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But isn’t free-to-play supposed to mean the death of retail? As recently as a year ago that’s what we were being told. But GAME’s announcement of a new free-to-play platform is further evidence that retail might just find a role to play in this brave new world of digital gaming. …
Read More »Iwata outlines Nintendo’s battle plan
Saturo Iwata has admitted that Nintendo has failed to create sufficient momentum for both 3DS and Wii U. However, the resolute exec insists that 2013 will deliver better things for both machines. In the US and in Europe we were unable to create sufficient momentum of the Nintendo 3DS system …
Read More »Skillset: Next-gen will be about social, not graphics
And networked environment to be even more central to games courses
Read More »Capcom: "Good" devs didn’t want Lost Planet 3… so we gave it to Spark
Developer Spark Unlimited has come in for criticism from the publisher that employed it to make Lost Planet 3. Spark was named as the game’s developer a year ago – a surprise to many seeing as two of its recent titles, Legendary: The Box and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, …
Read More »MP criticises lack of female representation in UK games development
Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central Chi Onwurah has asked Parliament to address the lack of females employed in UK games development. The call to action was made last night in a discussion about low-level female employment in the tech sector ahead of today’s International Girls in ICT Day. …
Read More »Report: EA Partners to close
Unreleased titles such as Insomniac's Fuse will not be affected by closure, claim multiple sources
Read More »Next-gen and games education
Develop speaks to experts about what the new era of consoles will mean for education
Read More »THQ netted $6.55m from final IP sale
The financial terms of the final round of THQ’s IP auctions has been divulged. Nordic’s swoop for a host of IP including Darksiders, Red Faction and Destroy All Humans was valued at $4.9m. Gearbox, meanwhile, paid a not insignificant $1.35m for the Homeworld IP. Also confirmed was the sale of …
Read More »Crysis, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead publisher EA Partners to shut down – reports
EA Partners, the publishing label through which EA published games developed by external independent developers, is being shut down, reports have suggested. The news comes from Game Informer, which has quoted multiple sources as saying that the move is part of an EA restructuring, which recently saw the departure of …
Read More »Okami-related announcement planned for next week
Capcom has teased a reveal for something regarding Okami. IGN points to a post on the franchise’s official Japanese Twitter account, translating to: "Hello, this is Okami news. Sorry I’ve been kind of out of touch lately, but I have the feeling we’ll be able to drop a fresh announcement …
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