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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC can only be accessed by one player profile per console, forum complaints suggest.UPDATE: Activision aware of ‘unintentional’ problem. Users may have to purchase Elite content twice if they want to play it under a different profile on their Xbox 360 console – something …
Read More »Capcom: Resident Evil 6 is our biggest production
Resident Evil 6 is Capcom’s largest-scale production the publisher’s ever worked on, with 600 staff working on the title. The ‘dramatic horror’ title – revealed last week – will also promise a ‘larger world’ than previous Resident Evil games. Exec producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi said: This is by far the largest-scale …
Read More »Guillemot: Next Assassin’s Creed will be ‘biggest to date’
This year’s new Assassin’s Creed will be the biggest game in the series so far, Ubisoft told MCV. It is understood that it will inject new life into the series, featuring fresh lead characters for the first time since 2009. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has high hopes for this Christmas’ …
Read More »Global Wii U launch due this year
Next generation system months away from release across key territories
Read More »Nintendo expects FY loss to deepen to £535m
Substantial 3DS discount builds momentum but pulls profits
Read More »Rising Star Games cracks America
British publisher Rising Star Games has opened an office in the US. Rising Star Games Inc is based in California and will release its first title – shooter Akai Katana – on Xbox 360 in Q2 2012. The firm has also opened Rising Star Games Digital, which will handle downloadable …
Read More »Wii U ‘twice as powerful as Xbox 360’
Next-gen system far outperforms current expectations, Develop source claims
Read More »THQ quits licensed kids games sector
We’re used to publishers broadening their reach and distancing themselves from the core, but a new strategic shift from THQ is seeing it do the opposite. The firm has confirmed its intention to exit its relationships” with licensed kids entertainment IP holders. THQ’s back-catalogue of recent years features some of …
Read More »11 publishers sign up to EA Origin
Electronic Arts has brought several new third party partners onboard for its digital distribution service, Origin. A total of 11 independent game publishers will be bringing their games to the platform, including Robot Entertainment, CD Projekt Red, Freebird Games, Recoil Games, Autumn Games, 1C Company, inXile Entertainment, Paradox Interactive, Core …
Read More »Kristan Reed heads up Pocket Gamer
Steel Media has announced that Kristan Reed has taken on the role of editor-in-chief for Pocket Gamer. Reed has ore than a decade of experience in video games journalism, having started back in 1999 on Computer Trade Weekly, the precursor to MCV. He was also editorial director at Eurogamer, before …
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