A weekly Podcast giving news and latest releases in video and computer games from around Europe. Hosted by Chris O'Regan AKA Kropotkin from the SuperHappyFunTimeShow
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BBC Sport app heads to PS3, hacker gets 18 months prison sentence for distributing Trojan horse virus via Call of Duty hack, Eden Games not closed down according to Atari and Criterion Games seeks PSVita software engineer. Running time: 00:04:10Door Silver Hound Productions
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Pirate Bay website gets banned in the UK, Markus Perrson to be in Total War game and Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton suffers collapse at bike riding event. Running time: 00:03:42Door Silver Hound Productions
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TimeSplitters 4 not in development, UEFA Euro 2012 add on for FIFA 12 not fully licensed, midnight store openings for Diablo 3, Nintendo opens 25,000 WiFi spots throughout Europe, GAME get Max Payne 3 exclusive content deal, PS Vita outsold by PSP in Europe and Lionhead consider their future after the departure of Peter Molyneux. Running time: 00:0…
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PC gaming expo Rezzed to launch in July, Metro declares XBL a paedophile zone, Codemasters launches new label, Splash Damage begins making iOS titles, Starbreeze buys out Overkill and MCV hands out gongs. Running time: 00:04:59Door Silver Hound Productions
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Nintendo pulls out of Gamescom, Game Focus closes its doors, GOG.com targets Steam sales, GAME stocks new games again and Ubisoft gets sued over Rocksmith again. Running time: 05:18Door Silver Hound Productions
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Euro Championship 2012 becomes DLC for FIFA 12, Raspberry Pi distribution blocked by lack of CE mark, former Irish GAME employees have sit in over lack of redundancy pay, GAME rescued by OpCapita, ShopTo removes GAME Reward Card scheme, Sainburys and Tescos up their game with video game retail and Good Old Games becomes GOG.com Running time: 00:05:…
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Rocksmith UK release hit by trademark dispute, Angry Birds playgrounds to be built in the UK, Ubisoft defends its position on DRM for PC games, Sky to launch Now TV service on consoles, GAME collapses into administration, UKIE to track all PC game sales downloads and tax breaks granted to the video game industry in the UK. Running time: 00:05:39…
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4G network to launch in UK in 2012, Yakuza Dead Souls DLC gets diverted away from GAME, BBC iPlayer heads to Xbox 360 dashboard, Watchdog investigates FIFA 12 disconnections, BAFTA awards Portal 2 as game of the year, GAME heading for administration unless it finds 180 million GBP and HMV deny getting assistance from EA to sell Mass Effect 3. Runni…
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Raspberry Pi computer signs up distribution deal, Rebellion defends Sniper Elite V2 DLC, GAME puts Gaikai on its website, Jagex cans Stellar Dawn, Echo Park and Another Place Productions formed, Dark Energy Digital closes its doors, Playdead may port Limbo to mobile platforms, and GAME could lose 2.5 million GBP over loss of Mass Effect 3 Special E…
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PC port of Alan Wake makes its money back in 48 hours, developer of A-Men claims PSVita memory mapping better than PS3, Pirate Bay gets banned in the UK, Jagex claims physical copies of games to become a thing of the past, GAME unable to stock games, Gameplay closes its doors, brick and mortar retail sales drops by 25 percent, Criterion Studios ope…
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BAFTA GAME Award nominees announced, Frozen Synapse talk details revealed, GAME Group culls 46 jobs from its head office, UKIE pushes for legalisation of crowd funding in the UK, Rocksteady Studios bemoans the collapse of the UK video game industry and David Braben reveals education package for Raspberry Pi computer. Running time: 00:06:45…
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Angry Bird developer promotes removal of DRM, Ubisoft shuts down authentication servers for PC games for maintenance, GAME Group renegotiates its position with its lenders, Splash Damage take on Ninja Theory staffer, and BAFTA hosts Games Question Time. Running time: 00:05:24Door Silver Hound Productions
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Ofcom slaps wrists of ITV over Arma II footage in documentary, Pink and White 3DS consoles go on sale at 20 GBP mark up price, Lego Minecraft being developed, GAME mistakenly takes PC games off of its website, UKIE launches digital sales tracking of PC games and sells off its interests in GfK Chart Track. Finally Gamestop pulls out from its UK bric…
