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The general manager of Battlefield developer DICE has warned that fans will begin to abandon the FPS if developers don’t move to revolutionise” the increasingly stale” modern war setting. Gamers aren’t exactly short of modern military shooters. In the last 12 months alone the market has welcomed the likes of …
Read More »Disney plans £3m Club Penguin safety campaign
Disney has revealed an online ad safety campaign focused around its popular Club Penguin virtual world game. The move followsclaimsby Channel 4 that Sulake’s social network Habbo Hotel was a "paedophile haven", which led to the withdrawl of the company’s larget shareholder. According toThe Guardian, Club Penguin co-founder and Disney …
Read More »GAME Australia stores to close for good on Sunday
PriceWaterhouseCoopers has today confirmed to MCV that on Sunday the remaining GAME stores will close their doors for the last time. On 19th June, PwC had announced that the remaining stores wereslated to close, however until now no date had been set. The following day, on 20th June, PwC confirmed …
Read More »Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 delayed
Namco Bandai has pushed back the European release of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 to October. Eurogamer reports the distributor has confirmed the new release date of City Interactive’s stealth shooter sequel.Following previous delays the game was set to launch on August 21st for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, but is …
Read More »Marvel vs Capcom Origins arrives in September
Capcom has announced Marvel vs Capcom Origins, a dual pack of 90’s fighting titles set to arrive as a digital affair on consoles later this year. The pack pairs together the original Marvel vs Capcom along with Marvel Super Heroes, and will hit PSN and XBLA in September according to …
Read More »The Walking Dead: Episode 3 out next month
The next episode of Telltale’s adventure game retelling of The Walking Dead arrives next month. The company announced the mid-August target for the third episode on a blog post earlier today that focused on addressing the tardiness of the second episode. Although we can’t give you an exact date at …
Read More »Nights into dreams HD announced
SEGA has confirmed that fan favourite Nights into dreams is getting the HD treatment. The HD remake will launch on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC this autumn. The title was first teased via Facebook earlier this week. Vice president Chris Olson said: The Sega Saturn offered many unique …
Read More »FIFA dev EA Canada tops Develop 100
Yesterdayour sister site Develop launched the latest edition of its widely-read Develop 100, a ranking of the best studios in the world. Over the coming weeks Develop will be publishing extracts and highlight data from the book, which uses GfK Chart-Track research on retail sales to formulate a ranking based …
Read More »Read our guide to UK games retail in this week’s MCV
The latest issue of MCV is now available digitally, and it features our four page guide to UK games retail’s top buyers. We also interview EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson and football legend Gianluca Vialli. The magazine is available for iPad. Download our app now, which includes access to the …
Read More »‘Full’ Moshi Monsters iPad app coming soon
Mind Candy believes that tablets are the future of gaming – and it wants to make the most of it by brining a ‘full’ Moshi Monsters app to iPad. With over 60m registered users, the desktop version has already been joined by some spin-off iOS apps, as well as DS …
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