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Minecraft XBLA profitable in first hour
As Mojang handed over the reigns of an XBLA port of Minecraft to developer 4J Studios last year, the game has been hotly anticipated by fans, and fan fare marketed by the big Microsoft, first at the 2011 E3 expo … Continue reading
Quake Live – Let’s Frag ‘em
Quake Live is quake in the browser with a plugin, and it looks wicked, and plays brilliantly, you may have recently seen a game with @notch, @jeb, and i think @kappische of Mojang play some young dude and a couple … Continue reading
EA in overpriced DLC hash job shocker!
The officially crowned worst company in America is at it again today, striving to ensure that come this time next year, they hold on to their title. Stage 1 in doing this: their new FIFA Euro 2012 update. Squirming its … Continue reading
Ludum Dare 23 is kicking off with Tiny World, oh
Here in the UK the time has just struck 02:00 and the gauntlet is down, Ludum Dare #23 a 10 year aniversary has started with the theme “Tiny World” and now i’m stumped, hmmm what to do? For those un … Continue reading
Posted in Games, General, lartens, News
Tagged competition, devloper, games, indie, ludum dare
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Google Maps goes 8-bit fools ya fools
Google love their april fools (TiSP, free broadband install see here), and their homage to all things cool, like the playable pacman game in place of Google on the homepage one May 22nd 2010 (still playable here). But this year … Continue reading
Sega spies trouble ahead
There is news today that the storm clouds are gathering again over yet another former gaming behemoth. Sega-Sammy are reporting to investors that profits will be down considerably on prior estimates for the close of this financial year, which could … Continue reading
Fez gets April 13th XBLA release
Wait a cotton picking minute, the Grig has new posts barely a day apart, what gives? Fez release date thats what, 800 Microsoft points on the unusual release day of a friday, eh? Those crazy indie devs just don’t know … Continue reading
Grig News – Sainsburys sale, Gootecks, PS4!
Oh woe betide thy once pure shores that lapped the Isle of Grig! For indeed, news of video-gamery has swelled once again to bursting point and it’s time for the Grig to start siphoning out the updates worthy of our … Continue reading
Posted in Arcade, consoles, Dibbs Ahoy, Fighting, Games, News, PS3, RPG, XBox 360
Tagged Capcom, Cross Counter, Gootecks, PlayStation, PS4, Sainsburys, sony, street fighter
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XBLA has a NEXT thing, and it has Minecraft in it
So Microsoft like to do these little XBLA release schedule promotion things for decent profile games, and call it a name like “Summer of Arcade” or in the case of this spring, “Arcade NEXT”. Starting April 18th with the Trials … Continue reading
Who’s that standing in the Reign?
In more positive news today, Famitsu are reporting Segas Platinum Games are crowbarring a familiar face into the roster of their rather spiffing looking futuristic action brawler, Anarchy Reigns. A rather popular character sporting guns on her feet and hair … Continue reading