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Train2Game News UK Top 20 Games – 15.12.14

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Fifa 15This is the penultimate chart of the year and with Christmas only ten days away it looks like things are staying where they are. There are absolutely no new games and FIFA 15 is still number one.

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Week ending 13 December 2014

POS.  TITLE  PUBLISHER  LAST
WEEK 
1 – FIFA 15 EA SPORTS 1
2 – CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE ACTIVISION 2
3 – GRAND THEFT AUTO V ROCKSTAR 3
4 – FAR CRY 4 UBISOFT 4
5 – LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 5
6 JUST DANCE 2015 UBISOFT 11
7 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION MICROSOFT 8
8 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION SONY COMPUTER ENT. 9
9 DESTINY ACTIVISION 16
10 ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY UBISOFT 7
11 THE CREW UBISOFT 6
12 WWE 2K15 2K SPORTS 19
13 DRIVECLUB SONY COMPUTER ENT. 10
14 HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION MICROSOFT 18
15 SUPER SMASH BROS. NINTENDO 14
16 THE EVIL WITHIN BETHESDA SOFTWORKS –
17 DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION EA GAMES 16
18 FORZA HORIZON 2 MICROSOFT 20
19 SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM SKYLANDERS 15
20 MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 12
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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2014 UKIE Ltd

These charts cannot be reproduced either in print or online without obtaining permission from Ukie. If you wish to reproduce the charts in print or online, please contact david.smith@ukie.org.uk for the appropriate license.

Train2Game News Industry legend passes away

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Ralph BaerGames pioneer Ralph Baer, credited with inventing the first video games system has passed away.

The 92-year-old was the brains behind many of the devices that define what the medium has become today, most notably with his work on the very first games console.

Originally known as the Brown Box, Baer’s machine would later be licensed and sold as the Magnavox Odyssey, which launched in 1972, according to GamaSutra. The Odyssey sold hundreds and thousands of units and inspired many competitors, including Atari’s influential title Pong.

He also invented the interactive memory game Simon in 1979 and the first games console peripheral – the light gun – back in 1967. In total, Baer held patents for around 150 inventions.

Baer received a number of awards and honours throughout his career, including the National Medal of Technology, which was presented to him by President George W. Bush.

Born in Germany in 1922, Baer and his family fled to the Netherlands from the Nazis, eventually moving to the United States. He is survived by two sons and a daughter.

Train2Game News UK Top 20 Games – 09.12.14

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Fifa 15The latest game charts is a very quiet one this week with FIFA 15 retaking the number one spot for the first time in six weeks. The only new game to enter is Ubisofts, The Crew which has debuted at number six.

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Week ending 6 December 2014

POS.  TITLE  PUBLISHER  LAST
WEEK 
1 FIFA 15 EA SPORTS 2
2 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE ACTIVISION 1
3 – GRAND THEFT AUTO V ROCKSTAR 3
4 – FAR CRY 4 UBISOFT 4
5 LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 19
6 THE CREW UBISOFT –
7 ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY UBISOFT 5
8 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION MICROSOFT 10
9 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION SONY COMPUTER ENT. 12
10 DRIVECLUB SONY COMPUTER ENT. 8
11 JUST DANCE 2015 UBISOFT –
12 MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 11
13 POKEMON OMEGA RUBY NINTENDO 6
14 SUPER SMASH BROS. NINTENDO 13
15 DISNEY INFINITY 2.0 DISNEY INFINITY 14
16 DESTINY ACTIVISION 17
17 POKEMON ALPHA SAPPHIRE NINTENDO 7
18 HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION MICROSOFT 10
19 WWE 2K15 2K SPORTS 20
20 ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG UBISOFT 9
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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2014 UKIE Ltd

These charts cannot be reproduced either in print or online without obtaining permission from Ukie. If you wish to reproduce the charts in print or online, please contact david.smith@ukie.org.uk for the appropriate license.

Train2Game News Tales from the Borderlands Episode One Review

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Tales from the BorderlandsTelltale gave me the absolute pleasure to review Tales from the Borderlands for them and it was a fantastic first episode for the series.

As you may or may not know Telltale have made a name for themselves over the last couple of years by releasing episodic games based on The Walking Dead and the Fables graphic novel. These games had incredible stories with difficult, soul torturing decisions to be made which would affect your entire game.

