A Hideo Kojima freed from Konami’s publishing demands may appear a thing of nightmares, but Sony says that trying to shackle a creative mind like his is a mistake. If you try to place too many constraints on a free spirit like that it’s probably not a wise thing to …
Read More »EA: ‘Story Mode is the biggest new addition to FIFA since Ultimate Team’
Each and every year, around E3 time, EA reveals what’s new with the latest FIFA. Usually, these are tweaks to the physics and core gameplay, or – recently – innovations within the lucrative Ultimate Team mode. But this year’s changes to FIFA are more significant than we’ve seen in years, …
Read More »E3 2016 roundup: violence, drama and million dollar events
Do you remember when EA ‘wasn’t at E3′? It was an entertaining story for a while, until we ended up in LA, and saw that the apparently AWOL EA had actually taken over five floors of its own venue, before it held a press conference that took place across two …
Read More »Unreal Diaries: VR for the masses
With Unreal Engine support for Google’s Daydream platform, mobile VR is ready to reach all-new heights
Read More »A force awakens: Magic Leap and Lucasfilm launch collaborative mixed reality lab
‘Semi-secret’ research outlet will work on experiences themed around Star Wars for tech firm’s AR tech
Read More »Valve’s Newell: We will fund VR games without asking for exclusivity
‘We don't think exclusives are a good idea for customers or developers,’ boss of Steam and Vive firm explains
Read More »Studio Spotlight: Future Games of London
Future Games of London MD and co-founder Ian Harper explains why the Hungry Shark studio doesn’t believe in the ‘Starbucks coffee rule’
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild proves NX will have buttons, may not have screen
Eiji Anouma hints at control system for Nintendo’s mysterious new console
Read More »Rumble Roses character designer Shiro Kotobuki has passed away
Japanese artist was left paralyzed from the neck down after a road accident in his twenties
Read More »House ‘surprised’ by Scorpio announcement, explains Neo no-show
PlayStation boss Andrew House has questioned the wisdom of Microsoft’s decision to bring the Xbox Scorpio to its E3 conference some year and a half before release. I was surprised by the step of announcing something over a year ahead of time,” he told The Guardian. The dynamics of the …
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