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Gears of War, Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty and Just Dance are among the ‘Brand Maps’ currently available via the new Reports section of MCV’s website. The exclusive consumer research is provided by GameVision and is based on twice yearly interviews with over 5,000 consumers in the UK, France, Germany …
Read More »Introducing Gears of War: The Board Game
Forget theHorde mode – try out the new Board mode. Gears of War: The Board Game will arrive on shelves next month. Based on the hugely popular Xbox 360 franchise, this product tasks up to four players with completing randomly constructed missions by working together. The game comes bundled with …
Read More »BBC ‘wants partnerships for retail games’
Broadcaster claimed to have strong interest in Kinect and Wii U projects
Read More »EA hopes to resolve issues with Steam
Electronic Arts has said it wants to "work out an agreement" with Valve that will see its games return to the Steam download service. Sources have previously told MCV that the ongoing disagreement between EA and Steam derives from the publisher’s decision to sell DLC for its games exclusively through …
Read More »THQ: MX vs ATV DLC experiment was unsuccessful
Brian Farrell, CEO of THQ, has declared that the new DLC-centric business model it attempted with MX vs ATV Alive was "not a successful experiment". The publisher announced earlier this year that it would release the off-road racer at a reduced RRP and drive revenue with regular waves of downloadable …
Read More »EA pulls interest in 3D gaming
'Very poor returns' from stereoscopic tech, Riccitiello warns
Read More »El Shaddai to be distributed in PAL regions by Konami
Konami has announced that it will be distributing the UTV Ignition title El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. El Shaddai sees players take place in an epic battle of good versus evil, saving the human race in a stylised, minimalist world on PS3 and …
Read More »THQ reports disappointing Q1, abandons Red Faction
Just a year ago Red Faction was being touted as THQ’s golden child. It had a TV series on SyFy, it had a brand new game that hoped to build on the success of the impressive Red Faction: Guerrilla. But how quickly things change. Last night THQ reported a disappointing …
Read More »Driver SF uses always-on DRM
The PC version of Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco will require players to have a constant internet connection. The new was confirmed by Driver and Rabbids community developer Mathieu Willem via Twitter, according to Eurogamer. Throughout the first half of 2010, Ubisoft faced criticism and even server attacks after it announced …
Read More »Ubisoft UK details free-to-play hopes
Ubisoft’s free-to-play aspirations were unveiled to the UK press at a summer showcase last week. With F2P titles Ghost Recon Online, Imagine Town and The Settlers Online, Ubisoft is adapting its own brands with the ultimate goal of ‘upgrading’ users to richer online games. Using the free-to-play model, we want …
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