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EA’s Mirror’s Edge studio DICE says it knows how to reach a broader audience with a potential sequel to the 2008 title. The developer told Spong a follow-up to the first-person action game wouldn’t be a waste of time, despite DICE stalling its development earlier this year. I think it’s …
Read More »Leisure Suit Larry resurrected once again
Replay Games has acquired the global rights to the Leisure Suit Larry franchise. It intends to release HD remakes of a number of the series’ original titles and, if that goes well, possibly go on to release some new LSL games. Replay has even hired Larry’s original creator Al Lowe. …
Read More »First Gran Turismo 5 DLC dated
11 months on from its belated worldwide release, Polyphony Digital is to release the first premium DLC for hit PS3 racer Gran Turismo 5. Launching on October 18th, four individual DLC packs will be released for the game. The Racing Car Pack, priced at $7.99, includes 15 cars such as …
Read More »Vita buyers – don’t throw away your UMDs
Sony is hatching a plan that it hopes will entice more PSP owners to its next-generation PlayStation Vita system. The only form of physical media that Vita uses is a proprietary memory card format, meaning that those with a library of UMD titles for their PSP face either holding on …
Read More »Vita software pricing confirms retail’s worst fear
PlayStation Vita owners will face a very stark choice when the system arrives in the UK next year – pay a premium price for boxed games or a discounted price to download the digital version. This will for the first time place Sony squarely up against retail as opponents, fighting …
Read More »World of Tanks hits retail November 11th
Wargaming.net’s online multiplayer war shooter World of Tanks is heading to UK retail next month, courtesy of publisher Deep Silver. MCV can reveal that the PC title’s UK release date is November 11th. The Russian version of World of Tanks arrived first in 2010 and the European and North American …
Read More »Facebook gaming on the decline?
The biggest 20 games operators on Facebook are combating a steady drop in daily user retention, an analyst group has said. IHS Screen Digest claims that, during the first three quarters of 2011, the likes of Zynga and PopCap noticed a downward trend in user engagement. User engagement is a …
Read More »Delay hits Silent Hill: Downpour
Silent Hill: Downpour has been officially delayed and will not now be released until Q1 2012. The game had previously been down for a November release on both PS3 and Xbox 360. It will now be released some time in Q1 2012. Furthermore, Konami has retorted to claims of a …
Read More »CVs oust ongoing next-gen Xbox development
Don’t expect any official word on the subject until next summer, but details posted on a number of CVs online has reignited talk about the next-generation Xbox console. Supererogatory dug up the details of four Microsoft employees. One, Jeff Faulkner, says he assumed the role of ‘creative director of Xbox …
Read More »Facebook games giants ‘suffer activity decline’
'Floating core players' becoming a key battleground across the social network
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