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Microsoft has announced the creation of a European publishing team, which will be led by Lionhead Studio’s boss John Needham. "What we’re trying to do with this team – it’s a first party publishing group – is across Europe find triple-A quality games that we can publish," Needham told GamesInudstry …
Read More »OPINION: A Nintendo tablet? Is it now only a matter of when, not if?
Nintendo has an annoying habit of defying what many people expect them to do. After conditioning the games press into expecting precise and targeted Nintendo Direct messaging, yesterday’s 2DS announcement was a bit of a ham-fisted mess. While lots of people will peer at the peculiar 2DS and wonder what …
Read More »Free-to-play shooter Warface coming to Xbox 360
Xbox 360 is getting another free-to-play war title – Crytek’s Warface. The Korean developed title offers your typical FPS multiplayer fair and is due to arrive on Microsoft machine some time in 2014. Wargaming’s free-to-play World of Tanks is due for release on Xbox 360 some time later this year. …
Read More »Now LEGO moves into toy-to-game market
The UK’s bestselling toy line is planning to turn up the heat on Skylanders and Disney Infinity. LEGO’s popular pocket money line of Collectible Minifigures is to spawn its own game, with the toy line integrated into the title. When LEGO Minifigures Online goes live next summer, it will be …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One FIFA 14 has 10x the animations of current gen game
EA has outlined some of the reasons why gamers may want to either hold out for next-gen FIFA 14 or buy the game a second time when PS4 and Xbox One are released. "There were two things we did straight away," FIFA franchise boss David Rutter told Eurogamer when asked …
Read More »Zelda Wind Waker HD to release two weeks early via digital
Nintendo clearly wants consumers to buy a digital version of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD. Having just confirmed an October 4th release date for the Wii U title in the US – which is the same as Europe, incidentally – Nintendo has now revealed that the game will …
Read More »Uwe Boll takes to Kickstarter to fund Postal 2 – includes incredible video
You have to pay it because no-one else will pay it. You have to give me money that we do Postal 2.” That’s how director Uwe Boll is pitching his attempt to crowdfund $500,000 to make a Postal 2 movie. His pitch video can be seen below, although here’s a …
Read More »2DS’ twin screens are actually a single screen
Nintendo twin-screen 2DS isn’t quite what it appears. USGamer reports that the new hardware actually houses a single, large touchscreen which is separated into two and, in the case of the lower portion, reduced in size by nothing other than the handheld’s plastic casing. This means that it is only …
Read More »PES 2014: Konami explains lack of rain effect, Spanish stadiums, stadium editor
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 won’t feature the rain effect or any Spanish stadiums, both for very different reasons. The omission of rain, as European community manager Adam Bhatti puts it, was down to the game being rebuilt from scratch, and the team therefore not having the time to include the …
Read More »GameStop announces FIFA 14 £5.97 trade-in deal
With a little less than a month to go before its release, the battle to win FIFA 14 mindshare appears to have begun. GameStop.co.uk has revealed a similar trade-in scheme to that it is running for Grand Theft Auto V. Punters who lay down 39.97 on a copy of FIFA …
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