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Newscorp app adds Fox, IGN, the Wall Street Journal and Fox News to Xbox 360 in 2012
Microsoft's Craig Davison had some surprise news during the company's CES 2012 keynote this evening, bringing out word that Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp is developing an application for the Xbox 360. Several Newscorp content providers will be pushing out news and commentary via the free application, ...
GameFly acquisition of Direct2Drive official
Today, game rental service GameFly confirmed last week's rumor that it will acquire the digital game retailer Direct2Drive from IGN. The acquisition of Direct2Drive will add more than 3,000 PC and Mac games to GameFly's existing library of console titles. While terms of the deal are not disclosed ...
Rumor: IGN selling Direct2Drive to Gamefly
IGN's Direct2Drive is allegedly being sold to GameFly, MCV reports. An official announcement is expected next week. Direct2Drive does offer a limited selection of game rentals, which fits in directly with GameFly's business model. Sources, while unable to confirm the sale, do tell us that IGN has ...
Report: IGN and UGO to merge, spin off from News Corp
News Corp's IGN and Hearst Corporation's UGO are merging, with an official announcement expected this week, reports AllThingsD's Peter Kafka. The alleged plan after that is to take the merged entity in the near future and create a standalone business that focuses on video games outside of News ...
Direct2Drive bringing game rentals to UK, Europe this year
Direct2Drive's downloadable game rentals kicked off in North America this past January, and the program has been so popular that it's coming to Europe later on this year. That's the word from head of international digital distribution Paul Herron, who says that "publishers are positive and gamers ...
IGN's 'Indie Open House' teams selected, move in
The five indie dev teams selected by IGN to receive free office space at the media outlet's HQ in San Francisco moved in this week. The "Indie Open House" program grants those groups free office space for the next six months, along with access to available resources. The teams include: students ...
IGN and GameStop forge partnership, combine traffic, learn the power of sharing
Major corporation cooperation news now, with a report from The Wall Street Journal's Kara Swisher announcing a "partnership" between News Corp's gaming megasite IGN and retail (and recycling) behemoth GameStop. While it's not clear how extensive this partnership will be, Swisher reports that IGN ...
IGN's 'Indie Open House' gives indie devs office space, promotional support
Look, guys -- we know IGN has, like, office space to give you and all, but if you needed a crash pad, you shoulda came to us. We could probably better recreate a habitat you're used to: dirty laundry on the floor; shades drawn; a daily diet of Ramen noodles. Wouldn't you be more comfortable with ...
Video: Halo: Reach Achievements made easy (and cheat-y)
Halo: Reach isn't even out in stores, but IGN has already found a way to exploit part of the game for the sake of easy Achievements. In this video, its outlines a surefire method for farming up a good amount of the game's cheevos by tweaking the customized Firefight system to be really hard and ...
Half of Mass Effect 2 players imported a save (and other stats!)
Mass Effect 2 Executive Producer Casey Hudson has shared some juicy statistics about the game with IGN. Basic takeaways are that people really did treat the game as a "shooter," with the soldier class chosen more than every other combined. Also, the women's lib movement for intergalactic saviors ...
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Early access Metal Gear Rising demo included with Zone of the Enders HD
Posted on Jun 1st 2012 2:03AM