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Read More »Sega vs The Son of God and pan-dimensional lizards
And to think, you thought Ubisoft was brave to take on the anti-DRM brigade… David Icke has lashed out at Sega over its refusal to allow him to use a track from Medieval: Total War II in an upcoming stage tour. Who is David Icke, you ask? Well… He was …
Read More »Disgruntled former SCEA PR man lets rip on Twitter
This should be read with a very notable disclaimer – ex-employees are often not the best barometer of their former employer’s strategy. And with that in mind, former Sony America PR man Will Powers embarked on what can only be described as a Twitter rant, slamming Sony for its current …
Read More »Borderlands 2 season pass won’t entitle owners to all DLC
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has teased plans for additional DLC for Borderlands 2 beyond the game’s season pass offerings. Speaking with Kotaku, Pitchford mentioned the previously announced additional character add-on, then went on to tease new vehicle types in the works. "We will have other, non-season pass related DLC. The …
Read More »UPDATED: PopCap Dublin closes its doors; 96 jobs lost
PopCap Dublin has been closed by parent company EA. The news comes after management admitted last month that 50 jobs had been lost from PopCap’s Seattle office and an unspecified number shaved from its Irish operations. The company then went on to say that it had entered into an exploratory …
Read More »FIFA 13 PC system requirements revealed, won’t support Windows 8
EA has published the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for FIFA 13, and announced that the game will not support Windows 8 as the upcoming operating system will release after the game. FIFA games have traditionally received step-motherly treatment, built on an inferior engine than the one that the …
Read More »Kickstarter pledges new guidelines to protect backers
Crowdfunding site 'is not a store' say founders as new rules are brought in
Read More »Ubisoft’s digital boss on free-to-play, mobile games, eSports and the new UPlay
Ubisoft showed off its download line-up at its Digital Days showcase in Paris earlier this month, and MCV caught up with worldwide director of online games Stephanie Perotti. The publisher’s digital boss shared with us the plan for the newly-relaunched UPlay downloads service, the ever-growing free-to-play sector, the promising eSports …
Read More »Gem backs Borderlands 2 with Xbox competition
2K Games’ distributor Gem is running a number of promotions in support of Borderlands 2. The firm (which has also worked on the ‘Guns, Guns, Guns’ Top Trumps pre-order campaign), is running a Facebook competition. Simply by liking the GemGroup page, you can win an Xbox 360 250GB Console and …
Read More »European World of Warcraft launch event will be live streamed on YouTube
Blizzard is hosting seven major launch events across Europe for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. The festivities take place Monday evening (September 24th) in Paris, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Cologne and Stockholm. But for those that are unable to attend, Blizzard is live streaming the event over YouTube. The …
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