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We’ve got more news trickling out from this year’s Gamescom. Capcom has some big plans in the works for its new IP, Remember Me. The publisher is planning on working with developer Dontnod on turning it into a long-term brand. Bohemia Interactive spoke about its fears on fan blacklash when …
Read More »GAME OF THE DAY: Sleeping Dogs finally arrives
Square Enix sure has been busy strengthening its place in the Western market as today’s Game Of The Day shows. The company, famous for its catalogue of Japanese role playing games, has taken charge of some big western titles like Hitman, Deus Ex and Tomb Raider after merging with Eidos …
Read More »Bohemia feared fan reaction to standalone DayZ
Developer Bohemia Interactive feared a fan backlash when it announced plans to launch a standalone DayZ game. DayZ is a free fan-made zombie mod for the PC game ARMA II and has been a huge success, helping the three-year old ARMA II sit atop the Steam charts for several weeks …
Read More »Dev-on-Dev: Nimblebit
Mobile Pie's Will Luton speaks to Nimblebit co-founder David Marsh about running the small indie outfit
Read More »Develop’s London issue; get involved
Calling all studios based in the English capital; be part of our essential guide
Read More »Assassin’s Creed dev: Journalists have Japanese bias
Alexander Hutchinson calls journalists' behaviour 'subtle racism'
Read More »Win one of five copies of FIFA 13 on PS3
The new football season is almost upon us and to celebrate we’re giving away one of five copies of FIFA 13 on PlayStation 3. The game is looking pretty special, and the PS3 edition even features Move support, as unveiled at Gamescom this week. MCV has also put together a …
Read More »Capcom has ‘long-term’ plans for Remember Me
Capcom has some big, big plans for Remember Me and wants to work with developer Dontnod on turning it into a long-term brand. The game was the surprise reveal at Capcom’s Gamescom press conference on Tuesday. It is an action adventure title with a female protagonist that must manipulate memories …
Read More »OXM hails team as web traffic trebles
Future says its Official Xbox Magazine website has increased its traffic by 220 per cent year-on-year. According to ComScore data, the site scored 504,068 global visitors last month, making it ‘the biggest dedicated Xbox content site in the UK.’ It follows a refresh of the website last year. OXM’s editor …
Read More »Another all-time low for UK games retail
The struggle faced by UK retail has reached its lowest point to-date when just 8.18m was generated by software sales last week. However, despite the drop, it isn’t the lowest week in terms of the number of games sold. Not that it is a particularly high figure, with just 396,526 …
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