will also be launched to improve custom experience. GAME are hoping this decision will allow wide...

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