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Treat your new console for free

It’s Sony PlayStation Vita launch day and to celebrate Pocket-lint is offering five lucky readers the chance to?win?a copy of Codemasters’ F1 2011 for the new handheld console.

The game allows you to compete in a full Formula One season, including practice, qualifying and the races themselves across all of the officially licensed tracks. Plus, you can jump into any individual Grand Prix, and there’s a Time Trial mode thrown in for good measure.

In addition, the handheld version of the game even features an extensive Challenge mode, which sets a wide range of objectives to perform, including?checkpoint, gate and overtaking tasks. And you can even race online against three other people.

To be in with a chance of winning one of the five games on offer, all you have to do is follow us on Twitter (@Pocketlint) and?retweet any story on Pocket-lint including the hashtag #plf12011.

The competition will close at midnight this Friday 24 February, after which time we will draw the winners and inform them here and by direct message.

Please ensure that you read Pocket-lint’s?terms and conditions, and we must point out that this competition in only open to entries from the UK and Ireland.

Good luck.

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WIN: 5 copies of PS Vita F1 2011 up for grabs! originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000

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1.94 billion programmes watched

The BBC has released its BBC iStats, revealing the performance of its BBC iPlayer service in 2011 and specifically in the month of December.

The results show that, although the vast majority of viewing takes place on computers, there has been consistent growth in access from other devices.?

BBC iStats breaks down the programme “requests” with Virgin Media cable TV users claiming a 12 per cent slice of BBC iPlayer views in December. “Mobile devices” then claim 7 per cent and tablets get 5 per cent.

This is matched by games consoles, also taking 5 per cent, with “IPTV devices” (e.g. BT Vision) claiming 4 per cent. A final “other devices” category claims another 5 per cent.?

This sees computer viewing drop from 72 per cent to 62 per cent from January to December 2011, a 10 per cent shift to other platforms.

With 1.94 billion programmes watched in 2011, December accounted for 187 million requests for TV and radio through BBC iPlayer.

Other interested statistics reveal what you’re all watching and when. Interestingly, peak viewing times for BBC iPlayer TV are between 10pm and 11pm, although radio use peaks around lunchtime.

Unsurprisingly the Top Gear India Special takes the top spot for December viewing, followed by Frozen Planet and Eastenders. In the top 20 total requests, you’ll also find Merlin making a regular appearance, along with Life’s Too Short and Russell Howard’s Good News. Deservedly the top requested radio programme is I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.

The success story doesn’t stop there. Hitwise recently reported record-breaking viewing figures for 2 January and the BBC now confirms this, reporting a record 5.4 million programme requests, with Sherlock taking 623,000 views, the highest figure for any programme in a 24-hour period.

“While 2011 was a remarkable year for BBC iPlayer across the board, the real story was growth of iPlayer on TVs, mobile phones, and tablets, outpacing PC growth many times over”, comments Daniel Danker, general manager, Programmes and on Demand.

2012 is only set to see this diversity soar, as delivery options expand and people realise they no longer need to huddle around their PC.

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BBC iPlayer sees record-breaking 2011, mobiles and connected TVs contribute originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:01:00 +0000

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According to UKIE

The UK Association for Interactive Entertainment has released a list of the top ten best selling games in 2011. Most of it is relatively unsurprising, like Call of Duty sitting at the top, but there is a lot more in the list that we didn’t expect to be in the position it is.

Second came FIFA 12, followed closely by Battlefield 3, which in all honesty we had expected to be positioned the other way round. EA’s shooter built by DICE was something different to the usual online Call of Duty experience and clearly made a big impact from day one. Both however were relatively puny in comparison to COD’s sales, which grabbed ?83 million in the first week. Battlefield 3 did still stay within the top 10 most popular week one sales however.

Next up was Zumba fitness, the first motion sensing title in the lineup. Sitting at fourth, it shows how much things like Kinect have infiltrated into the gaming market. In fifth was The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, which stood out as one of our favourite games last year. Released relatively recently, it hasn’t had as long to accumulate sales as other titles.?

Just Dance 3 in sixth was the next motion control title. It was our best reviewed Kinect game this year and definitely worth picking up if you have one of the devices. Assassins Creed: Revelations followed, with L.A. Noire sitting in eigth.

The real major surprise of the line up was that Saints Row: The Third sits above Batman: Arkham City. The latter picked up a Pocket-lint award for game of the year.

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The best selling video games of 2011 originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:13:00 +0000

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Hot games

Call of Duty: Black Ops was the most played game on the Xbox 360 based on Unique Users that connected to Xbox LIVE in 2011 to play the game according figures released by Microsoft on Friday.

Although the company hasn’t said how many gamers opted to play the first person shooter, it has listed the top twenty games played over the last year.?

The list is dominated by Call of Duty, Battlefield, and other first person shooters suggesting Xbox gamers like to kill stuff more than anything else.

But the top 20 list also highlights just how popular Skyrim has been. The game ranked 6th overall even though it was only released in November.

Another November title that has performed well is the box office smash hit Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3 which placed second behind the older title Call of Duty: Black Ops.?

Implying that is isn’t just Americans trying to kill things, sports titles like FIFA 12, and Madden NFL 12 are also in the top charts.

The full list is as follows:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops

2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

3. Call of Duy: Modern Warfare 2

4. Halo: Reach

5. Battlefield 3

6. Skyrim

7. Gears of War 3

8. FIFA 12

9. FIFA Soccer 11

10. Madden NFL 12

11. GTA IV

12. NBA 2K11

13. Battlefield: Bad Co. 2?

14. Call of Duty 4

15. Battlefield 3 Beta?

16. Halo 3

17. Gears of War 2

18. Forza Motorsport 4

19. Red Dead Redemption

20. Call of Duty: WaW

The top 20 story is very different for Windows Phone 7 users. They have stuck to big puzzle games rather than “murder, death, kill”.

Again late arriver Angry Birds is the most played game in the Marketplace according to Microsoft, beating Fruit Ninja and Plants vs Zombies to the top spot.

The full list is as follows:

1. Angry Birds

2. Fruit Ninja

3. PvZ

4. Need for Speed Undercover

5. Full House Poker

6. MONOPOLY

7. Doodle Jump

8. Bejeweled LIVE

9. Rise Of Glory

10. geoDefense

11. ilomilo

12. Assassin’s Creed – Alta?r’s Chronicles HD

13. Sonic 4 Episode I

14. Tetris

15. Fable: Coin Golf

16. Hydro Thunder GO

17. The Harvest

18. Uno

19. Tentacles

20. The Sims 3

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Call of Duty: Black Ops most played Xbox 360 LIVE game of 2011, Angry Birds wins Windows Phone 7 choice originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:35:00 +0000

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