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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Sims has established itself as one of the most successful games franchises of all time, selling more than 140m units worldwide.While pets have previously featured in the simulation series, they could only be trained and doted upon.
The Sims 3: Pets allows players to actually live the life of a four legged friend. And rather than being another expansion, it’s a standalone game on consoles and PC.
“This next iteration in The Sims series truly has the most innovative features we’ve

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The first couple of videos of GTA III running on a tablet (apparently an iPad, though it's difficult to tell from the footage) have surfaced.
Virtual controls are the order of the day, with a contextual 'steal car' button popping up for convenient crime sprees.
The mobile version was announced last week in celebration of GTA III's ten year anniversary. Today, Rockstar clarified that it would eventually reach single core iOS devices as well.

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/first-f...a-iii-surfaces

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Capcom has officially confirmed long-rumoured plans to launch remastered versions of the first three Devil May Cry games for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Set for an “early 2012” release in North America for $39.99, theDevil May Cry HD Collection will bundle PS2 releases Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening Special Edition in one high definition package, with unspecified bonus content. Reports have suggested the game will launch in Europe on February 10.
A Devil

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Japanese developer Level-5 has revealed that a new entry in itsProfessor Layton series - up until now a Nintendo exclusive - will be making its way to iOS.
The game will be called Layton Brothers: Mystery Room and will star Layton's son, Alfendy Layton, not Layton himself. The game will, of course, use the touch screen for navigation and puzzle-solving, and Alfendy will be aided by his assistant, Lucy Grey.
There's no news yet on a western release, though.
The announcement makes

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Facebook has changed the way it calculates the total monthly and daily active users (MAU and DAU) for apps on the social network, sending figures plummeting.
The adjustment means that users who choose not to authenticate after a permission dialog box is clicked, and those who visit an app but do not log in, will no longer be contribute towards active user counts.
As a result of the changes, some games have seen more than half of their previously reported user figures drop away (though

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