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GAME Group denies being hacked, 41 percent of UK developers emigrate to North America, Codemasters whistle blower shares the dirt on poor working practices and UKIE announces debate on piracy prevention in the wake of the SOPA and PIPA bill protests. Running time: 00:04:58Door Silver Hound Productions
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Netflix arrives in the UK and Ireland, STALKER 2 not dead, CD Projeckt back tracks over pirate attacks, Raspberry Pi computer in production, ICT dropped from school curriculum, BigBig Studios closed down, GAME Group reports 15 percent sales drop, and HMV seeks to sell only recent game releases. Running time: 00:05:45…
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Kropotkins UK Gaming News Week of January 8th, 2012
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ASDA wants your old consoles, Media Molecule looks for new IP, video game sales drop in UK over 2011, EA closes Bright Light Studios, Datel and Microsoft settle lawsuit, Andy Payne from Mastertronic gets an OBE and former DICE staffers go to ngmoco Sweden. Running time: 00:57:37Door Silver Hound Productions
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Sony announces UK tour for PS Vita, art gallery The Louvre installs 3DS consoles as virtual tour guides, Channel 4 appoints games commissioning editor and GamesAid launches LittleBigBunch. Running time: 00:04:06Door Silver Hound Productions
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SCEE admits confusion over PSP, BAFTA awards Privates game, Germany bans Dead Island, Brink gets clan support, Sainsburys hails Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 sales, Frozen Synapse developer gets boost from sales and Evolution stays the course despite Motorstorm Apocalypse failure. Running time: 00:05:46…
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Vodaphone gets PS Vita 3G deal, The Sun declares XBL to be hacked, launch titles for European launch of PS Vita revealed, Keith Vaz launches attack on Modern Warfare 3, GAME group share value drops by 90 percent and Ste Pickford questions BAFTA video game awards. Running time: 00:07:48Door Silver Hound Productions
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Stuart Black working on another FPS, Splash Damage denies working on Marvel based game, Game Jam competition winners confirmed, PEGI rating system delayed, GAME losses reported, Bohemia Interactive bemoan piracy in PC gaming and still no response from the government on the Skills Review. Running time: 00:07:08…
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ASDA selling Wii consoles for 89 GBP, BBFC pours scorn over Modern Warfare 3 London Underground outcry, Best Buy shuts down UK stores, Good Old Games MD lashes out at DRM and UKIE creates new sub-group to increase growth in UK video game community. Running time: 00:06:44Door Silver Hound Productions
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Netflix heading to UK in 2012, Mojang reveals pricing details for Scrolls, former Lionhead Studios staff member creates new company and starts work on iOS platform games, Just Cause 3 rumours quashed, GMA ruined by retailer sponsor, executives leave Future Publishing and Sony buys out Sony Ericsson. Running time: 00:06:24…
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Zavvi and Square Enix sell busted Deus Ex Human Revolution codes for the PC version, Mojang wins court ruling in the use of the word Scrolls, paintball mode to be offered to GAME customers who by the new GoldenEye game, UK price and release date of PSVita confirmed, Introversion shelf Subversion and instead come up with Prison Architect, Golden Joy…
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STALK 2 will likely have always on DRM, Ofcom launches investigation into use of ArmA II video game footage by ITV, HMV offers 99p trade in for FIFA 12, PS2 games heading to European PSN, Barnoess Greenfield attacks prolonged playing of video games by children, Ireland starts to invest in video game industry and British design exhibition to feature…
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Rare are working on a next generation Xbox console game, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 to arrive on XBL for Silver members, BT to launch ultra fast broadband network, UK video game industry suffering from staff crisis, Nintendo praises fines against sellers of R4 cards in France and FIFA 12 sells 3.2 million units in one week. Running time: 00:06:37…
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CD Projekt promise more content for XBox 360 port of Witcher 2, Fanatac launches new steering wheel ahead of Forza 4 launch, Football Manager 2012 requires online registration in order to play it, SCEE predict massive losses due to weak Euro and Future Publishing considers selling off US arm. Running time: 00:09:23…
