CCP Games today announced that on January 22, 2013, DUST 514 will officially move into Open Beta, free to download and play for anyone with a PlayStation®3. Woohoo. The path for the DUST 514 Open Beta was created and put into motion when, on January 10th, CCP achieved the major milestone of merging DUST 514 with EVE Online on the Tranquility server hosting the EVE Universe. By uniting the forces...
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A study from a research collaboration of faculty from Goldsmiths, University of London and Oxford Brookes University, Oxford has shown that the use of the Wii Fit could help children with movement difficulties. Research indicated that regular use of the Wii Fit had a positive impact on motor skills and social behavior. According to their report, “The research team studied two groups of children wi...
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Festival Teaches Game Design Games Britannia, last year’s recipient of the “Best University/Educational Initiative” honor at last year’s TIGA Games Industry Awards, is set to kick off its second iteration this month in South Yorkshire. On January 23rd and 24th Sheffield Hallam University will host a 24-hour game development and workshop marathon aimed at teaching students of all ages how to des...
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DragonSaga Sea: The holidays may be over but don’t fret since there is a rebirth going on (insert Jesus joke here). I haven’t played this game before but apparently it is massive, gamers around Asian have been playing the closed beta and they have said it is very good. I am going to tell you the actual facts then near the end I will give my opinions then round it off. The open beta will be free to...
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Creat Studios have announced announced their grand prize winner and runner up of their recent fan art contest. The debut fan art contest supported the current release of PlayStation Network action-adventure game Labyrinth Legends. Lucy Anne Lowe, a character artist based in Manchester, U.K., landed the grand prize prize for her depiction of a scene from Mushroom Wars, while Andrew Resnick, a mast...
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Delve Under the Sea With A New Puzzle Game Developed by Artifex Mundi and published by G5 Entertainment, Abyss: the Wraiths of Eden is a new hidden object/puzzle title released today. The game is currently available for $2.99 on iPhone and for $4.99 on iPad, Mac, Google Play, Kindle Fire, and Nook until January 13th. After this introductory period, the price will be raised to $4.99 and $6.99. ...
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Channel 4’s The Snowman and The Snowdog game for iPhone, iPad and Android devices has been downloaded over one million times in the UK alone between its launch on 9th December and the end of last year. The game, developed to celebrate the new sequel to the classic ‘The Snowman’ also topped many app store charts over Christmas, including reaching #1 in all free iPad apps, #1 in all free iPhon...
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On January 1oth, Subastomic Studios launched Fieldrunners 2 PC version onto Steam. FieldRunners 2 is the hit tower defense game and fans can now download it at a 10 percent discount from Steam today. Fieldrunners 2 is a Strategic-Action-Puzzle-Defense tower game unlike the world has ever known. You defend your world from invasion by constructing winding paths out of imaginative, new weapons. Call...
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Check out these 4 new exclusive screenshots of Wargame: AirLand Battle that reveal a few of the game’s new units in the middle of what seems to be exercise maneuvers. For commanders of Wargame, this is a juicy opportunity to gather intel concerning the new forces that are about to join the battlefield and to prepare for the conflict that will rage on very soon. According to sources , these u...
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On January 15 “MMO of the Year” awards and their main sponsor GameGenetics, the leading distributor of free-to-play online games, revealed the 2013 nominees for 2013. The award is one of the most prestigious and influential in the popular MMO genre. “The nominees represent the best in massively multiplayer games. I’m looking forward to January 15, 2013, when voting finally ...
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