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The 2014 Worst Company in America tournament is under way and EA is once again in the running. Were it to ‘triumph’ it would be the third year in succession that the FIFA and Battlefield publisher has claimed the title. Its rivals include Time Warner Cable, Facebook, Yahoo, Comcast, SallieMae, …
Read More »Roadhouse Interactive opens publishing division
GDC 2014: New publishing division will be run by its newly acquired studio Chunky Pig
Read More »Infamous: Second Son lead designer leaves Sucker Punch
Jaime Griesemer confirms departure
Read More »Chromecast arrives in the UK
UK shoppers can from today officially get their hands on the Google Chromecast. It works by plugging into the HDMI slot in your HD TV and streaming video content from either a PC running Chrome or an Android or iOS device. It doesn’t ship with a remote and is instead …
Read More »Sony reveals its virtual reality Project Morpheus headset
Virtual reality is coming to PS4. Sony at GDC overnight revealed its much-rumoured virtual reality headset, which for the time being is codenamed Project Morpheus. The unit, which works with PS4, displays in 1080p, has a 90-degree field of view and boasts full 360 degree head tracking. It uses the …
Read More »From Software responds to Dark Souls II graphics downgrade concerns
The developer of Dark Souls has at last responded to concerns about the visuals offered by the game’s retail release. Consumers last week launched a campaign aimed at both developer From Software and publisher Namco Bandai, alleging that the graphics on offer in the shipped retail version of the game …
Read More »CD Projekt Red mobile title planned for this year – report
The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red is working on a multiplatform mobile title to launch later this year, according to a new report. Eurogamer points to an internal report by the Polish studio, which reveals it is working with an external partner” on the unannouned game. "It’s a multiplatform mobile …
Read More »Former Tomb Raider, Call of Duty devs form indie studio Tangentlemen
Tomb Raider creator Toby Gard has banded an impressive team of industry veterans together to form new indie studio, Tangentlemen. The studio’s website states Gard and Cory Davis, known for his work at TimeGate Studios and Monolith, have taken on the roles of co-creative directors. General manager and head of …
Read More »Codemasters and Namco Bandai extend distribution deal
Namco Bandai will continue distributing Codemasters games throughout 2014. The deal, which is an extension of the existing agreement, covers only Codemasters titles for 2014 released both physically and digitally in Europe, North America and South America. The sale of titles on Steam and certain other digital retailers is not …
Read More »Official: Xbox One India launch in September
The Xbox One will go on sale in India, Microsoft has announced. The console will also launch in 25 other countries the same month, including the Middle East amd the South East Asia and Japan regions, as well as countries in Europe and Latin America where the console didn’t launch …
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