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MCV sits down with U-Trax president Richard van der Giessen about the state of the localisation and quality assurance sector. How have publisher attitudes towards the sector changed in the past year? There’s no way to make a general statement about this for all publishers. Some of them really get …
Read More »Cliffy B talks Gears of War 4
The trilogy may have concluded, but Gears of War is far from finished according to new comments from Epic’s design guru Cliff Bleszinski. I feel like we’ve wrapped it up and put a bow on it. It is what it is and we’ve put it under the tree for the …
Read More »Capcom Europe gets new sales director
The European arm of Street Fighter and Resident Evil publisher Capcom has announced the appointment of a new sales director for EMEA territories. Michael Auer has been based in Capcom’s German office since 2003 and most recently served as sales and marketing director for central, northern and eastern Europe, as …
Read More »Sony fully adopts Online Pass system
Publisher Sony has confirmed that all future SCE Worldwide Studios game will require the buyer to use the in-the-box Online Pass code to access online functionality. Destructoid obtained the confirmation following news that next month’s PS3 release Uncharted 3 will adopt the Online Pass system. As usual, those who buy …
Read More »PICTURES: Vita box, launch apps revealed
The first picture of the box for Sony’s PlayStation Vita has been released, and you can see it below. Sony has also detailed the ten apps that will come pre-installed on the console when it launches in Japan on December 17th and in Europe and the US some time in …
Read More »Next Ghost Recon gets new 2012 release date
Having been on Ubisoft’s release schedule without a firm date for some time, the publisher has at last announced a (hopefully) final release date for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The company told Joystiq that the title will be released in the US on March 6th. Which, incidentally, is the same …
Read More »Zynga targets ‘die-hard gamers’ with Mafia Wars 2
Facebook games giant Zynga believes it can win over the core gamer with its upcoming release Mafia Wars 2. The game is the first true sequel from a company best known for its casual hits like FarmVille and CityVille, and serves as a further indication of how social network games …
Read More »Sims Social on cusp of toppling Cityville
EA close to Facebook games breakthrough
Read More »Apple ‘aims for mass-market with budget iPhone’
Smartphone giant will tomorrow reveal an iPhone 4S, but not 5, according to rumours
Read More »ANALYSIS: (On)Live and Kicking
Pundits will have you believe the next generation of games hardware won’t arrive until 2013 or later. However last week, at 12.01am on September 22nd, a fifth home gaming format was activated: cloud gaming service OnLive. At its most basic form this one needs no hardware, no discs, no physical …
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