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Peripherals specialist A4T has signed a three-year license deal with EA. Announced at CES, the agreement will see the firm produce a range of accessories under the EA Sports label, including fitness products for the EA Sports Active brand. Accessories will be made available for all platforms including the iPod. …
Read More »Former EA exec slams strategy
On the back of EA’s scaling back of its forward financial estimates, former executive VP of mobile and online Mitch Lasky has slammed boss John Riccitiello for what he considers to be the failures of his second spell at the helm of the publisher. By far the greatest failure of …
Read More »Assassins Creed 3 uncloaked
French publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin’s Creed III will be released at some point in the company’s upcoming financial year – making a Christmas 2010 release a distinct possibility. The third instalment in the series will also be the first to include online multiplayer options. In addition, it has …
Read More »Now Ubisoft plays down Wii ambitions
Ahead of what increasingly looks like a very different year for Wii than it has had before, Ubisoft has become the latest publisher to say that its business ambitions are to centre around Xbox 360 and PS3 in the year ahead. The 2010-11 line-up will be more focused on the …
Read More »Ubisoft postpones Splinter Cell: Conviction
Ubisoft has delayed the eagerly awaited Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction to an April release. The game was previously due for launch on February 23rd, but the publisher’s third quarter performance reports reveals Sam Fisher’s upcoming title has been pushed back to the next financial year. Tabletop strategy game R.U.S.E …
Read More »Jagex becomes third-party publisher
UK mega-studio responsible for RuneScape signs new RTS
Read More »Valve endorses PC motion controller
Acclaimed title Left 4 Dead 2 becomes playable with a new device from Razer and Sixense
Read More »Develop Jury: Natal’s promise
Developers dispute the merits of Microsoftâ??s upcoming device
Read More »More trouble for Pirate Bay
Five months after Swedish courts ordered the closure of BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay, four of the world’s largest music labels have requested the District Court fines the site’s owners. TorrentFreak reports that Universal Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Warner have requested that courts enforce a ruling passed late …
Read More »Microsoft cuts Games-On-Demand prices
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has cut the price of a number of titles on its Xbox Live Games-On-Demand service in several territories – but not, it seems, in the UK. Four games have seen their prices cut from $29.99 to $19.99 in the North American Marketplace – BioShock, Civilization …
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