Publishing

It seems as if every day a new publisher jumps aboard the in-box DLC code bandwagon, and industry analysts have given their full backing to the new payment model. Games such as Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins lock pre-owned buyers out of accessing additional content online, whereas upcoming …

The Modern Warfare franchise may never be the same again – that’s the claim of EA Partners boss David DeMartini who thinks that the world-conquering FPS franchise may never recover from the fallout of Activision and Infinity Ward’s disagreement. I don’t like to see that go on in our industry …

Ubisoft’s Ruse can help turn the tide for the declining real-time strategy genre, the firm has told MCV. Recent RTS titles such as Command & Conquer 4 and Napoleon: Total War failed to match the success of their series’ predecessors. Ubisoft believes its newest IP has everything it needs to …

New details have emerged for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, the next instalment in the multi-million unit selling series. The game was uncovered last week when pre-order materials emerged showing Ezio, the star of Assassin’s Creed II, with a variety of other characters and promising a release by the end of …

Fallout: New Vegas will be accompanied by a Collector’s Edition when it hits shelves this autumn. Bethesda announced the premium SKU would be available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and contains a number of extra items that play up to the game’s post-apocalyptic Las Vegas theme. Collector’s Edition purchasers …

PlayStation 3 platform holder Sony is facing up to a further two legal challenges to its decision to remove the ability to install alternative operating systems from the console. OtherOS functionality, which allowed PS3 owners to install the likes of Linux, was removed from the PS3 in last month’s firmware …

Broadcaster continues drive with UK indie studios at the helm

Blitz Games Studiosâ?? co-founder Andrew Oliver says second-hand games can effectively quarter owed royalty pay

MCV has been told by a senior global publishing source that price cuts for the Xbox 360 and PS3 will be announced by the end of the year, and possibly as early as next month’s E3. In addition, it is believed that there’s a strong possibility that Nintendo is also …

Street Fighter studio seeks to outsource â??new products belonging to an existing series of gamesâ??