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Further details about a new Dead Rising game have leaked ahead of the title’s official announcement. A number of screenshots and GIFs for Capcom’s horror release have been posted on NeoGAF by Gwyn, and compiled here by user Etta. The images appear to feature Frank West, the hero of the …
Read More »Nintendo UK boss Simon Kemp to leave
Nintendo’s UK general manager Simon Kemp is leaving the company. Kemp replaced David Yarnton as the UK boss in 2012. He will be temporarily replaced by Stephan Bole, who is senior managing director for European subsidiaries. Nintendo is seeking a permanent replacement for Kemp. Nintendo of Europe told MCV that …
Read More »Burnout creators: ‘We want to make a spiritual successor’
Former Criterion boss Fiona Sperry says her new studio would like to make a successor to the smash hit Burnout franchise. Sperry, who now runs Dangerous Golf maker Three Fields, told MCV that she feels the team is yet to deliver on Burnout’s original pitch, so there remains unfinished business …
Read More »Adventure Time, Sonic, The Goonies and Harry Potter tipped for LEGO Dimensions
Nine new brands will be added to the LEGO Dimensions roster at E3, one report has claimed. Press Start reckons it has the jump on the announcement, claiming that the additions will be headlined by cult games IP Sonic the Hedgehog and current Cartoon Network hit Adventure Time. Also on …
Read More »No Man’s Sky UK release date brought forward
The UK launch day for Hello Games’ ambitious sci-fi title No Man’s Sky has been pushed forward two days. The title will now be launching simultaneously in the UK and Europe on August 10th. This was announced by the PlayStation UK official Twitter account (below). This followed a delay that …
Read More »Overall toys-to-life sales down 12% so far in 2016
More people may own toys-to-life games than ever, but players are spending less on them. That’s according to GfK Entertainment. MCV last week revealed that over 620,000 UK consumers own either a copy of Skylanders Superchargers, LEGO Dimensions or Disney Infinity 3, making it the most successful eight months yet …
Read More »Here’s your latest NX rumour – Nintendo is developing a separate handheld system
So widespread is the rumour that Nintendo’s NX will be a hybrid home-handheld device that plenty just presume it to be fact. But fresh chatter online has suggested this is not the case. Twitter stats guru ZhugeEX has linked to a Japanese investor report that makes an interesting claim. It …
Read More »Report: Resident Evil 7 in the works, will be a return to horror roots
The next entry in Capcom’s Resident Evil series will be a ‘clean slate’ and a return to the franchise’s horror roots. That’s according to industry analyst Dr Serkan Toto, who said on the Twitter (below) that Resident Evil 7 is indeed in development. It will also ‘go back to RE’s …
Read More »Star Trek Online sets coordinates for next-gen
Star Trek Online is boldly going where no other Roddenberry-influenced MMO has gone before – PS4 and Xbox One. Having spent six years seeking out new life and new civilisations on PC, the now free-to-play title is going to try its luck on next-gen hardware. It brings with it some …
Read More »Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem will be free-to-play on smartphone
Nintendo has confirmed that its next two smartphone titles will be free-to-play. Smartphone outings for Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem were confirmed last month. Now Wall Street Journal reports that both DeNA chief executive Isao Moriyasu and a Nintendo spokesperson have confirmed that both will be free to download. Nintendo’s …
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