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The Develop Awards early bird ticket discount will close by end of play on Wednesday June 15th, meaning that today is your last chance to save as much as 700 on tables. The Awards early bird ticket discount period was extended to Wednesday June 15th to line-up with The Develop …
Read More »E3 2011: Carmack: Creativity more important than graphics
Genius development engineer John Carmack has admitted that Rage has taken his studio longer than he would have liked, and put the delay down to its drive for top tier technology and tools. That’s the biggest thing when we look back on this generation,” said the co-founder of id Software, …
Read More »E3 2011: Final Fantasy series exceeds 100m units
Square Enix has revealed its Final Fantasy series has surpassed 100 million units worldwide. We are extremely proud of what the Final Fantasy franchise has achieved over the years and continue to be extremely excited about the future. I would like thank all of our fans, partners and development teams …
Read More »E3 2011: OnLive ready for iPad and Android
OnLive has announced the OnLive Player App to bring cloud gaming to tablets and smartphones. The app, which is due to arrive this autumn, will enable streamed play of virtually all” OnLive games on iPad and Android tablets. It will support both touch control and OnLive’s own Universal Motion Controller. …
Read More »E3 2011: Bioshock PS Vita ‘is all-new game’
Ken Levine has said that the BioShock Vita project currently in-development at Irrational Games will be a new title for the IP. Speaking to IGN, the studio’s creative director was keen to make it clear that the game was an all-new core entry in the BioShock universe, and not a …
Read More »E3 2011: Trion Worlds unveils Defiance
Ambitious MMO developer Trion Worlds has finally lifted the lid on its action MMO project. Entitled Defiance, the game has been developed for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in conjunction with SyFy and will be closely integrated with an accompanying TV series of the same name. Both properties are set …
Read More »E3 2011: Day One Roundup
Missed any of the news from LA? Of course you have. You’d have to be a a robot to absorb every single headline and announcement from yesterday’s E3 2011 opener. So thank the heavens that MCV is here to roundup everything you need to know so far. MICROSOFT OPINION: Microsoft’s …
Read More »EA: Mass Effect 3 ships March 2012
Mass Effect 3 will arrive worldwide on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, EA has confirmed. The third instalment in EA’s popular sci-fi RPG series, developed by BioWare, sees protagonist Commander Shepard leading an assault to save Earth from alien species the Reapers. It will feature Kinect voice gesture capability, with players …
Read More »E3 2011 LIVEBLOG: EA
After a brainstorming start to the year that has seen it release hit after hit, EA tonight takes to the stage to reveal how it intends to build upon this momentum in the months ahead. For all the news the very moment it happens head down to our liveblog below …
Read More »E3 2011: Grand Theft V chat increases
There’s no way of knowing whether a new Grand Theft Auto will be announced at this year’s E3, but if you believe in the adage "there’s no smoke without fire" then you should probably start getting excited. Some insiders are now absolutely certain that Rockstar will use either the Microsoft …
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