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Before launch, I would have wagered that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt would be a moderate success. There was no doubt it was a graphically impressive and highly ambitious title – reflected in the seemingly endless parade of ‘Best of Show and ‘Most Anticipated Game’ prizes it has picked up. …
Read More »New Need for Speed requires online connection
EA’s Need for Speed reboot will require an online connection to play. That’s according to the game’s official Twitter account, who responded to a fan’s query about online yesterday (below). EA announced its new Need for Speed title last week, saying that it was to be a reboot of the …
Read More »Insight: Managing retail and going global with your self-published game
In part three of Jason Kingsley’s regular column on self-publishing, the Rebellion CEO discusses the workload pressures that come with going alone, and how to structure those important deals Self-publishing involves a lot more complexity than work for hire. With work for hire you normally have one deal with one …
Read More »What’s bugging the bug testers?
It’s a challenging time to work in QA and localisation. As well as the triple-A developers and publishers wrestling with the new tech found within the PS4 and Xbox One, there’s a slew of mobile and indie developers coming to market almost every week. And although these studios might know …
Read More »For Creed and country – Ubisoft’s effort to restore Assassin’s Creed’s reputation with Syndicate
It’s not a populist thing to say, but I quite liked Assassin’s Creed Unity. The game’s 18th-century French setting was beautiful, and there were some truly epic set pieces that were a joy to play. Unfortunately for Ubisoft, not everyone agreed. The launch of Unity was plagued by technical issues …
Read More »Spotify rules out games as it goes beyond music
Music giant Spotify is launching video and podcasts on its service, but not video games. The streaming behemoth announced it would be adding podcasts, curated radio shows, plus news and entertainment video clips from the likes of BBC, Comedy Central, Maker Studios and ESPN at a press conference in New …
Read More »‘Publishers are still not doing enough to end buggy games’
Major games publishers have not learnt their lesson from the slew of broken games released at the end of last year. That’s according to QA and localisation experts who say that most games firms have not changed their approach to bug testing. Titles such as Assassin’s Creed Unity, DriveClub, Halo: …
Read More »New-look NCSoft West eyes rapid American and European growth
NCSoft is ‘accelerating’ its Western expansion with an aim of becoming one of the biggest games businesses in Europe and the US – just like it is in South Korea. Speaking exclusively to MCV, NCSoft West’s SVP of publishing and business services John Burns said that the firm has finalised …
Read More »Unreal Diaries: The future is Unreal
Epic Games offers a glimpse at the first recipients of its $5m Unreal Dev Grants
Read More »Opinion: Where next for the digital chart?
In March, we combined digital sales with physical to put together an alternative UK chart, and the reaction was incredible. Popular consumer site Kotaku decided it wouldn’t run chart stories until digital sales were included, and almost every publisher (including Take-Two’s CEO) expressed an interest in sharing their numbers. The …
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