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One of the most high-profile game series of the past ten years is to introduce a new mode for those affected by Colour Vision Deficiency. Sledgehammer Games, the co-developers of Modern Warfare 3, said a new feature added to the FPS would help those with a decreased ability to perceive …
Read More »OPINION: Please don’t stop the music
A saving grace of the declining market and associated Wii slow-down has been the resurgence around music games. Activision may have sworn off its take on the category (over-priced DLC and cumbersome plastic peripherals will do that), but the likes of Ubisoft and Nordic Games have, as they say on …
Read More »OnLive: Publishers feel constrained by Xbox 360, PS3
CEO, founder and president of OnLive Steve Perlman has told PCR it will look to work with the current gaming platforms such as Xbox and PS3, though 2005 architecture means they are ‘getting long in the tooth.’ The cloud gaming service works through a mini-console connected to a TV, directly …
Read More »Sony arms paywall in new war on pre-owned
PlayStation games to be bundled with online pass for first-time buyers only
Read More »Deadly Premonition pricing blunder
A pricing error on the Xbox Live Games On Demand service has seen quirky survival horror release Deadly Premonition listed for the wrong price. The game was supposed to go live for 14.99 but a mistake means it is currently available for 19.99. "There has been some discrepancy with the …
Read More »No More Heroes goes XXX
The upcoming PlayStation Move enabled version of No More Heroes will include an additional mode clearly designed to appeal to a very adult audience. CVG reports that No More Heroes: Red Zone will include what is known as ‘Viewer Mode’. In at players are able to observe, in some considerable …
Read More »PSN Store ‘revamp to boost games presence’
Rumoured redesign will also feature 'deals of the week' promotion space
Read More »LBP 2 gets Final Fantasy VII content
It may be 14 years old but new content based on the much-loved Final Fantasy VII RPG is still being developed. From July 13th owners of Sony’s PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet 2 will be able to download costumes of popular Final Fantasy VII characters. These include Cloud, Tifa, Aeris and Sephiroth. …
Read More »Now ESRB rates Crysis for consoles
It looks like 2007 PC hit Crysis could be coming to PS3 as well as Xbox 360. Last week a rating from Korean games regulators suggested that the game was to be released on consoles for the first time – a claim supposedly backed up by EA Korea. Now a …
Read More »Analyst questions annual franchises
Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed may have proved that the annual release model can be a success outside of the sports genre, but analyst Michael Pachter has warned others about following the model. "We question the strategy of annual franchises for any game except sports simulations," he said in …
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