iPad World

Ever since savvy manufacturers realised that gamers were prepared to pay top dollar for pieces of near-useless plastic that claim to improve their gaming experience, there’s been a flood of largely pointless peripherals for home consoles. Right now, countless Wii Remote tennis racket attachments sit gathering dust in cupboards the world over, waiting forlornly for that dreaded day when they are unceremoniously recycled as landfill.

Traditionally speaking, these regrettable money-wasting exercises are largely confined to domestic hardware. Attempts to augment the functionality of portable consoles have proven largely unsuccessful in the past (remember the D-pad cross attachment that … Continue Reading

In a world where £200 consoles are often packaged up without a bundled video cable, and chunks of games that we used to get for free are now sold to us separately, it’s rather gratifying to load up one of your favourite mobile releases and discover that the developers have bolted 32 more levels onto it for free.

Like a lot of freemium add-ons, Whale Trail’s Challenge Pack invites you to spend a token amount of money (£1.49) to unlock all its levels, but persistent players who have spent a few months plugging away at the main game … Continue Reading

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Surprisingly low.

You can tell a lot about a game from its Achievements. After one hour and six minutes of playing Bodycount, it had doled out 335 points. Not only are the names uninspired (‘Boombastic’ – really?) but they’re handed out in great chunks for standard progression. Unlock a new ability, another 50 points. That’s not generosity – it’s desperation.

Bodycount is a desperately average FPS, a poorly-conceived and barely finished rush-job entering the most over-saturated genre around. It has a campaign clocking in at around four hours, a multiplayer mode that redefines bare bones, enemies that don’t respond to your presence, … Continue Reading

Sony launches fundraising drive.

You can now make a donation to the tsunami relief effort in Japan direct from your PlayStation Network account, Sony has announced.

According to the PlayStation Blog, next time you boot up your PlayStation 3 you should see a ‘Japan Tsunami Appeal’ banner on the homepage of the PlayStation Store.

Click on that and you’ll be able to make a donation from your PlayStation Store wallet in €2, €5, €10 or €20 chunks. Not only will you be helping out with a very worthy cause, but you’ll also net yourself a free Sunrise Blossom Theme.

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Micro-transactions and F2P are the future.

EA boss John Ricitiello believes that digitally delivered content will bring in more business than traditional packaged games by the end of 2011.

Speaking with IndustryGamers, Ricitiello explained that much of the shift will be thanks to an increased prevalence of micro-transactions and the emerging free-to-play model.

“At the end of [2011], the digital business is bigger than the packaged goods business, full stop. No questions in my mind,” he explained. “Then, you know, I think that we’ll find ways to even sell our packaged goods content in chunks and in pieces and subscriptions and micro-transactions.”

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If you say no to 6.4GB one-off.

You don’t have to wait the best part of an hour for Gran Turismo 5 to install – you can opt for the game to unpack chunks as you play, Sony explained this afternoon.

“GT5 gives users the option of an install,” Sony pointed out. “This makes loading times throughout much faster but is not a requirement when first playing.

“If users choose not to install the data straight away it will do it in stages as news areas, tracks, etc. are accessed during normal gameplay.”

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