Publishing

E3 shows renewed focus

Nintendo’s third-party Wii U sizzle vid was packed with more blood, gore and aggression than a Rockstar game. Its first-party 3DS line-up was a range of fan-pleasers, not granny-ticklers. Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect range was also focused on the core, demoing how things like most talked about E3 game Mass Effect …

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Activision names Hepworth as UK MD

Activision UK will have a new MD from August as current boss Andrew Brown concentrates on Euro duties. Peter Hepworth will take over as UK MD for Activision in two months. He’s been with Activision since 2006, first as European CFO before moving up to become global sales and supply …

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E3 2011: Kotick shunned by EA on show floor

The most respected journalist at Future’s consumer site CVG has reported of a quite remarkable shun on the competitive floors of this year’s E3. The site has been told by a "senior informant" that the personal assistant of Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was seen at the EA stand requesting that …

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VIDEO: The Old Republic’s stunning intro

The opening cinematic for EA and BioWare’s upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic has appeared online, and you can watch the entire video below. We’re still none the wiser as to when the long awaited MMO will finally be released. Earlier in the year MCV discovered that EA execs were …

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E3 2011: Xbox Live ‘too closed’ for Dust 514

Xbox Live is too closed for the developer of PS3 exclusive Dust 514. Speaking to Eurogamer during an E3 presentation, CCP CTO Halldor Fannar said: Let’s just say that with Sony at least they have policies that allow us to build the game the way we want.” That is one …

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