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The creative director of Ubisoft’s upcoming Watch Dogs reckons the Wii U version will be graphically superior to its current-gen counterparts. "I would say the Wii U version is pretty much in between what the current gen is and what the next gen is from a version standpoint," Jonathan Morin …
Read More »Intel: "Somebody paid a lot of money" to keep Grand Theft Auto V off PC
Everyone and their dog seems to think that GTA V is heading to PC, but theories as to why it’s not yet happened are pretty varied. Perhaps the most colourful has come from Intel notebook marketing director Chris Silva who made the following forum-worthy claim to PC Gamer. Somebody paid …
Read More »Simogo’s Magnus Gardebäck to speak at NGDC 2013
Magnus "Gordon" Gardebck, co-founder of Swedish indie studio Simogo, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developers Conference, the trade body has announced. Simogo is the studio behind successful mobile titles such as the atmospheric and contemplative Year Walk, and rhythmn-stealth mash-up Beat Sneak Bandit. Later this year, the studio …
Read More »Square Enix to launch crowdfunding initiative
Publisher offers devs a community driven vetting process before launching a campaign
Read More »Gamevil picks up another mobile studio
Korean mobile publisher acquires Nine Wheels just days after taking control of Com2uS
Read More »IGN India: Ziff Davis partners with Times Internet for Indian edition
Times Internet has partnered with Ziff Davis to launch IGN India, a localised edition of the popular games media brand. Times will also launch a localised edition of men’s lifestyle portal AskMen, also a Ziff Davis property. The US editions of IGN and AskMen already enjoy strong readership in India, …
Read More »Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us launches this week on PC, Xbox 360
The Walking Dead developer has announced release info for its next episodic effort, The Wolf Among Us. The first of five episodes will launch on October 11th for PC/Mac and Xbox 360 for $4.99 individually, or as part of the game’s season pass. Telltale tells IGN that the PSN release …
Read More »Report: Composer claims Far Cry 4 is in development
Far Cry 4 is already in development, at least according to the game’s supposed composer. VG247 reports on a since-edited Lost in the Multiplex interview, in which television and film composer Cliff Martinez states he is working on a video game called Far Cry 4.” Martinez’s video game track record …
Read More »CCP hires Battlefield Heroes executive producer Gaudechon
Dust 514 developer CCP Games has hired EA’s former free-to-play specialist, Jean-Charles Gaudechon. Games Industry reports Gaudechon will assume an executive producer role for the microtransaction-driven FPS. He joins CCP Shanghai, and will report to senior VP of product development Sean Decker –another former EA free-to-play executive. Gaudechon previously served …
Read More »MadCatz prices its Mojo Android console at £219.99
Mojo, the upcoming Android console form peripherals specialist MadCatz, has been given an eye-watering 219.99 RRP. That doesn’t compare favourably with the higher-profile Ouya, which can currently be had for just 99.99. MadCatz is trying to differentiate its device by allowing it to run vanilla Android, meaning players will be …
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