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Sony Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ eagerly anticipated Spider-man 4 has been dated for May 6th 2011, with Marvel confirming a number of films that will see three year’s worth of summer blockbusters. Alongside the web-crawler, also on the way is Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), The First Avenger: Captain …
Read More »Stormrise to capitalise on Total War success
Creative Assembly is set to follow-up t he success of Empire: Total War, with futuristic console RTS, Stormrise. 2009 has already been a big year for the RTS genre, with Dawn of War II, Halo Wars and Empire: Total War performing well in the All Formats Top Ten. And Creative …
Read More »EA backs MCVs ASA complaint
Electronic Arts has backed MCV’s complaint to the Advertising Stands Authority over the Government’s controversial print ad for its Change4Life campaign. Since MCV announced last week that it had filed an official complaint with the ASA regarding the Government’s Change4Life campaign, Codemasters, Konami, Future, Tiga, Atari and Sega have all …
Read More »COMPETITION: Diva Girls games
505 Games’ Diva Girls will bring ‘Girl Power’ to a new generation. But which girl band used the phrase in the ‘90s? Answer correctly and win a copy of each game in the range. A. The Spice Girls B. The Sugar Girls C. Boyzone Email your answers to divagirls@intentmedia.co.uk
Read More »Crytek announces CryENGINE 3
New next-gen ready engine to debut at GDC09
Read More »New European publisher emerges
Rising Star Games has tied a strategic alliance with new Euro publisher Gamebridge, taking titles to retail from spring. Gamebridge is a joint venture between Interchannel, a Tokyo based developer and publisher of video games, and the official Nordic region Nintendo distributor Bergsala. As a new European video games publisher, …
Read More »BAFTA hosting evening Q&A with Nolan Bushnell
Open interview with Atari legend takes place next week
Read More »Disney reveals Split/Second
Disney has this morning taken the official wraps off the new game developed by its UK studio Black Rock, calling Split/Second the ‘holy grail’ of new IP – and telling MCV’s sister magazine Develop that it thinks the title will revitalise the racing genre. The Brighton-made game is set in …
Read More »Bioshock 2 leading Take 2s 09 push
Take 2 CEO Ben Feder has stated that the current phase of the hardware cycle means that his firm’s catalogue titles are all the more important – and next week’s release of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars marks the beginning of the onslaught. The highest profile title is 2K Games’ …
Read More »IGDA Leadership Forum calls for speakers
Deadline for session proposals draws near
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