Publishing

Cloud Imperium’s Star Citizen has surpassed $9m in crowdfunding. The game raised $2.1m during its 2012 Kickstarter campaign, and the Roberts Space Industries site has brought in the remaining $6.9m. The game has been in development for over a year, and aims to combine elements of Roberts’s previous games Wing …

Console giant looks to browser game and Unity developers to expand Wii U software range

Those sleuths over at US site Kotaku believes it has all the information about a major new Xbox exclusive. Respawn Entertainment – the team set-up by the creators of Call of Duty – has built a futuristic online multiplayer-centric shooter that pits giant Titans against heavily armed foot soldiers. But …

Activision has launched a teaser page for its forthcoming Call of Duty game. The new title is expected to be named Call of Duty: Ghosts, and its reveal is likely to be over the coming days and weeks. The teaser image on the site features a face similar to the …

Original designer wins final attempt by EA to block suit

Activision and Bungie might be looking into a microtransactions model for their FPS, Destiny. Superannuation sniffs out a LinkedIn profile for an Activision staff member working on the game. In the online listing, the employee mentions ‘monetization modeling’ in regards to Destiny. Nothing specific about the potential inclusion of the …

Microsoft has again booked the Galen Center in Los Angeles for an apparent pre-E3 press event. Neowin reports the firm has made its annual booking this year for June 10th, the day before E3 gets underway. The event will take place just weeks after Microsoft’s previously announced May 21st showing …

Square Enix is making redundancies to its UK and European operation, MCV can reveal. It follows news that sales of Tomb Raider, Hitman and Sleeping Dogs missed their targets. Although all three games sold significant quantities around the world, they were well below Square’s very high expectations. We are reviewing …

BioShock publisher 2K Games will not be exhibiting at this year’s E3 show in Los Angeles. The firm has announced via its official blog that it will "not have a booth on the show floor" in June. Instead it will unveil demos and details of its upcoming titles via its …

One-time authentication and internet requirement decision left to individual companies, not Microsoft