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What happens at E3 and what happens afterwards are two completely different things. No, we’re not talking about your marital loyalties after a trip to the Saddle Ranch – it’s the announcements made during The Big Three’s press conferences, plus the news that emerges from the show floor, that can …
Read More »Ubisoft Quebec appoints new development director
Francois Pelland to oversee work on 'ambitious' triple-A projects
Read More »Top Five Longest-Running UK Indies: Chips
We celebrated the new, now it’s time to highlight the stores that have been through it all – and survived. In the final entry of MCV’s Indie Retail Month in association with Gem, the spotlight is on five of the UK’s most established independents. Our first indie in the category …
Read More »Halo: Spartan Assault takes franchise to mobile
Top-down shooter coming to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
Read More »GRAN DESIGNS: A close look at the Gran Turismo franchise
Given how long gamers were waiting for Gran Turismo 5, many will have no doubt been suprised to learn that a sixth entry is due on shelves by the end of the year. Sony made the surprise announcement during a special event at the UK’s famous Silverstone Circuit earlier this …
Read More »PES 2014 skipping PS4, Xbox One, Vita and 3DS
Konami’s latest football release won’t be released on next-gen consoles this time around. PES 2014 was announced just minutes ago but the publisher’s European PES community manager Adam Bhatti has already taken to Twitter to confirm that the game will definitely be Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP only this year. …
Read More »Ubisoft anxious about Watch Dogs E3 showing
It stole the show at last year’s E3 conference, but Watch Dogs developers Ubisoft Montreal are still nervous about the game’s showing next week. Unveiled at E3 2012, Watch Dogs sent Twitter into meltdown during its ten-minute on-stage demonstration. And it’s since cropped at Sony’s PS4 announcement in February. We …
Read More »Microsoft unveils Halo: Spartan Assault for Windows 8 platforms
A new Halo game will launch in July for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has announced. Halo: Spartan Assault is a top-down action shooter developed by Halo 4 creators 343 Industries (with help from Vanguard Games). The game will work on Windows 8 touch devices and is set …
Read More »Disney announces Kinect title Fantasia: Music Evolved from Harmonix
Harmonix is working on an Xbox 360 and Xbox One title called Fantasia: Music Evolved. The game, due out in 2014, transports players to a breathtaking world where music and magic combine to transform extraordinary interactive landscapes in entirely new and creative ways” according to the press release. It is …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One pre-owned Twitter campaigns prepare second assault
You can be certain of one thing – Xbox and Sony execs won’t be able to hide from the pre-owned question at E3 next week. Having already successfully elevated the question to the forefront of the games industry last week, the NeoGaf-based organisers behind the #PS4NoDRM are planning a second …
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