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Read More »OPINION: The E3 contradiction
You can read my appraisal of the big takeaways from last week’s E3 online next week or in today’s copy of MCV magazine, but here’s the short version. Takeaway’s the fitting word to use here. No less than five times in formal interviews with VPs, studio heads and the like, …
Read More »E3: A feast for the senses, but little food for thought
Maybe those execs were all just hungry. After all, you can spend so much time in E3 meetings that you don’t get to eat. But the analogies have a point: the market is evolving, and games are fracturing into different sizes. So why was that message absent from the showfloor, …
Read More »Sega building ‘unique’ Vita game at new studio
Sega has today opened its third UK studio, formed from key staff that headed up the now-defunct Sega Racing Studio. The new group is formed of six talented staff that, in 2008, were given the chance to remain at Sega when the racing studio was shut and sold off. The …
Read More »EA CEO wants COD to "rot from the core"
EA boss John Riccitiello wants Call of Duty to rot from the core”. Or in other words, he wants Battlefield 3 to draw the hardcore gamers away from Modern Warfare 3, leaving Activision’s franchise to the mainstream consumers. A lot of people bought Modern Warfare more for the coffee table …
Read More »Zynga sues CityVille clone
Zynga has taken legal action on Vostu for allegedly copying the design and content of a number of its games. The former claims its mega successful Facebook game CityVille has been replicated unashamedly by Brazilian firm Vostu in the form of MegaCity, reports TechCrunch. Let’s be clear – it is …
Read More »New Wii U dev kits ‘to arrive by July’
Sega team pleased with simplicity in developing for new Nintendo system
Read More »Riccitiello: Elite coming too early
John Riccitiello believes Activision is "leading with its chin" when it comes to launching Elite. Speaking to Industry Gamers, the EA CEO believes that Elite would have been better off” launching after Modern Warfare 3 had been released, and that Activision pushing the service is a response to the quality …
Read More »Redbox game rental booths open
US consumers are now able to rent games for $2 per day from Redbox kiosks across 21,000 locations. The service – previously detailed last October – has officially gone live today. Customers were previously only able to rent DVDs and Blu-rays from the self-service machines for $1 and $1.50 respectively. …
Read More »Gears 3 will ‘definitely’ top 6m sales
Gears of War 3 will not have a problem selling 6m units – so says the game’s developer. Epic Games’ design director Cliff Bleszinski is aiming high with a target of 10m copies, but believes the game will at least match the average sales of previous Gears instalments. They have …
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