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Read More »VIDEO: Sly Cooper film pencilled in for 2016
Sucker Punch’s iconic PlayStation IP Sly Cooper is getting the big-screen treatment. Sony has teamed up with Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment for the project, which is due for release in 2016. The film’s Facebook page describes it as a kinetic and comedic heist film”. Don’t forget that before Sly’s …
Read More »No PS+ required for Elder Scrolls Online on PS4
Bethesda has confirmed that PS4 owners will not need to subscribe to PlayStation Plus to play The Elder Scrolls Online. PS4 is the first Sony console to require that users sign up to the subscription arm of PlayStation network to access multiplayer. However, it appears from CVG‘s report that this …
Read More »Cliffy B: Gears of War ‘couldn’t be in better hands’
Former Epic developer and Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has celebrated yesterday’s sale of the Gears of War IP to Microsoft. He also believes Rod Fergusson, another former Epic man who has also made the jump to Microsoft, is the right man for the brand’s new lease of life. …
Read More »King: We should never have published Pac-Avoid
Riccardo Zacconi, the CEO of King, has admitted that his company should never have released Pac-Avoid. Attention turned to the game in the wake of the Candy trademark dispute, with the accusation being that King knowingly cloned a game called Scamperghost that it had in 2009 been in negotiations to …
Read More »Out of 500 influential Brits only two work in video games
They can make the most successful entertainment product of all time. They can be responsible for the biggest console launch ever. They can even change the UK National Curriculum. Just don’t call them influential. The Sunday Times, in association with Debretts, revealed the 500 most influential Britons last weekend, yet …
Read More »Get That Job Daily: How to be an audio designer
Codemasters’ Peter Ward discusses the key skills needed for his role in sound design
Read More »Microsoft acquires Gears of War IP from Epic
Gears of War is and forever will be a Microsoft-only IP. That’s because the Xbox platform holder has acquired the rights to existing and future games in the series from Epic. The Gears of War game will be a Microsoft Studios product developed by Black Tusk Studios. Furthermore, former Epic …
Read More »SOE is closing four MMOs, including Free Realms
Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed the planned closure of four of its massively multiplayer online titles. Kotaku reports that Free Realms, Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and Wizardry Online all face the chop so the company can focus its resources elsewhere. Free Realms, once a poster …
Read More »PS4 release date confirmed for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Square Enix has announced a release date for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn on PS4. The game will be released on Sony’s console on April 14th, with owners of the PS3 game able to transfer their progress for free. Details on how to do this will be announced later, …
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