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Germany will win the 2014 World Cup, if EA’s licensed PS3 and Xbox 360 World Cup game is anything to go by. EA simulated the entire tournament in 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, which saw the Germans topple hosts Brazil 2-1 in extra time in the final. Even more astonishingly, …
Read More »Don’t miss out – Games 5s nearly all booked up
Hurry up if you want to take part in the June 24th MCV Games 5s event – there’s just a few spaces left. Book now, by contacting Jess.Farnan@intentmedia.co.uk or call her on 01992 535 646 to join teams including GAME, Koch Media, Bandai Namco, Sega, Creative Assembly, 2K and many …
Read More »Ubisoft and Nvidia confirm Assassin’s Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, The Division and The Crew tie-up
Four of the biggest games heading to PC may well perform better on Nvidia hardware than on AMD. Ubisoft and Nvidia have extended their strategic partnership” that sees the latter’s GameWorks Team work closely with Ubisoft’s developers to maximise the use of GeForce-focused graphics tech such as TXAA antialiasing, HBAO+ …
Read More »VIDEO: Dark Souls II to receive Lost Crowns Trilogy DLC and season pass
Bandai Namco has announced a trio of DLCs for Dark Souls II called The Lost Crowns Trilogy. The content will be released for all three platforms – PS3, Xbox 360 and PC – and offers entirely original areas” with new bosses and loot. Crown of the Sunken King will be …
Read More »Devs get 10% Xbox One GPU boost following Kinect’s disconnect
The latest Xbox One development kits afford programmers in the region of ten per cent additional processing power. That’s because Microsoft’s decision to make Kinect an optional Xbox One peripheral has freed up processing time formerly required to be left aside for system operations associated wit the camera. The additional …
Read More »New mobile game gives money to industry charities
Red Kite Games is launching a free game called Firefly Runner tomorrow (June 5th) for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire. While it will be free, the game is ad-supported. One in-app purchase of 69p will turn the ads off. 15 per cent of money made from the mobile title will …
Read More »First Vine TV app heading to Xbox One
Xbox One users will soon be able to upload video clips to Vine. It’s the first time the short-form video service has been adapted for a TV platform. The console’s Vine app will be able to both upload clips (via the Upload Studio) and view other Vine videos. In total …
Read More »Nintendo begins Mario Kart 8 YouTube video claims
YouTubers who have uploaded footage of Mario Kart 8 are are seeing their videos flagged up by Google. The claims are for user gameplay footage, GoNintendo reports. Video uploaded via Mario Kart TV is automatically part of Nintendo’s video advertising program. This suggests Nintendo has made a claim on the …
Read More »Defiance goes free-to-play
Trion Worlds MMO Defiance has made the inevitable free-to-play move on PC. The studio has made the move ahead of the premire of the associated TV series’ second series on SyFy in July. Trion says that it intends for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game to go …
Read More »Exec overhaul complete as more bosses leave Zynga
Zynga’s senior VP of mobile Travis Boatman, head of acquisitions Terence Fung and studio president Steve Chiang have all left the company. As reported byVenturebeat, the departures mark a complete shake-up of the management team since theappointment of Don Mattrick as CEOnearly a year ago. Fung has now joined mobile …
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