Now with Tales from the Borderlands they have taken a slightly different approach. As the subject matter is a lot more light hearted the decisions you make aren’t quite as heart wrenching as previously seen from Telltale. The story and characters however more than make up for this.

You play this game as two different main characters, one a disgruntled Hyperion business man and the other a Con woman. Both characters are highly entertaining in there own ways and both have a great side character to go with them.

I would highly recommend this amusingly, entertaining first episode whether you have played a Borderlands game before or not. Obviously you will enjoy it more if you have played Borderlands 1 and 2 but it is not necessary as there is a quick catch up at the beginning of the game.

I am incredibly interested and excited to see where this new Tales from the Borderlands is going to go and how it will evolve. I can see good times ahead!

Train2Game News My blog is your blog

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Train2GameIt is coming up to the Christmas holidays and I am giving you the chance to voice your opinions on what you like to be heard on the Train2Game blog!

Some of you may remember that last year we had some students do some fantastic blogs that went out over the Christmas period and they were so popular we are going to do it again! You get to have your opinions heard and get your name out there in the gaming world.

You can write your blog on anything games related you like from reviews to opinions to advertisements for your upcoming games and studios, the choice is yours!

If you are interested in writing a blog to be seen on Train2Game News all you need to do is email me at Mark@train2game.com with the blog and a related image.

Get creative and have fun!

Train2Game News UK Top 20 Games – 01.12.14

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Call of Duty Advanced WarfighterThe charts are out and Christmas sales are certainly taking a hold with Call of Duty Advanced Warfare returning to number one and Fifa 15 in number two. Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire enter the charts at number six and seven respectively with Driveclub just behind that at number eight. LittleBigPlanet 3 just managed to make it to the top twenty hitting number eighteen with its debut.

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Week ending 29 November 2014

POS.  TITLE  PUBLISHER  LAST
WEEK 
1 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE ACTIVISION 3
2 FIFA 15 EA SPORTS 4
3 GRAND THEFT AUTO V ROCKSTAR 1
4 FAR CRY 4 UBISOFT 2
5 ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY UBISOFT 6
6 POKEMON OMEGA RUBY NINTENDO –
7 POKEMON ALPHA SAPPHIRE NINTENDO –
8 DRIVECLUB SONY COMPUTER ENT. –
9 ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG UBISOFT 18
10 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION MICROSOFT 14
11 – MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 11
12 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION SONY COMPUTER ENT. 9
13 SUPER SMASH BROS. NINTENDO 17
14 DISNEY INFINITY 2.0 DISNEY INFINITY 15
15 SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM SKYLANDERS 16
16 DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION EA GAMES 5
17 DESTINY ACTIVISION 13
18 LITTLEBIGPLANET 3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. –
19 LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 8
20 WWE 2K15 2K SPORTS 7
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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2014 UKIE Ltd

These charts cannot be reproduced either in print or online without obtaining permission from Ukie. If you wish to reproduce the charts in print or online, please contact david.smith@ukie.org.uk for the appropriate license.

Train2Game News Games On Song

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Games on SongToday, the UK games industry charity GamesAid http://www.gamesaid.org/ is inviting Black Friday shoppers to add the Games on Song Christmas charity single to their virtual baskets, to once again help raise vital money for children.

The UK alone is predicted to spend over £1.205bn this weekend, apparently saving £233m on their purchases.

Out NOW, the Games On Song Christmas charity Single is available to download on iTunes http://tinyurl.com/oep3bzl for just £1.29 / $1.99. Not only the best purchase of the whole weekend, but the one that will keep on giving, as all the profits from every sale goes directly towards helping children’s charities across the UK, helping them to have a very merry Christmas!

The Games On Song choir is made up of members from the videogame industry including Sony, EA, GAME, Ubisoft, Mastertronic, OnLive, SEGA, Green Man Gaming, Bethesda, Riot Games, Marvellous AQL, Ukie, and many, many more.

“As an industry, we know the power of the consumer, and that they are passionate about the positive impact video games can have. “We hope they will help us spread the word as they shop this weekend and buy lots of singles!” said Emily Britt, Chair of GamesAid. “Those members who donated their time and voices to this single hope to bring a smile to Black Friday shoppers, and to the children who will benefit from every sale.”

