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E-Xpress Interactive will hold its annual games showcase for trade partners – Interact 2012, on 27th July. The event, which will be held in Mumbai, will give retailers the opportunity to demo and learn more about the many games set to release via E-Xpress Interactive during the remainder of 2012-13. …
Read More »EA settles NFL lawsuit, retains licence though loses NCAA
The Madden NFL series has survived a fierce legal dispute between EA and the NFL. A $27m settlement fee has been paid, according to Kotaku, ending a four-year class action lawsuit that argued the deal was an illegal monopoly. The most crucial news for gamers is that EA has managed …
Read More »MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and others going offline for good
Sony has announced some additional server shutdown that will see the online functionality of four titles gone for good. The highest profile casualty is PS3 racer MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, which from October 1st will see its online modes inaccessible. The game was first released in 2008. Three other games to …
Read More »DayZ-inspired ‘The War Z’ announced
It was only a matter of time until ArmA II zombie mod DayZ spawned a fully-fledged stand-alone title. And that’s exactly what we have in the form of The War Z, which IGN reports is being developed by previously unheard of Hammerpoint Interactive and published by the little-known Arktos Entertainment. …
Read More »GMA 2012: Judgement Day
Lobbying for this year’s Games Media Awards has now closed, with hundreds of individuals from across the games press – and broader industry – nominating the UK’s writers, mags, websites and more for one of the sector’s top accolades. Now it’s in the hands of the judges. As ever, the …
Read More »Sony shutting down Motorstorm and SOCOM servers
Games to be taken offline from October 1st
Read More »New website for Music Week
MCV’s sister site Music Week, the globally renowned b2b media brand at the heart of the music industry, has unveiled a brand new version of its websitewww.musicweek.com. The much needed overhaul comes less than a year after the brand was acquired by independent trade publisher Intent Media and follows a …
Read More »Nintendo reveals digital incentive for New Super Mario Bros 2
New Super Mario Bros 2 will be the first Nintendo game to get a simultaneous digital and retail release – and Nintendo wants its customer base to experiment. All Nintendo games come with a Club Nintendo Coins card that can be redeemed against goodies. The standard Coins reward for a …
Read More »EA, Mojang and Square sued over software patent
'Innovation within software is basically free, and it's growing incredibly rapid. Patents only slow it down', says Persson
Read More »Ubisoft: Lack of new consoles has "penalised" us
A second high-profile publisher figure has bemoaned the extended lifecycles of the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. "What we missed was a new console every five years," Ubisoft CEO and co-founder Yves Guillemot told Gamasutra. "We have been penalized by the lack of new consoles on the market. I understand …
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