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Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is set to give a technical presentation on the FOX engine at this month’s GDC, but he also has an announcement to make. Kojima posted on Twitter today, ”I will give presentation speech at GDC3013 in SF. It will be tech presentation of FOX …
Read More »DLC helps Skyrim soar at retail
It’s over a year old, but Bethesda says it’s still not done with Skyrim at retail. Far from being just a hit at launch, the RPG has been a mainstay in the Top 20 since November 2011. The company has been using the High Street to help push the game’s …
Read More »Activision’s Walking Dead ‘more than just a shooter’
Activision says its new Walking Dead shooter will mimic the feel of the TV show. The firm promises the title offers more to fans than just a ‘run-and-gun shooter.’ It follows the success of rival tie-in The Walking Dead by Telltale games, based on the comics. The episodic point-and-click adventure …
Read More »Sequels in decline – why the industry needs new IP
We’re now ten weeks into 2013 and so far it’s been a dreary start to the year. Plenty of new releases have topped the charts, but they haven’t performed well enough to stop total sales declining by more than 20 per cent year-on-year. Obviously retailers still have long-tail sellers like …
Read More »Valve no longer involved with Xi3 Piston
Once dubbed the Steam Box, the Xi3 Piston is no longer a Valve-associated product. The machine was revealed at CES in January. Its makers confirmed that Valve had invested in the tech, leading to the media concluding that it was indeed the long-awaited Steam Box. However, just days later Valve …
Read More »PS4 teaser tops YouTube February ad leaderboards
Sony’s 1 min 43 sec teaser trailer for the PlayStation 4 was the most viewed ad on YouTube in February. The short attracted 26,296,340 views, well ahead of the second place ad from Samsung Mobile which won 21,382,135 views. Both organic views and paid-for ad views are counted in the …
Read More »Microsoft shares Kinect source code
Source code initially offers face tracking, depth of field and more
Read More »Star Wars shooter First Assault in development… but may never be released
A digital-only precursor to the ill-fated Battlefront III is in development at LucasArts, but may not now ever be released. That’s according to Kotaku, which says that Star Wars: First Assault is a 16-player multiplayer shooter that was at one stage scheduled for a release this spring. The idea behind …
Read More »New consoles, new opportunity?
Tiga's Richard Wilson takes an optimistic look at the changing shape of the console landscape
Read More »US Sony Stores cut $100 from the price of PlayStation Vita
The majority of American Sony Stores have cut the price of the 3G PlayStation Vita by a third. Joystiq reports that the handheld is currently available for $199.97, down from the $299.99 it was being sold for previously. There seems to be a bit of confusion regarding how long the …
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