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Capcom admits it was initially unsure about using a female as the lead character in Remember Me. The firm’s head of marketing for the US and Europe Michael Pattison told MCV that there was the question as to whether a female lead character could potentially damage sales of the game. …
Read More »Capcom Wii U announcement ‘very soon’
Capcom has confirmed to MCV that it will reveal its first Wii U game ‘very soon.’ But it won’t be shown at Gamescom, the publishers says. Capcom has historically been a major support of Nintendo and its new platforms. The company has already released a number of titles on 3DS …
Read More »Gamescom guide suggests Valve Half-Life 3 reveal
But listing sourced from places such as forums and blogs, state event organisers
Read More »Gamescom guide lists Half-Life 3 for show reveal
The internet has erupted this afternoon after an eager journalist spotted a listing for Valve’s hugely anticipated Half-Life 3 in the official Gamescom show guide. T3 reports that the game is included in Gamecom’s PDF guide. It’s safe to say that Half-Life 3 is amongst the most anticipated releases in …
Read More »Ouya: We feel a responsibility for those who backed us
Julie Uhrman, the CEO of Ouya, has told MCV that her company feels a burden of responsibility to deliver on all of its promises for its thousands of backers. The Ouya Kickstarter closed last week having raised an astonishing total of $8,596,475 from 63,416 separate backers. We’ve been stunned by …
Read More »Capcom unveils new, female-led IP Remember Me
New IP is all too rare in the modern market. New IP with a female lead character is rarer still. Capcom has this morning used its Gamescom presentation to reintroduce its Remember Me IP, which was shown off last year under the name Adrift. The game is being developed by …
Read More »Mobile dev TinyCo opens new studio in Vancouver
US outfit looking to expand Canadian branch to 60 employees over the next six months
Read More »Day one DLC exists because consumers demand it
Consumers spend a lot of time complaining about day one DLC. The thing is, they spend a lot of time buying it, too. It’s a phenomenon seen across the entire industry. The amount of vitriol aimed at Call of Duty, for instance, would suggest that it’s not popular. When in …
Read More »GameStop named the 10th worst company to work for in the US
An analysis of employee reviews at online jobs portal Glassdoor has labelled GameStop as the tenth worst company to work for in the US. Those included in the report must have had at least 300 reviews, with a total of 202 companies being analysed. GameStop’s business model has come under …
Read More »EA is well positioned for next-gen success, analysts believe
The management team at EA has convinced analysts that the publisher is well positioned to thrive in the next-gen games market. That isn’t enough to prevent the current financial year being a challenging one, Baird Equity Research’s Colin Sebastian warns, but it bodes well for life beyond the current generation …
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