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The UK family games site has launched a new tool to help parents find the games most suitable for their children. Dubbed The Game Finder, the new feature allows parents to submit a variety of criteria such as their child’s age, choice of console and level of questionable content. The …
Read More »Reggie on fan pressure: 100,000 signatures doesn’t mean 100,000 sales
Nintendo has said that online petitions and fan outcries don’t play a part in shaping its overall strategy. When asked about the likes of Operation Rainfall – a pressure group that is trying to get Nintendo to localise a handful of Japanese-only Wii games – Nintendo of America president Reggie …
Read More »DICE puts expansion development on hold until Battlefield 4 is fixed
Development of DLC for Battlefield 4 has been stopped so the entire studio can focus on fixing the game’s problems. The issues that arose from the recently released China Rising expansion are just the latest in a long line of problems for the game, and now EA says that all …
Read More »Playnery grabs $2.8m Series B funding
Korean dev's in-house engine wows investors
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV ‘Freedom Cry’ DLC lands this month
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will receive its first major DLC add-on, ‘Freedom Cry,’ later this month. An ad from Game Informer’s January issue (via Video Gamer) reveals the content will arrive on December 17th for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 3. The ad fails to mention …
Read More »Nintendo 2DS Pokemon X&Y bundles arrive this week
Nintendo has revealed a pair of 2DS hardware bundles featuring Pokemon X and Pokemon Y for a select US retail release later this week. Target will begin carrying one of the bundles on December 6th, and Toys R Us will offer the other starting on the same day. The Target …
Read More »Take-Two not convinced by triple-A free-to-play
The CEO of Take-Two has expressed scepticism about the potential of publishers to make significant money from triple-A free-to-play games. "I’m not psyched about a business where three per cent of your customers pay you, which is what you’re dealing with," Strauss Zelnick said at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference, …
Read More »EA’s next-gen launch games "were better quality" than on PS3/Xbox 360
The simplified architecture of PS4 and Xbox One allowed EA to reach a higher quality benchmark with its launch titles than it managed last time out. That’s according to EA CEO Andrew Wilson who made the statement at the Credit Suisse 2013 Annual Technology Conference, Videogamer reports. "One of the …
Read More »It seems that it’s time for another Ouya controversy
An active online Ouya community appears to be on the brink of thrusting the Android console into a brand new controversy. The creator of Ouyaforum.com has urged users of his site to embark on a Twitter campaign targeting developers and urging them to bring their games to the console. ‘The …
Read More »Vlambeer, Double Fine, Half-Brick and Crytek sign up to ID@Xbox indie initiative
The director of the ID@Xbox initiative has outlined the extensive number of partnerships Microsoft has forged with indie devs for the Xbox One. Xbox One dev kits have now been shipped to over 50 studios and confirmed partners include Vlambeer, Double Eleven, Slightly Mad Studios, Team 17, Double Fine, Half-Brick, …
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