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Publisher EA has said it wants to mimic the successful reinvention of the Batman video games franchise with its fresh take on the Star Wars universe. "The most important thing for me is that we take the Star Wars license and come up with games where peoples’ jaws drop," EA’s …
Read More »Vita version of FIFA 14 is re-skinned version of last year’s release
FIFA 14 on Vita will not feature any of the gameplay improvements found in many of the game’s other versions. "There will be a Vita version, and it’ll be the same great gameplay," EA Sports’ David Rutter told Eurogamer. "It’s the same great gameplay and new kits." Although it has …
Read More »Sony looking for right time to "re-announce" The Last Guardian
Patience, Team Ico fans – Sony hasn’t yet abandoned plans to release much-delayed PS3 title The Last Guardian. In fact, SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has told CVG that the platform holder is waiting for the right time to re-announce” the game, presumably as a PS4 title. "Yeah we …
Read More »VIDEO: New Dead Rising 3 gameplay trailer ramps up the mayhem
Capcom’s Dead Rising 3 is clearly on a mission – to take the series to levels of chaos never seen before. This new trailer released for Gamescom shows not only the huge number of zombies thrust at a player at any one time, but also the creative ways in which …
Read More »Mad Catz reveals wireless Xbox One racing wheel
Those eying up a launch day Xbox One purchase with Forza 5 now a very tempting additional option. Kotaku reports that Mad Catz has revealed the console’s first wireless racing wheel. It boasts force feedback, adjustable foot pedals (that can have their resistance, height and spacing tweaked) and is lined …
Read More »Harrison: Consoles still generate majority of money in games
'We see games with multi-millions of unit sales going on for a very long time'
Read More »Bethesda defends Elder Scrolls Online subscriptions
The announcement may have met a mixed reaction, but Bethesda is confident consumers will deem its upcoming MMOto be worth the monthly fee. The publisher announced this week that The Elder Scrolls Online will require monthly subscriptions, something that is becoming less common and frowned upon by some consumers, given …
Read More »End of boxed Command & Conquer games
Iconic PC franchise could abandon boxed releases to focus on free-to-play. Discussing this year’s entry in the Command & Conquer series, Developer Victory Games stated it would favour the free-to-play business model over boxed releases for the franchise moving forward. "I think maybe the days of a boxed Command & …
Read More »Minecraft also heading to PS3 and Vita
Looks like Microsoft’s exclusivity over the indie phenomenon is well and truly over with Minecraft heading to two more PlayStation platforms. During Sony’s Gamescom press conference earlier this week, the platform holder announced Minecraft would be a launch title on PlayStation 4. And PlayStation representative Adam Boyes has since confirmed …
Read More »Xbox One U-turns all part of Microsoft’s "two-way conversation" with gamers
The changes to Xbox One’s policies and features aren’t a sign of weakness – they show the "strength" of Microsoft’s interaction with consumers. That’s according to Microsoft Studios chief Phil Spencer, who stressed that the string of Xbox One U-turns have been nothing more than a reaction to gamer feedback. …
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