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Titanfall. That’s the name of the game being secretly developed by Respawn Entertainment. Respawn, lest you forget, was started by Jason West and Vince Zampella after the Infinity Ward founders were booted from their studio by now-owners Activision. One of their first acts after establishing Respawn was announcing an exclusivity …
Read More »Diablo III arriving on PS3 AND Xbox 360 on September 3rd
Blizzard’s console port of its hit PC dungeon crawler Diablo III has finally been dated. The game will be released on PS3 on September 3rd. The surprise move is that it will also hit Xbox 360 on the same day. Diablo III was released on PC in May 2012 and …
Read More »SOE MMO duo Planetside 2 and DC Universe Online heading to PS4
Two of Sony Online Entertainment’s MMO titles have been confirmed for PS4. Licensed superhero outing and existing PS3 titles DC Universe Online as well as the until-now PC only multiplayer shooter Planetside 2 are both scheduled for a release on Sony’s new machine. The MMO genre was once touted as …
Read More »Jagex appoints Riaan Hodgson as COO
Exec to oversee strategy, business development, operations and commercial delivery
Read More »The quiet success of Ubisoft’s Rocksmith
The music genre is dead, right? Erm, no, perhaps not. Ubisoft has confirmed that music title Rocksmith has sold a very impressive 1.4m units worldwide since its release in October 2011. There have also been 3m track downloads from the game’s digital store. The publisher is also quoting a study …
Read More »Amazon opens indie games storefront
US site spotlights indie developers
Read More »Forza 5 runs at 1080p and 60fps, but devs not committed to full HD minimum on Xbox One
Games for the Xbox One will not be required to run at a resolution of 1080p or at 60 frames per second. However, that doesn’t mean that they won’t. Indeed, launch first party title Forza 5 WILL run at top spec "I believe we’re uniquely positioned to deliver on that …
Read More »Ubisoft: Don’t write off Wii U yet
Despite mixed support from third parties, Ubisoft still believes Wii U can find a place in the market. Nintendo is not holding an E3 press conference but will unveil a raft of new games on the showfloor. It will only take one to ‘rescue’ the console, according to EMEA exec …
Read More »MCV’s E3 Conference Schedule
E3 is back and MCV will be there to cover first hand every major announcement from LA. From June 11th to 13th, we’ll be nestling down in the office to give around the clock coverage of all the big-name press conferences and reveals. To be sure not to miss anything, …
Read More »GAME beats Steam in MCV’s digital store survey
Think Steam is the be all and end all of download games? Think again. In a new study by MCV, UK High Street chain GAME outperformed Valve’s market leading store, commended for its convenience, ease of use and customer service. We conducted a special digital edition of our Mystery Shopper …
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