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EA has officially announced the next game in its Battlefield series. As rumoured yesterday, it’s called Battlefield Hardline. It’s out this autumn and is set against the backdrop of a genre we all love – the war on crime and the battle between cops and criminals”. It’s a change of …
Read More »EA names Battlefield Film Challenge Winner
21 year-old Patrick Mazzolo won the $10,000 grand prize in the Battlefield Film Challenge. EA’s competition challenged budding filmmakers to create two to five minute videos inspired by the Battlefield series. Mazzolo won for his short film, Battlefield: Take Point. Five finalists were flown to Bondi Pavilion in Sydney where …
Read More »Final Fantasy III launches on Steam
The previously announced upgraded version of 1990 Famicom title and 2006 DS remake Final Fantasy III has arrived on Steam. The game’s Windows PC release – revealed earlier this month by publisher Square Enix – is available now via Valve’s digital distribution platform for $15.99. The new version specifically packs …
Read More »Is Battlefield: Hardline EA’s new police-focused FPS?
Rumours that the next Battlefield title will ditch the military in favour of a police-based setting have intensified with the discovery of new assets. CVG reports that fansites have unearthed a host of details tucked away on EA’s Battlelog servers which point to a title named Battlefield: Hardline that is …
Read More »The Evil Within delayed by two months
Bethesda has delayed the release of Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within. The game has been due out on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360 and PC in Europe on August 29th. It will now arrive on October 24th. It will release in America on October 21st and Australia on October 23rd. …
Read More »Nintendo wants revenue-sharing deal for YouTube videos
Console firm tries new tactic to make money from videos using its games
Read More »Mission Improbable: Making the next generation of online games
Studio head Nick Button-Brown finally shares what his team at London tech start-up Improbable are working towards, and how it hopes to change gaming forever
Read More »UCL launches business-focused course The Games Quarter
Pupils to learn about finance, marketing, PR and the development process
Read More »Wasteland 2 creator says there’s no Kickstarter fatigue
Kickstarter is not declining in popularity, but developers are finding it increasingly difficult to find popular niches, says InXile Entertainment CEO Brian Fargo. Speaking toDigital Spy, he said crowdfunding failures were down to the site doing its job – weeding out the projects that consumers don’t want. "I think the …
Read More »No Kickstarter fatigue, says Brian Fargo
Wasteland 2 creator believes crowdfunding site is as popular as ever, but it's becoming harder to to fill gaps in the market
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