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Gran turismo 5 was famously dogged by delays, but the newly announced GT6 shouldn’t suffer the same fate, says Sony. The firm is confident Gran Turismo 6 will arrive on time this Christmas. There is no reason to think the proposed release window for GT6 will not be achieved,” product …
Read More »Blizzard ‘resets’ next-gen MMO Titan, cuts team size by 70 per cent
The next-gen MMO from the makers of World of Warcraft is now unlikely to arrive until 2016 at the earliest”. That’s according to VentureBeat which has word that Blizzard has decided to push the reset button” on the game known as Titan. It has also cut its development stream from …
Read More »Second listing for Mirror’s Edge 2 on Xbox One spotted
EA could be set for a hugely fan-pleasing reveal at E3 next month – Mirror’s Edge 2. After an Amazon Germany listing for the game was spotted last week, OXM has now noticed a similar listing on the Italian arm of Amazon. Both listings have now been removed. Interestingly, the …
Read More »UK Xbox One pre-orders ahead of PS4, although PS4 enjoys post Xbox spike
MCV has received word from retail sources that pre-orders for the Xbox One are tracking ahead of PS4 in many UK stores. In fact, one told us that in the 24 hours after Xbox One’s reveal last week the total number of pre-orders it received for Microsoft’s machine outstripped the …
Read More »Indie developer program planned for Xbox One
Microsoft IS planning on courting indie games developers to produce titles for the Xbox One. It was reported last week that indie devs would need to seek the services of a publisher if they wished to get their games on Xbox One. But in seemingly another PR U-turn the platform …
Read More »Microsoft: "We are definitely listening. We will get it right"
Thanks to everyone for your comments and feedback, we are definitely listening.” That’s the message from Microsoft’s chief of staff for interactive entertainment business Aaron Greenberg, who has taken to Twitter to assure fans that the Xbox One has not forgotten gamers. [The] mood is positive, [it’s] good to be …
Read More »Mark Rein "calls bullshit" on EA’s PC vs next-gen consoles claim
Epic boss Mark Rein has shouted down recent comments from EA regarding the technological merit of next-gen consoles. Last week EA’s executive VP and CTO Rajat Taneja stated that: Both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have adopted electronics and an integrated systems-on-a-chip architecture that unleashes magnitudes more compute and …
Read More »ESA annual report highlights anti-piracy focus
The Entertainment Software Association served 3.4m takedown notices for copyright infringement in 2012, according to a recently released annual report from the organization. The report states that anti-piracy efforts last year assisted in removing nearly 100k Google links containing infringed game files, adding that the average duration of time it …
Read More »Gennaro Castaldo leaves HMV for BPI
He has outlasted almost everyone in the games industry, but HMV is sadly saying goodbye to PR mastermind Gennaro Castaldo. Anyone working across the UK entertainment industries for any amount of time will have encountered Castaldo at some point throughout his 28 years – yes, 28 years – heading up …
Read More »Humble Bundle 8 off to hot start
The Humble Bundle 8 launched just 12 hours ago and already has its sights on the $1m sales mark. The latest effort for the semi-annual indie game promotion has (at time of writing) sold over 163k units, bringing in $930k thus far. The bundle offers five titles – Dear Esther, …
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