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2K Games has confirmed that the successor to Civilization Revolution will not be released on consoles. Civilization Revolution 2 will instead be released for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch on July 2nd, with an Android release to follow at a later date. Civilization Revolution 2 is the first Civilization game …
Read More »Nintendo: Wii U has ‘long life ahead of it’
'It's got great content coming that will help define the platform,' says Reggie Fils-Aime
Read More »Next-gen smarts: A new era for AI in games
Develop asks how AI is developing on new consoles and PC, and where it can go from here
Read More »Sunset Overdrive has a dig at Ubisoft with Assassin’s Creed-themed female avatar
Insomniac has confirmed that gamers will be able to play as a female in Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive. And furthermore, the developer has had a little dig at Ubisoft in the process, which of course came under heavy fire for the exclusion of female characters in Assassin’s Creed: Unity …
Read More »Sony lowers The Last of Us Remastered price, refunds difference to pre-orders
Ahead of its release next month, Sony has dropped the price of The Last of Us Remastered from $60 to $50. What’s more, Sony will refund that $10 reduction in price to any customer who pre-ordered the game at the higher price point – despite a policy in place that …
Read More »Develop Awards Partner Spotlight: Perforce Software
EMEA marketing director Mark Warren believes that everyone has the potential to be the next Zynga or Rovio
Read More »Xbox One’s Japanese launch line-up revealed
The supposed Xbox One launch line-up has been revealed by Famitsu. Kotaku reports that at least 28 games will be available across Xbox Live and retail including Assassin’s Creed 4, Forza 5, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Wolfenstein, Tomb Raider and Thief. Not in the list is Watch Dogs, …
Read More »PlayStation-only Destiny DLC exclusive until at least Christmas 2015
The US-arm of Amazon has apparently revealed that the exclusive Destiny content for PS4 and PS3 will remain tied to those platforms until ‘at least Fall 2015’. Spotted by CVG, the website says: "Exclusive content for PlayStation 4 owners includes the Exodus Blue Competitive Multiplayer Map, Dust Palace Strike, Weapons, …
Read More »Battlefield 4 launch woes ‘unacceptable’ says EA CEO
Battlefield 4 launched with a number of major bugs and issues, which forced developer DICE to suspend all DLC development until it could get the game working. It generated a significant fan backlash, and one that EA boss Andrew Wilson agrees with, calling the state of the game ‘unacceptable’. "For …
Read More »The UK games industry to show England how it’s done in next week’s five-a-side tournament – are you signed up?
Feeling blue after England’s loss to Uruguay last night. Think you can do better? Well there is still a place or two left at the MCV World Cup Game 5s, which will see Sports Interactive take on Ubisoft, PlayStation fight Xbox and 2K do battle with Ubisoft and more. The …
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