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Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator Rob Gilbert has left Double Fine. Gilbert announced his exit on his blog, stating that his work with Double Fine had concluded with the recent launch of their adventure game collaboration The Cave. Now that The Cave is done and unleashed on an unsuspecting …
Read More »Xi3 Piston priced at $1000
Steam-powered microcomputer joins PS4 in holiday 2013 release window
Read More »Ubisoft: Assassin’s Creed IV gives pirates the ‘HBO treatment’
Ubisoft wants to ‘redefine piracy in modern entertainment’ with Assassin’s Creed IV. The new title features a new pirate assassin, but this is a far more serious take on the pirate story than Treasure Island and Pirates of the Carribean – something that’s new to video games and Ubisoft hopes …
Read More »Australian games fund guidelines finalised
Trade body adjusts requirements to suit team sizes and solo developers
Read More »PS4 tops YouTube’s most-watched ads list
More than 26 million people watched Sony’s reveal trailer for its next-generation PS4 console last month. The video, which can be viewed below, topped YouTube’s ads leaderboard for February 2013 with five million more views than the next most popular ad, which was from Samsung Mobile USA. The rankings are …
Read More »$1,000 Steam Box due this Christmas, pre-orders begin
The Xi3 Piston, the Valve-backed PC-like console, will be available by the end of the year. And costs a whopping $1,000. Xi3 Corporation is now accepting pre-orders for the device, listing the price as $999.99, according to Engadget. Consumers who pre-order by Sunday, March 17th will receive a $100 discount. …
Read More »SimCity problems are "almost behind us" says EA studio Maxis
Adding more and more servers to support the launch of its SimCity reboot appears to be helping EA turn a corner. A new statement from studio head Lucy Bradshaw says the core problem with getting in and having a great SimCity experience is almost behind us”. Although it might take …
Read More »Battlefield 4 could be revealed on 27th March
EA could reveal Battlefield 4 around this month’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. The publisher has sent out invitations for an event on 26th March, which has been posted online by IGN. While Battlefield 4 isn’t mentioned on the invite, the design, font, and colour palette are reminiscent of …
Read More »EA halts SimCity online advertising
Publisher 'temporarily' pauses promotion of troubled city-builder
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Morrisons’ new buyer, top vacancies
In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Millea heads up Morrisons’ games division and we look at the best job opportunities. Morrisons signs new games buyerSimon Millea is now managing the video games category at?Morrisons, taking on the position of buyer for PC software, games, consoles …
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