Sony’s brave experiment that is Wonderbook is to receive two new games in the coming year, including a new Harry Potter entry. E3 saw the announcement of both Wonderbook: Book of Potions and Wonderbook: Walking With Dinosaurs. The former is a fully Pottermore licensed product developed in conjunction with Harry …
Read More »Microsoft pledges to keep new game RRPs static for Xbox One
Xbox One games will not cost more than Xbox 360 titles. That’s the pledge from Microsoft, with a rep telling Polygon that "I can confirm that Microsoft Studios games on Xbox One will be $59.99”. Which seems pretty definitive. For once it seems to be Sony that is being less …
Read More »DFC: "The entire future of the Xbox business is in question"
Interactive entertainment research firm DFC has delivered a scathing verdict of Xbox One’s market chances in the wake of last weeks’ incredible events at E3. In fact, it even goes as far as to question whether the scope of Xbox One’s PR failure to date could jeopardise Microsoft’s entire games …
Read More »Sony: "If you buy it, you own it"
E3 may be over but Sony will do all it can to ride on the wave of goodwill that it generated in LA for as long as possible. Speaking to Yahoo, SCE chief exec Andrew House and made further statements about the company’s appreciation of the public backlash to Microsoft’s …
Read More »Region Focus: Berlin
Develop investigates the reality of the games industry in the German capital
Read More »Microsoft reassures players that Xbox Live ban won’t result in lost games
Some might say that losing your game collection for being racist and homophobic on Xbox Live is actually a good thing. However, the truth remains that racists and homophobes have big spending power (or at least their parents do) so Microsoft has moved to calm them by quelling fears that …
Read More »Vlambeer victim of theft at E3
Ridiculous Fishing developer loses a bag containing most of its gear
Read More »Bleszinski: Sony just playing on internet outrage
Gears of War creator says triple-A model unsustainable with used game sales
Read More »EA confirms Danger Close team disbanded
DICE LA replaces Medal of Honor developer
Read More »Nintendo’s Aonuma: If we don’t change we might die
'We need to evolve, things need to change, things need to grow,' says development veteran
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