Publishing

Sega has said that it is currently pondering how to go about re-releasing cult RPGS Shenmue and Shenmue 2. Despite the fact that fans have been clamouring for more Shenmue for years, it was the recent success of the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter that finally gave Sega the nudge it needed. …

The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will not receive all of the post-release DLC pencilled in for the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Players on older machines will not be able to buy a Season Pass to access the content, either. "Season Pass …

You know a company plans to go big with a game when it starts the marketing for it almost a year in advance. That’s precisely what Xbox has done with Halo 5: Guardians, the latest in the 65 million unit-selling sci-fi super franchise. We have considerable expectations for Halo 5: …

Eric Neustadter departs after 18 years with the company

Ubisoft’s London-based Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate has debuted at No.1, but its performance compared to its predecessors will be a big worry. Chart-Track says that its numbers fall short of surpassing any of the other major entries in the series”, although it did better fellow non-Ubisoft Montreal developed title Assassin’s Creed: …

Here’s a marketing tie up fit for a quiet Friday afternoon. Bethesda has partnered with Carlsberg to release a Fallout branded beer inspired by Vault-Tec Industries and the multi-award winning Fallout videogame series”. Although presumably that doesn’t mean it tastes like it’s been left to rot for decades in an …

Superdata’s worldwide digital games report for September has shown an annual 11 per cent increase in sales. Overall the digital games market was worth $5.4bn. The biggest growth was seen in digital console game sales, which shot up 29 per cent to $326m. That’s despite the number of console players …

Mass media firm targets position on the board

Sony has revealed that it has no first-party titles for its Vita handheld in development as the platform holder shifts resources to the PlayStation 4. In an interview with Japanese games publication 4Gamer – translated by DualShockers, thanks – SCE’s SVP Masayasu Ito said that Sony isn’t developing any triple-A …

Sega has announced a publishing partnership with the developers of mobiel racing title, Motorsport Manager. The studio is based in Guildford and was co-founded by Christian West in January 2014. Their first release, Motorsport Manager, went straight to the top of the iOS charts in ten regions when it debuted …