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Ready for another trailer? Good. Hot on the heels of the Battlefield 4 TV ad, now Activision has released a gameplay trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts. It may appear much like EA’s trailer on the surface – listen out for the Eminem track so you can remember which video …
Read More »VIDEO: This is the Battlefield 4 TV ad
EA has gone live with its big TV ad for upcoming shooter Battlefield 4. It fuses gameplay footage with a narrator and is suitably loud and explosive. Yesterday MCV posted a load of short TV ads for Battlefield 4’s big rival Call of Duty: Ghosts – in fact, there’s another …
Read More »NFS Rivals slips past Wii U and Vita thanks to poor sales
Previous release doesn't justify work of port, says Criterion creative director
Read More »Sweeney and Carmack chime in on Steam Machines
Valve's long game could lead consoles to a more 'enlightened path'
Read More »EA reveals "high performance" Battlefield mobile game in the works
EA’s Frank Gibeau has announced the company is working on a ‘high-end’Battlefield mobile game. In an interview with the New York Times, Gibeau revealed that EA is already developing a mobile title that aims to operate with franchise games (such as Battlefield 4) on other systems – similar to Battlefield …
Read More »TinyCo scores major talent Will Luton
Former Mobile Pie creative director, author, and Develop columnist joins American mobile company
Read More »Nintendo confirms cross-platform play for third-party titles
Nintendo has confirmed Wii U and 3DS titles will be able to offer cross-play support with other consoles, handhelds and mobile devices. Speaking with VG247, a Nintendo representative backed indie studio Ripstone’s recent claim that the company had given the feature the go-ahead for its title Pure Chess. We can …
Read More »Sony: Brazil’s $1800 PS4 not good for our consumers or our brand
Sony has responded to the inevitably poor consumer reaction to its recent announcement that the PlayStation 4 will cost the equivalent of nearly $2k when it launches in Brazil. Polygon reports on a translated PlayStation Brazil blog posted by Sony Latin America general manager Mark Stanley, who details why the …
Read More »Xbox One headset adapter delayed until 2014
Turtle Beach has claimed that Microsoft has delayed its Xbox One headset adapter peripheral until 2014. The result is that the headphones specialist isn’t able to release its XO Four and XO Seven headsets until Q1 2014. "Microsoft has informed its partners in the Xbox One console launch that the …
Read More »Ubisoft is planning a digital revolution
Ubisoft’s recent Digital Days event showed the publisher has its sights firmly set on digital, but not in all the ways you might expect. When EMEA executive director Alain Corre took to the stage to open the show, he set high ambitions for the company’s digital growth, outting a goal …
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