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Ubisoft has pushed back Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier on consoles by two months to May 25th. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC third-person shooter was previously set to hit UK shelves in March. Additionally, the PC version will arrive sometime after the console SKUs are released on May …
Read More »Sony shuts Bigbig; restructures Cambridge studio
Sony has proposed the closure of Leamington Spa outfit Bigbig, which recently finished work on Little Deviants for Vita. Sony’s Cambridge division is also to be restructured. The studio is to partner with Netherlands outfit Guerilla Games, likely in a downsized capacity, to build Killzone games for PlayStation Vita. Sonysaid …
Read More »Ubisoft posts record Christmas sales
Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft has raised its sales projections for its fiscal Q3 by €50m after achieving record Christmas sales. It expects to generate €650m in revenues in its third financial quarter of 2011-2012. This is around eight per cent more than its initial estimate of between €580m and €620m, …
Read More »Gaikai to be in-built into future LG TVs
Streaming games service Gaikai will become and out-of-the-box feature in some of LG’s future 3D TV releases. The company’s Smart TV range will include Gaikai as a menu option, meaning that users will be able to play high-level PC games directly through their sets. Thanks to the internet, you can …
Read More »Sony closes and restructures two UK studios
Leamington Spa unit Bigbig to be axed; Cambridge outfit reorganised
Read More »Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D finally gets release date
One of the most anticipated games for Nintendo 3DS, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, has finally got a UK release date. Konami’s title will be released on March 8th. The box art has also been revealed. Gamers had hoped initially that the game would arrive alongside Nintendo’s handheld in …
Read More »Skyrim 1.4 update to address PS3 stuttering bug
This month’s 1.4 patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will finally address the PS3 stutter bug, Bethesda has claimed. It made the assurance on Twitter. A fix for the game, which was released worldwide on November 11th last year, was released in early December, but failed to address the …
Read More »Xbox 360 Kinect won’t get PC Kinect upgrades
Microsoft has confirmed that the functionality changes made to the upcoming PC version of Kinect won’t be available for the Xbox 360 model. Chief amongst the changes for the new Kinect is the addition of Near Mode, which allows the camera to detect and react to objects as close as …
Read More »Homefront: Ultimate Edition due by April
THQ will release a new SKU for its newest FPS series Homefront in the next few months. The publisher’s latest release schedule lists Homefront: Ultimate Edition as a new title for current quarter, ending March 31st. It will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. No other information is …
Read More »OPINION: Really, you don’t want GAME to fail
I wrote this story this morning. And I took no pleasure in writing it. Let’s be clear about something though – the likelihood is that GAME and Gamestation will be fine. It needs to change, lean down a bit. But I’m sure it will survive. The scare this morning is …
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