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Killer Instinct is not a free-to-play game, a key Microsoft exec has argued. That goes against what we’d all presumed following the game’s E3 reveal. Indeed, the fact that it is free to download with premium characters available to purchase certainly seems a bit ‘free-to-play’-ey. Not so, creative director of …

Engine enables teams to roll back innovations into single branch for use in next game cycle

Peter Moore sounds off on the importance of F2P and why it no longer delivers offline experiences

A Game of the Year edition of Halo 4 will arrive at retail this October, Microsoft has confirmed. IGN originally reported on a photo the outlet received from an anonymous source that shows the game as part of a presentation. The image indicates the game will be priced at $50 …

InMCV’s weekly round-up of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Activision hires Ubisoft’s Rachael Grant and we look at the best positions available. Just Dance UK brand manager takes on Skylanders Rachael Grant has joined Activision as UK brand manager for Skylanders. Grant comes from an extensive background …

Electronic Arts is giving a slice of the cash raised by its current Humble Bundle to UK games industry charity GamesAid. Found at HumbleBundle.com, the pay-what-you-want download package includes some of the biggest games in EA Origin’s catalogue, including Dead Space and Dead Space 3, Crysis 2, the 2010 Medal …

Sam Fisher may have snuck back onto shelves today in Splinter Cell Blacklist, but there’s one title Tom Clancy fans are still waiting for. Rainbow Six: Patriots was first announced back in November 2011, but nobody has seen much from it since. It was noticeably absent from Ubisoft’s line-ups at …

Computing firm boss to leave within 12 months

Players will be able to buy booster packs for the multiplayer mode in Microsoft’s Roman-themed Xbox One launch game. The Crytek-developed Ryse: Son of Rome will allow players to buy better armour or items that will help them customise their characters, according to VideoGamer. The system is said to be …

The next-gen entry in Sony’s superhero series will miss the PlayStation 4’s launch, but not by too much. Sucker Punch, the studio behind Infamous: Second Son, has told Polygon that the game will arrive in February 2014. The game is one of several first-party flagships that was announced at the …