Assassin’s Creed is officially a one-per-year title along with the likes of Fifa and WWE. It’s a fantastic business model for Ubisoft which has firmly cemented the game as their most successful franchise of all time. What’s the key to its success? It’s obvious (in Ubisoft’s own words) “What is impressive with the release year [...]

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Yesterday news broke that staff from UK games retailer GAME had been instructed to go to their local Tesco and buy as many Nintendo 3DS’ as they could and then the retailer rather cheekily would sell them at their store as second hand. We know the cheek of it. So what does Tesco think of [...]

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If you love gadgets then your must love the Birmingham NEC. It’s fast becoming the HQ of all things cool. Each year channel 5’s Gadget Show brings its live gadget bonanza to the NEC and gives geeks and the tech press alike the opportunity to fiddle with the latest gizmos and take a glimpse into [...]

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If this was April you wouldn’t believe me. But there’s a new game for iPad, sure that’s nothing unusual except this game is not designed for Humans it’s for cats. The suitably titled ‘Game For Cats’ by Hiccup is available for a free download now. Being for cats, it’s a simple game. A laser pointer [...]

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At last! The birth of proper portable gaming on smartphones. Sure Angry birds is good fun but it’s just a physics puzzler there’s hundreds on the internet and fart soundboards and Sudoku are just getting a bit boring now. Thankfully things could be about to change with arguably the release of what is arguably the [...]

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CityVille. Remember you heard it here, because in a few months or even weeks it is going to be everywhere. You will, be getting pestered for bricks and mortar. FarmVille is so yesterday. Why build a farm when you can build a whole city, Sim City style. The latest Facebook game unveiled by Zynga lets [...]

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Microsoft’s newest piece of Xbox 360 hardware – the Kinect – has been released in the US today, while stores in the UK have been preparing for the November 10th launch, making sure we can get the new device the moment it comes out. Various launch events are being held in a number of retailers [...]

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If you’re into making just about every aspect of your normal tech-free routines into a computer game, well Nintendo may have an answer for your usual boring shopping routines. There are plenty of Smartphone users out there who might use a digital list when going around the supermarket but Nintendo seem to be setting it [...]

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