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Read More »Kinect support for Ghost Recon
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 …
Read More »Tesco pushes MW3 pre-orders
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, …
Read More »Ubisoft opens Child of Eden shop
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 …
Read More »Epic Diaries: Mocap mastery
An analysis of Vicon House of Moves' use of Unreal Engine
Read More »Ubisoft goes online for E3
Ubisoft will make a big push to establish its online gaming credentials at E3 next month, MCV understands. The company will use the LA showcase to reveal new details on the newly-announced Ghost Recon Online, as well as TrackMania2 Canyon and From Dust – games designed to kick start Ubisoft’s ambitious …
Read More »Champion Jockey races to retail
Tecmo Koei may be embracing social games, but it still has an interest in the console space. The publisher has lifted the lid on its latest Jockey horse racing game. Champion Jockey will arrive this September on Xbox 360 Kinect, PS3 Move and Wii, MCV can reveal. It’s the spiritual …
Read More »Now Canadian Sony site is hacked
Having just confessed to a fresh data theft from the Sony Greece BMG website, the PlayStation platform has now revealed a further breach of its online security. The BBC reports that the details of 2,000 consumers registered on the Canadian Sony Ericsson portal have been stolen. Email addresses, passwords and …
Read More »Spil Games add activity feed to social gaming portals
Spil Games have introduced a new activity feed feature to their social gaming portals.
Read More »Ghost Recon goes free-to-play
Ubisoft has announced it currently working on Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online, the first free-to-play entry in the series. The game is being developed by Ubisoft Singapore and is a multiplayer-only, third-person tactical shooter. It will be available to download on PC, with a closed beta due to start later …
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