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London-based mobile studio The Secret Police has received funding from Amuse Capital, headed up by former Sega president Hayao Nakayama. This isn’t the only high-profile investment the developer has attracted either. Ian Livingstone has put money behind the firm, and acts as its chairman, while Starbound and Terraria creator Finn …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Uruguay
Uruguay is quietly blossoming into a ripe games market, despite its small size. With a total population of less than half of London, Uruguay’s games industry has struggled to root a strong console audience. The PS4 launched for $1,199 (780) in the country in 2013.Hernn Almada, PlayStation’s product manager in …
Read More »EA cautious about making games for virtual reality
EA is planning to wait and see how well VR performs before it jumps into the virtual reality market. Speaking at UBS Global Technology Conference – as reported by GI.Biz – EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said that the publisher is going to hold off until the VR market reaches a …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront sequels planned, could cover prequel trilogy
This week’s Star Wars Battlefront is just the start for EA’s rebooted sci-fi shooter series. Speaking at the UBS Global Technology Conference (via GameSpot), the publisher’s CFO Blake Jorgensen said that it had struck a near 10-year deal with Disney to create Star Wars games – and that further Battlefront …
Read More »EA is making its own ‘Assassin’s Creed-style’ game
Former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond joined EA for a very good reason. Raymond, who produced Ubisoft’s original historical stealth-action title in 2007 and its 2009 sequel, moved across to EA’s Motive Studios in July of this year. Her only confirmed project to date was the as-yet untitled Star Wars …
Read More »Microsoft adds button remapping support for Xbox One standard wireless controller
Microsoft has announced the addition of button mapping support to standard Xbox One controllers. Aspromised last monthby the firm upon the arrival of the Xbox One Elite controller, the ability to customize button inputs isnow availablefor all Xbox One wireless controllers. The support does carry a few limitations, when compared …
Read More »Disgaea PC release set for Feburary 2016
Nipon Ichi’s popular tactical RPG series Disgaea is set to debut on PC early next year. Anew store page on Steamlisted by the company reveals the definitive edition of the original Disgaea will launch within the release window of February 2016. PC features include updated UI and textures, support for …
Read More »Sony denies media claims that ISIS is communicating on PS4s
Reports in the aftermath of the recent Paris terror attack have alleged that ISIS is using PS4s to freely communicate. The accusation, which was made by Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon, centres on the claim that PS4’s player-to-player communications use an encryption method that I harder to crack than other …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Fallout 4 merchandise
After the record-breaking success of Skyrim, Bethesda returns to the nuclear wasteland for Fallout 4. MCV looks at the merchandise set to make gamers glow green with envy (not radiation) Bethesda is pulling out all the stops in its follow-up to two of the most popular games of the last …
Read More »Super Star Wars hurtling onto PSN this week
Sony has said that a port of 1992 SNES platformer Super Star Wars will be released for PS4 and Vita this week. That’s in the US at least – we’ve still not yet had definitive word on whether it will arrive in Europe this week. A November 17th release in …
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