Publishing

New 'groundbreaking multiplayer project' underway; studio wants to 'take FPSes to a whole new level'

The Next Generation Portable will be launched in 2011. That’s the unwavering message from Sony, which according to Andriasang made the following statement to investors earlier today: "Regarding NGP, we’re progressing with preparations towards a release at the end of the year." The firm also insisted that PSN is still …

Renowned concept artist Iain McCaig working with Zampella and West

Zynga's Facebook stronghold challenged by new EA game, sources say

The next iterations of PlayStation and Xbox hardware can’t come soon enough, according to the UK boss of publisher Ubisoft. When asked by an interview with MCV when he thinks new hardware might be debuted to the public, Rob Cooper replied: "I’ll leave that up to Microsoft and Sony to …

Microsoft chief executive is stuck in the past, claims hedge fund manager David Einhorn

Movie and music industries will follow on the same path, Facebook boss believes

Boxart for Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier released on Xbox.com yesterday appeared to confirm Kinect support for the game. As spotted by CVG, the banner of the game says "Better With kinect", suggesting optional support for the peripheral. However, the art was quickly removed and replaced with a version omitting …

The UK’s biggest supermarket is to begin taking pre-orders for this November’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from midnight tonight. Tesco has placed in the ad in a number of national papers today, though it doesn’t state what price it will be selling the game for. It does, however, …

Ubisoft is showing retail how it’s done by opening its own High Street outlet. The firm has sublet a store on Dean Street in Soho to support upcoming Kinect game Child of Eden. It will boast two floors, with a ‘chill out area’ and three game trial rooms, as well …