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This year’s FIFA instalment will be the first built on the Frostbite 3 engine, EA has announced. The football series made the leap to the freshly-built Ignite engine in 2013, alongside the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One consoles. The publisher has now confirmed that FIFA 17 will run …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn slips to 2017
One of the best looking upcoming PS4 exclusives won’t be released this year. Sony has confirmed a March 3rd 2017 release for the game in the UK, following a US release on February 28th. Such a delay had been rumoured by online tipster shinobi602 earlier this year, who alluded – …
Read More »Hard Reset Redux faces ‘downgrade’ accusations
The developer of Hard Reset Redux has addressed concerns that the remastered first-person shooter has suffered a visual ‘downgrade’ from the original game. Flying Wild Hog was attacked onRedditand theSteam forumsby a number of players unhappy with what they perceived as ‘lackluster’ visuals. The new Dynamic system used in Redux …
Read More »Visceral ‘forging ahead’ with mysterious Star Wars game
Motive Studios and Visceral Games GM Jade Raymond has assured fans that work continues on EA’s mystery Star Wars game. The team at Visceral Games is forging ahead into an exciting phase of development,” Raymond stated. Seeing Amy Hennig lead this team through the creative process has been incredible. She …
Read More »Lillith Ltd cancels PT spiritual successor Allison Road
Indie effort inspired by canned Konami horror game halted its Kickstarter campaign in October after securing backing from Team 17
Read More »ESL’s CS:GO Pro League Season 3 sees 44% growth
The third season of the ESL Pro League saw a peak year-on-year growth of over 44% for online content consumed, making it the most successful cycle to date for the competition. Viewership for the season broke records once again with more than 61 million online sessions throughout the nine week …
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Chart: Uncharted 4 puts Naughty Dog on top in May
Acclaimed PlayStation developer was most successful studio based on UK retail
Read More »The Sims breaks down more gender barriers
EA’s ongoing efforts to make its games as inclusive as possible continue with news that The Sims 4 is opening up even more of its gender play. While the game has always allowed for things such as same-sex relationships and marriage, until now there have been a number of customisation …
Read More »EA vet David De Martini passes away at the age of 56
Industry stalwart David De Martini has died. De Martini joined EA in 1998, leading the golf series Tiger Woods PGA Tour and producing film spin-off The Godfather. From 2006, he headed up the EA Partners programme, collaborating with developers including Harmonix, Crytek, Double Fine, Valve, Epic, Insomniac and Respawn to …
Read More »VIDEO: Modern remake of Wonder Boy 3 incoming
A full remake of Sega’s Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon’s Trap is in development. The title is being made by French developer Lizardcube, with DotEmu handling publishing duties. Series creator Ryuichi Nishizawa is on board with the title. The final release drops the number from the title; it will be …
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