The Mad-Croctober Competition
Energy Drink company Mad-Croc, which launched a Mad-Croc themed mobile game at the Gamescom conference in Cologne in early August, today announced the company will launch the biggest global individual mobile e-sports competition ever. Mad-Croc will grant a prize of $100,000 dollars to the winner, making it by far the largest individual cash prize in mobile gaming history.
Unity Games to publish Rube Works
Unity Games has announced a publishing agreement with developer Electric Eggplant to publish Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game, for iOS and Android this November.
ARC Squadron: Redux to be Free on iOS and Android
Indie studio Psyonix has announced that ARC Squadron: Redux, a major update to the original ARC Squadron, will be out for iOS and Android on October 17th, with a new streamlined game progression, improved performance and graphics and will now be free forever.
Hill Bill Arrives on Android
Balloon 27’s popular motorcycle stunt game, Hill Bill, will be available to Android users later this September. Featuring a trick-jumping hillbilly whose dream in life is to be the next Evel Knievel, Hill Bill is already available on iOS.
Unity Offers Free Mobile Publishing Tools
Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, is pushing the democratization of game development further than ever before by making its basic mobile tools completely free to independent developers and small studios!
The Humble Bundle with Android 5
The latest Humble Bundle comes with six games, available for both PC and Android.
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illo – birth of the cool
illo – birth of the cool is an action puzzle adventure designed for Apple iOS, Android handhelds and tablets, and now for PC. The game is being developed by Raylight, an independent Italian studio, and seeking funding through Kickstarter.
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Expendable: Rearmed Launching on Android
Retrobomb, in association with Funbox Media, have today launched Expendable: Rearmed, the Android relaunch of classic PC and console title Expendable.
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GAME Over and Other News
GAME has now officially filed for administration, after suspension of their shares this morning. Stores will continue to trade for the time being.
BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 woes continue this week.. gamers complaining about the ending, Amazon allegedly offering refunds on copies of the game, and now Dr Ray Muzyka, the co-founder and GM of BioWare, has released a statement which seems to suggest they may change the ending, or add more endings, at least.
To counter bad news with good.. I was pleased to see that the Chancellor has now announced tax credits for the UK gaming industry, this should hopefully boost the industry and allow the UK to compete with the rest of the world! (more…)
In the News – 6th March
Mass Effect 3 launched today for the Americans, with the UK release due on Friday. The game currently has a Metacritic score of 93, while the user score is currently at 2.5. Political voting? I think so.
The latest that the multiplayer will have an effect on the ending of your singleplayer game. As you complete missions and earn the support of different people, you gain them as War Assets: the game takes the number of collected War Assets into consideration when calculating your ending.. and it seems that you need a fairly high number of them. During multiplayer, you can improve your Readiness rating. This rating is used as a multiplier against your War Assets, so has a positive effect. (more…)