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BAFTA starts up kids game design competition, Call of Duty Black Ops becomes biggest selling game in the UK of all time, WarDevil cancelled again, HMV refuses trade ins on Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D, Trenched release delayed in Europe due to potential copyright infringement, Blackrock Studios closes its doors, Unity Technologies open Stockholm of…
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Peter Molynuex admits failings with Kinect, Zelda music CD orders not working, Trenched gets delayed in Europe, Eve Online may go free to play, 3DTV will not catch on according to survey, Cryteck to patch Crysis 2 PC port with Directx 11 upgrade, HMV offer discount via 3DS streetpass, Blackrock Studios alumni start up new studio. Running time: 00:0…
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PS3 version of Witcher 2 possible, CryEngine working on WiiU, Valve heads to Gamescom, Nintendo of Europe gets hacked, GRID servers get shut down, Criterion Games not working on annualised title, Best Buy UK expansion halted, SEGA opens new studio in Solihull, Sony UK still headless, GAME warns of more losses despite strong title release in 2011, P…
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Keith Vaz MP opens up an anti video game EDM, Napoleon Total War gets Ivor Novello Award for best video game sound track, Age of Conan goes free to play while its 360 port is abandoned, DiRT 3 online pass not working on PS3 due to PSN store outage, Daily Mail attacks Modern Warfare 3, IO Interactive makes Hitman more approachable, GAME defends 2nd …
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HMV offers 35 GBP trade in for Brink, SCEE describes PSN Welcome Back pack, The Witcher 2 gets free DLC, Creative Assembly still working on Total War games, LOVEFiLM offers 5 GBP discount on new orders for PSN outage, Dixons starts selling PC games online, Dead or Alive Dimenions banned in Sweden, Future Publishing profits hit new low, Mojang Speci…
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Enslaved sells 700k, more Alan Wake on its way, Channel 5 responds to The Wright Stuff complaint by Gamers Voice, O2 finally stocks Xperia Play after extensive QA testing, Creative Assembly start work on Aliens game, Dave Jones gets back to work on APB, Splash Damage describe gaming industry as top heavy, Ed Vaisey addresses PSN problems and MPs ca…
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Two Worlds II delayed again, David Braben promises Elite 4, EuroGamer Expo 2011 tickets released, GAME offers pre-orders for Pre-owned games and UKIE bemoans the lack of merger with TIGA. Running time: 00:04:18Door Silver Hound Productions
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Mary Portas has a run in with GAME, Test Drive Unlimited 2 a bug ridden mess, BAFTA video game nominees announced, 3DS goes on UK tour, Tesco messes up price of 3DS, DiRT 3 has no Colin McRae name attached to it, ESA claims Spain is one of the biggest offenders of pirating games and Bizarre Creations closes its doors. Running time: 00:07:28…
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11 year old boy runs up 1000 GBP bill with XBL marketplace, Codemasters do not see the need for 3D in DiRT 3, BAFTA GAME award nominees announced, Scottish Affairs Committee report on video game industry in Scotland welcomed by UKIE, UK retailers call for sub 300 GBP price point for the NGP console by Sony, Europe the cash cow for EA, Xperia networ…
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GAME gets Bulletstorm Epic Edition exclusive, Rock Steady Games boasts about Batman Arkham City features, Funcom denies Secret World release date, Two Worlds II stock wrecked, 3DS heading to MCM Expo Midlands, DICE cancel Battlefield 1943, Enslaves fails to sell, Martyn Brown leaves Team 17, UKIE and TIGA in talks to pool resources. Running time: 0…
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Sony hosts tour of Playstation 3 yet to be released games, 3Ds to be region locked, Bizarre Creations ceases to be, Peter Molyneux to be honoured at GDC, Amazon buy out LOVEFiLM, development slowed on The Outsider, David Braben founds Raspberry Pi charity to deliver cheap computers to budding programmers.…
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Ole Solskjaer uses Football Manager to train as one, John Hare is looking into making Sensible Software games as iOS titles, online retailers jump the gun with 3DS pre-orders, Berlin Wall game causes quite a stir, Codemasters to launch browser based F1 title, Keith Vaz MP says he is not against video games and BBFC to PEGI change over delayed until…
