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Read More »Namco Bandai dev ShiftyLook to close
ShiftyLook is set to shut down this month, the Namco Bandai owned studio has announced. The company, formed in 2011, had been tasked with breathing new life into old Namco Bandai game characters across a number of media forms, including web comics, animation, games and merchandise. In a statement onthe …
Read More »Driveclub is "going back to the drawing board"
The wait for Driveclub could be a longer one than we’d expected. Speaking to IGN, Sony Worldwide Studios America’s PlayStation software product development head Scott Rohde said: What I will say is that it all comes back to that fundamental principle, and that’s that we want to build great games …
Read More »Early UK Titanfall players won’t be banned… probably
Will gamers who get hold of Titanfall early face an online ban? No. Well, probably not, anyway. Respawn boss Vince Zampella took to Twitter to say that no action would be taken against those who obtain a legitimate copy of the game early and venture online. Remember, Titanfall arrives in …
Read More »‘We want Holland to produce the next Supercell’: GameOn on nurturing Dutch talent
Funding programme’s Reinout Te Brake discusses how a united Holland hopes to create the next gaming phenomenon
Read More »Sony reveals next-gen 1TB ‘Archival’ Blu-ray disc
What is being described as the next-generation iteration of Blu-ray” has been revealed by Sony. GameSpot reports that the new ‘Archival Disc’ will eventually hold up to 1TB of information, although the first versions of the format – arriving summer 2015 – will offer 300GB of storage. That’s a six-fold …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV: Jackdaw Edition out this month
Ubisoft has wasted no time in announcing a full-fat all-you-eat edition of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. It’s called the Jackdaw Edition and will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on March 28th. There’s no indication that Ubisoft plans to release the SKU on PC or current-gen machines. It …
Read More »Respawn could patch-in 1080p Xbox One Titanfall support post-launch
Titanfall will launch on Xbox One in the US tomorrow and the UK this Friday at a resolution of 792p. Developer Respawn confirmed the number to Eurogamer, adding that the game’s resolution will likely increase at some stage down the line via a patch. "We’ve been experimenting with making it …
Read More »Microsoft discussing Xbox One launch parity for indies on ‘case-by-case basis’
ID@Xbox developers may be able to release on other platforms first
Read More »Gaikai mock-up suggests possible PlayStation Now pricing
Accessing full titles via Sony’s upcoming streaming service could cost as little as $4.99. VG247 spotted a graphic on the Gaikai website that for the first time seems to show PlayStation Now games presented alongside traditional digital purchases on the PlayStation Store. In it we have two games – Far …
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