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The PC version of Ubisoft’s upcoming South Park: The Stick of Truth won’t integrate the publisher’s uPlay service. uPlay will not be featured in South Park: Stick of Truth,” developer Obsidian confirmed on Twitter, adding: That’s pretty exceptional for a game published by Ubisoft.” The studio also confirmed that it’s …
Read More »Why John Carmack left id for Oculus VR
Co-founder of id jumped ship when Zenimax turned down virtual reality pitch
Read More »Elop to return to Microsoft to head up devices and Xbox team – report
Satya Nadella’s appointment as new Microsoft CEO does not mean former favourite Stephen Elop won’t be returning to Microsoft. Indeed, The Verge reports that Elop WILL shortly return to Microsoft to lead an expanded devices team focused on Surface, Windows Phones, and Xbox”. Meanwhile, current Microsoft Studios corporate VP Phil …
Read More »Sega says 2015 Sonic game won’t be multi-platform
Sega has shot down rumours that its next Nintendo-exclusive Sonic title will go multi-format. The publisher’s community manager Kellie Parker took to the Sega forums and said thatthe information from Nuremburg Toy Fair – which stated that 2015’s Sonic game would be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii …
Read More »MGS V Ground Zeroes ‘looks slightly better’ on PS4 than Xbox One, is under two hours long
Hideo Kojima has confessed than one next-gen version of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes looks better than the other. In an article in GameInformer, as reported by VideoGamer, it states that "Kojima notes that MGS V looks slightly better on the PS4 compared to the Xbox One, something we …
Read More »Amazon launches "the largest video games store in India"
Amazon.in has officially launched what it calls India’s largest video games store. As we’d reported earlier, the retailer had a soft launch of its games section in December that only included consoles and peripherals, but now also includes games across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC platforms. Also, the video games …
Read More »Carmack departed id following failed VR proposal
John Carmack ultimately left id Software because Zenimax wouldn’t approve of a proposed VR deal with Oculus Rift, the industry veteran has revealed. Speaking with USA Today, Carmack admitted he’d still be with id today in some capacity – if the studio’s parent company Zenimax would have approved of his …
Read More »PC games market continues to show growth in 2013
Global PC gamer spending increased year-over-year in 2013, in spite of a comparative lack of major new releases. Games Industry reports on the findings of research group DFC Intelligence, which states the PC portion of the market continues to grow in the midst of a seemingly dry release schedule. Core …
Read More »Murdered: Souls Suspect confirmed for Xbox One and PS4
Square Enix has said that supernatural thriller Murdered: Soul Suspect will be released on both Xbox One and PS4 alongside current-gen (last-gen?) machines. The game, developed by Quantum Conundrum developer Airtight Games, was recently confirmed by Microsoft for Xbox One but is now nailed on for a release on Sony’s …
Read More »World of Tanks storms Xbox 360 next week
Wargaming has finally nailed down a release date for free-to-play title War of Tanks on Xbox 360. The game will be made available for download on Xbox Live on Wednesday February 12th. Note however that unlike F2P titles such as DC Universe Online on PS4, those wishing to play will …
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