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3DS launch details to be revealed in January, Hydrophobia to get a revamp, ITV and Channel 4 launch players on PS3, PC port of Need for Speed Hot Pursuit to have no paid for DLC, Sheffield Hallum University to have game development studio, Red Dead Redemption not submitted for a BAFTA, VAT rise may affect console prices in 2011 and Gaikai does not …
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Super fast broadband across UK by 2015, UK console install base passes 30 million mark, Panorama takes on video game addiction, Amazon UK enters second hand game market and ITV come under fire for trying to create reactionary programme about video game addiction and link to violence.Door Silver Hound Productions
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Xbox 360 PAL celebrates its 5th birthday, special edition of Killzone 3 heading to European stores, VAT increase will not be added to games according to retailers, no tax relief for developers for another 4 years and BBC to broadcast Panorama special on video game addiction, much to UKIEs chagrin.Door Silver Hound Productions
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GAME goes Home, CODBLOPS sells truck loads, APB rescued, Play TV gets add-on but it is not cheap, Gaikai has soft closed beta launch, Bizarre Creations sold off by Activision, Kinect boosts Xbox 360 console sales, Wardevil reborn as Project Kane, Jagex wins patent lawsuit and Keith Vaz blames counter strike for shootings in Sweden.…
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Kropotkins UK Gaming News - Week of November 14, 2010
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Hitman 5 rumoured to be in development, EuroGamer Expo 2011 dates announced, LOVEFiLM arrives on the PS3, CODBLOPS sells bagillions on day of release, Barrington Harvey PR is no more, APB gets a buyer and CDV drops lawsuit against SouthPeak.Door Silver Hound Productions
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Football Manager 2011 demo released, Remedy Entertainment seek producer for new Xbox 360 game, Lord of the Rings Online free to play version to be released in Europe, Thomas Was Alone game made in 24 hours, The Witcher 2 not likely to appear on consoles after all, Lionhead Studios have never made a great game according to Peter Molynuex, Fable III …
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Andy Serkis riles on story telling in video games, Limbo developer confirms new title, Zoe Mode working on Haunt Kinect game, Rare regret releasing Kameo Elements of Power, Kinect preorders all spoken for at GAME and Amazon, LOVEFiLM heading to PS3, Fable III Kinect elements revealed after their removal, university courses are criticised by heads o…
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Milo joins the Chiptune Choir Eternal, Fable III achievements leaked, Football Manager 2011 to have Twitter and Facebook integration, Doctor Who games to have a second series, PlayTV patch to be charged for, Codemasters are working on Formula 1 2011, two new start ups form after the fall of Real Time Worlds, GoG is not dead after all and TIGA expla…
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SNES Wii controller on sale at Club Nintendo, no more Geometry Wars games, Dead Rising 2 being sold at HMV 1 day early, Zavvi sells Vanquished tat, new DSi XL colours out in October, APB shuts down and refunds for retailers amount to significant losses, Mithon Awards handed out, TIGA attacks immigration policy of coalition government, Codemasters a…
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Championship Manager rebuilt for iPhone but PC vesion on indefinate hold, Lord of the Rings Online free edition gets delayed in Europe, Rare wanted a controller for Kinect, Tesco sells off Halo Reach at cost price, Future Publishing starts selling PC Zone memorabilia for charity, PAX may be coming to Europe, Skills Review kicks off in the New Year,…
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Kropotkins UK Gaming News - Week of August 30, 2010
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GamesTM hits 100 issues, Gamescom has record number of visitors, Demon launches game centric internet connection service, Sky Player a hit according to Microsoft, Rare urges core gamers to try Kinect before judging it worthless, Ginx coming to TV screens in November, Defence Minister lays into Medal of Honor and the world tells him to shut up, the …
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Julian Gollop of XCom fame is working on a 3DS title, Heavy Rain has been an unexpected commercial success, Beyond Good and Evil 2 is not going to see the light of day for a very long time thanks to it needing to be perfect, APG developer implodes, Tesco enters second hand game market and Final Fantasy XIII ad pulled by ASA.…
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