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Nintendo’s next generation console will not support the upcoming Unreal Engine 4, it has been revealed. UE4 is the next-generation of Epic’s very popular development engine. Its incompatibility with Wii U effectively locks Nintendo’s machine out of a wealth of third party multiplatform content. The confirmation came from SpikeTV host …
Read More »Kinect to help UK satellites dock in space
Technology taken from Microsoft’s Kinect is being used to help two future UK satellites dock whilst in orbit. Eurogamer reports that scientists at the University of Surrey and Surry Satellite Technology are planning to implement the tech into a planned mission called STRaND. Both satellites – which are each the …
Read More ȣ35 Battlefield Premium service revealed
EA will at next week’s E3 reveal the Battlefield Premium service, according to a retail listing. Coolshop reckons that the download will go live on June 29th and it is offering a code to access the content for 34.96. It offers the existing Back to Karkland DLC as well as …
Read More »THQ plans reverse stock split
Publisher looks to avoid NASDAQ delisting with new stock market strategy
Read More »Apple’s "smart TV" enters production, rumour suggests
The first of Apple’s secretive smart TVs has apparently entered production. China Business News reports that Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory has received the first order for the product and is producing the initial models on a trial basis. Banking analyst Piper Jaffray has predicted that the product – which presumably cannot …
Read More »What next for GAME Australia?
With change happening at a rapid pace at GAME, MCV Pacific took a look at what options were available during theadministration process. Aside from GAME Australia being sold outright, there is also the possibility that a Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA) be organised (an unlikely scenario), a return ofto the …
Read More »Sony gets competitive with PSN full-game prices
PS3 owners are for the first time being offered full game downloads at a price that’s competitive with the High Street. Sony America has announced its ‘PS3 Ultimate Deals’ promotion that offers full game downloads as well as all the associated DLC for a cut-down price. 30 per cent is …
Read More »THQ aims to avoid NASDAQ delisting with reverse stock split
THQ is going to great lengths in effort to keep its Nasdaq listing. The publisher has revealed through its investor site that it has filed plans with the SEC for a June 29th stockholders meeting, where it will propose a reverse stock split to avoid delisting from Nasdaq. THQ describes …
Read More »Capcom registers ‘Remember Me’ trademark
Capcom could be readying a new game reveal, according to a recent trademark filing by the publisher. According to a trademark listing on trademarkia spotted by Eurogamer, ‘Remember Me’ was filed by Capcom last Tuesday, May 22nd. The trademark was filed in both the US and Europe, but beyond that …
Read More »Avatar Motocross Madness teased by Microsoft, more info at E3
Microsoft has semi-revealed upcoming XBLA game Avatar Motocross Madness, with more info coming next week at E3. Two screenshots posted to PlayXBLA have been released in effort to tease the new title ahead of its reveal during Microsoft’s E3 press conference. Though the name for the game wasn’t actually revealed …
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