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Read More »Ouya hits retail amidst backer unrest as units fail to arrive
Much-hyped Android console Ouya hits retail today, yet many backers of the device are yet to receive their machine. I am pissed,” Ouya boss Julie Uhrman stated. Some of you have not yet received your OUYA – and, to you, I apologise. I did not promise to ship to *most* …
Read More »Star Citizen becomes the most successful crowdfunding project ever
Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts’ in-development space sim has claimed a world record. Space trading and combat sim Star Citizen has now raised over $10.6m dollars via crowdfunding, becoming the most successful ever project created via the model. Of this $2.134m was raised on Kickstarter and the rest on Roberts’ …
Read More »The Sony Interview: Play to Win
Sony’s stinging attack on the Xbox One business model at E3 saw the PlayStation firm take pole position in the next generation console race. Here, SCEE CEO Jim Ryan tells MCV why it hasn’t won yet… What’s the aim for PS4 2m consoles sold by Christmas? (Laughs). I think right …
Read More »Star Citizen soars past $10m in crowdfunding
MMO smashes records as it hits new milestone
Read More »Nvidia reveals £209 GTX 760
The newest entry in Nvidia’s GTX 700 series has been revealed – the GTX 760. Priced at just 209, the GTX 760 is available now from partners such as ASUS, EVGA, Gainward, KFA2, Gigabyte, Inno3D, MSI, Palit, PNY, Point of View and Zotac. It’s powered by Nvidia’s Kepler architecture and …
Read More »Respawn explains why the Xbox Cloud will make video games better
Microsoft’s considerable investment in cloud computing will power a new breed of console games. That’s not the message coming from Microsoft itself but instead the thoughts of Respawn Entertainment, the team behind Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC outing Titanfall. They built this powerful system to let us create all …
Read More »Rob Dyer leaves Zynga
Zynga’s vice president of partner publishing Rob Dyer has left the troubled casual gaming firm. The former third party boss joined Zynga from Sony Computer Entertainment America where he was senior vice president of public relations. He has previously served as president of both Eidos and Crystal Dynamics. The official …
Read More »How Grand Theft Auto 5 is reinventing one of gaming’s biggest franchises
A few weeks ago, I had the rare opportunity to experience Grand Theft Auto 5 – quite easily the biggest game release of the year – in action. The demo lasted about 40 minutes and included a lot of what we’ve loved and come to expect from GTA games, but …
Read More »Wargaming prepared to "tolerate" Xbox Live restrictions
Free-to-play specialist Wargaming is delighted to be moving to Xbox – although it’s having to bite its tongue in the process. Wargaming’s CEO Victor Kislyi has confessed that he’s uneasy about certain elements of Microsoft’s ecosystem but says that he’ll just have to tolerate” it. "With Microsoft, unfortunately it’s not …
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