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Pigs, beware! The Angry Birds have some new tricks up their sleeves wings. An update to Angry Birds on iOS and Android brings 15 new levels, a new egg defender mode and some new pig-splattering abilities for everyone’s favorite Angry Bird, Red. In the new episode, Red’s Mighty Feathers, Red gains some new abilities in…
Unity Technologies has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to collaborate on development tools for Windows Phone 8, as well as Windows 8 and Xbox One games console (though the second thing is not the part we necessarily care about). Under the deal, Unity Pro 4 licensed developers will get a free license for the…
Sony’s announced this months line up of titles that Playstation Plus subscribers can grab for free. As usual there are some real gems. The major release of the line up is definitely Battlefield 3. The Frostbite 2 powered war simulation was a huge hit. It’s a great time to grab a download if you don’t already…
Square Enix announced some pretty exciting pre-order bonuses for its upcoming FFXIII threequel, Lighting Returns. Fan favorite Final Fantasy VII lends some of its hero Cloud Strife’s signature gear to Lightning. The Soldier 1st Class outfit DLC comes with Cloud’s Buster Sword and Soldier’s Band. You can see Lightning sporting Cloud’s gear in the image…
Warner Bros. has slashed prices for some of its most popular iOS and Android games today, allowing gamers to grab some seriously cool games for just $.99 a piece. The publisher, who produces popular games such as Batman Arkham City Lockdown, the LEGO and Harry Potter games as well as the new Superman movie tie-in,…
Ingress just received an update that brings some nifty features along with it. The latest version was ‘rumored’ in last week’s Ingress Report, and now the update is live and waiting for you in the Google Play Store. Here’s a list of the new features in the latest version of Ingress: Version 1.30.2 + New…
Game company, Ubisoft announced today that its servers had been hacked. In the blog post, Communications Manager Gary Steinman outlined the attack and its repercussions for Ubisoft users. We recently discovered that one of our Web sites was exploited to gain unauthorized access to some of our online systems. We instantly took steps to close…
Amazon’s GameCircle released last year for the Kindle. Like Apple’s GameCenter, it provides leaderboards, achievements and cloud syncing of data to Kindle users purchasing games from Amazon’s Appstore. Now Amazon has opened up the GameCircle SDK to any Android developers. Games can now use GameCircle features whether on Kindle or any other devices, and both…
It’s official, folks, Don Mattrick is leaving Microsoft and taking on a new role as the CEO of Zynga. Mattrick will helm the struggling social game company, who recently announced plans to lay off 500 employees. Zynga founder, Mark Pincus announced Mattrick’s new role today. Polygon has the whole text of Pincus’ announcement, but here’s the gist:…
PS3, Vita, and PSP owners can score some major deals on hot games this summer. Sony announced its “Summer Blast” sale today, on its Playstation blog. Playstation Plus subscribers will reap the biggest bonuses, with discounts up to 80% on hot titles. The deals aren’t just on games though, there are some downloadable movies in…