Train2Game News Babcock Job Vacancies

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Babcock-logoBabcock have a numerous amount of jobs available for several different levels and areas of development.

Babcock is the UK’s leading engineering support services organisation with revenue of over £3.5bn in 2014 and an order book of circa £12 billion. They manage critically important assets that help to bring power to homes and businesses, keep trains running safely, ensure mobile phone networks stay operational and help our armed forces defend national interests.

Based in Milton Keynes they have jobs available for Developers and 3D Artists among others. What better way to end this year and begin 2015 with an exciting new career that will give you great experience readying you for heading into games development.

If this sounds like the right move for you then you can view a list of the jobs available here.

For all of those who apply I wish the very best of luck!

Train2Game News App Game Kit 2 released on STEAM

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App Game KitThe Game Creators today released App Game Kit (AGK) version 2 on STEAM, which means that the easy to use, instant coding tool for beginners, hobbyists and indies alike is now available on the largest digital store in the world.

Now anyone can easily and quickly code and build apps for cross platforms using AGKs BASIC scripting system. With just a few commands users can have demos or games up and running on mobile devices. AGK also caters for more seasoned developers, allowing them to use the AGK C++ libraries and benefit from all the features of AGKs core game engine.

AGK is available for both Windows and Mac platforms and apps can be deployed cross platform including iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Mac – all at the very affordable price of just $99.

Bob Duffy, Developer Relations Intel Corporation, said “ AGK is a great cross platform development tool. It allows developers to quickly optimise and compile apps for Intels x86 powered Android devices.”

The Game Creators Development Director, Rick Vanner, said “We’ve significantly improved AGK by making the IDE cross platform, speeding up the Compiler and adding new and powerful commands. Games can be developed and instantly deployed to their chosen mobile devices for rapid prototyping.

AGK2 was funded by Kickstarter backers and many of them are already using this game maker to create and publish their own apps. Developing apps for multiple stores is still a big issue for app developers. AGK does all the heavy lifting for you – making it easy to code, compile and then export apps to each platform. All you need to focus on is your game/app idea.

Bundled with AGK2 is a retro style shooter game called Echoes+. Chris Jeffels, the author of Echoes+, coded the game once and deployed it for both Windows and Mac platforms. When asked why he chose AGK2 for his game engine he commented “AGK2 is multi-platform, powerful, feature rich and continuing to grow, it was an easy and affordable choice.”

AGK2 was used to develop Driving Test Success Theory, Hazard Perception and Highway Code apps for UK publisher Focus Multimedia. Once developed the apps were immediately deployed onto the IOS App Store, Google Play, Amazon, Mac Store and Blackberry World and quickly became the UK’s #1 ‘Learning to Drive’ apps.

The App Game Kit official website: http://www.appgamekit.com/

Train2Game News UK Top 20 Games – 24.11.14

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GTA VThree big new games released in the charts this week with the release of the next generation Grand Theft Auto V knocking Call of Duty: Advance Warfare off the top spot. Far Cry 4 hit second pushing CoD down to number three. Dragon Age: Inquisition was also released this week debuting at number five.

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Week ending 22 November 2014

POS.  TITLE  PUBLISHER  LAST
WEEK 
1 GRAND THEFT AUTO V ROCKSTAR –
2 FAR CRY 4 UBISOFT –
3 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE ACTIVISION 1
4 – FIFA 15 EA SPORTS 4
5 DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION EA GAMES –
6 ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY UBISOFT 2
7 WWE 2K15 2K SPORTS 20
8 LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 5
9 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION SONY COMPUTER ENT. 7
10 HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION MICROSOFT 3
11 MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 14
12 ASSASSIN’S CREED: ROGUE UBISOFT 6
13 DESTINY ACTIVISION 10
14 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION MICROSOFT 12
15 DISNEY INFINITY 2.0 DISNEY INFINITY 13
16 SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM SKYLANDERS 11
17 TOMODACHI LIFE NINTENDO 19
18 ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG UBISOFT 16
19 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2015 KONAMI 8
20 FORZA HORIZON 2 MICROSOFT 17
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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2014 UKIE Ltd

These charts cannot be reproduced either in print or online without obtaining permission from Ukie. If you wish to reproduce the charts in print or online, please contact david.smith@ukie.org.uk for the appropriate license.