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The number of studios working on triple-A games is at its lowest point for over a decade, EA’s chief creative director Richard Hilleman has claimed. What is true today is that there are fewer triple-A games being built than at the same point in the previous generation,” he says in …
Read More »Indian gamers react to EA PC price hike with #EAPCIndia campaign
Indian PC gamers have taken to Facebook and Twitter to air their discontent at the rising prices of EA’s PC games. Using the #EAPCIndia hashtag, designed to give Indian gamers a single platform to make themselves heard on the issue, gamers continue to share their opinions on the matter. While …
Read More »Check out the ultimate guide to games retail in the latest MCV
This week’s issue of MCV features a full run-down of the UK games retail landscape, including the names of all the buyers working at the biggest chains. We also speak to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on Hollywood movies, TV shows and and next generation consoles. There’s a whole lot more, …
Read More »Mattrick "lives like a Saudi prince and takes a private jet to work"
Man of the moment Don Mattrick has been described as a division head who lives like a Saudi prince”. A profile of the exec on Fast Company claims that he takes a private jet to work, name-drops celebrity friends and lives in the largest house in British Colombia valued at …
Read More »Price: Xbox One ditching restrictive dev policies
Studios will be closer to consumers and able to make regular updates, says Insomniac head
Read More »EA "back to square one" in CEO search after Mattrick’s Zynga switch
Michael Pachter has claimed that recently departed Xbox boss Don Mattrick was the No.1 choice for the vacant CEO role at EA. Mattrick’s decision to join Zynga, then, has left EA in what can technically be described as a pickle”. "Now that Mr. Mattrick has taken the job at Zynga, …
Read More »UPDATED: Xbox One headset rumours dismissed
UPDATE 2:The source, who has requested to remain anonymous, has now retracted their statement to a simple "no comment". So we’re none the wiser, if we’re being honest. Lots of other sites have had it suggested to them that the headset rumour isn’t true, however. UPDATE 1:It has been confirmed …
Read More »Bushnell: Microsoft "screwed up" Xbox One launch, thinks trade-ins are good for industry
One of the founding members of the games industry has blasted Microsoft for its handling of the Xbox One reveal. They totally screwed it up,” Atari founder Nolan Bushnell told VG247. When I heard some of the announcements and the analysis of it, I’m shaking my head and saying, ‘What …
Read More »Kinect 2.0 to drive targeted, integrated Xbox One advertising platform
Advertising has been a central element in the design process behind not only the Xbox One but also the Kinect 2.0 camera, Microsoft has said. That’s according to StickTwiddlers which travelled to Microsoft’s London office earlier this week to meet with Xbox Live’s advertising team. Although none of the employees …
Read More »How would you describe the average British gamer?
Gamers? Ha! A bunch of overweight, spotty boys cooped up in their rooms because they’re too socially awkward to step outside, right? Wrong. So very, very wrong. CVG has word of a new survey from gaming social network Pixwoo that finds that the average British gamer is as follows: They’re …
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