Publishing

Special report: THQ addresses dev tensions as worker says schedule has pushed team to the limit

'People at Kaos do not want to hear THQ publicly glorify crunch time'

Platform holder Microsoft has revealed that DLC for THQ’s upcoming shooter Homefront will be a timed exclusive on Xbox 360. The news, reported by Eurogamer, comes from THQ’s ongoing press gathering in New York. Additional content for the game will be released on PS3, but only after an as-of-yet unannounced …

505 will publish Kung Fu Factory’s ‘unofficial and proud’ MMA game, Supremacy, on PS3 and Xbox 360 in June. The studio gleefully describes the game as ‘bloody and brutal’ and claims that whilst it lacks the backing and branding of the sports chief governing body, UFC, it delivers a grittier, …

Today marks the UK release of what many hope will be the turning point in the MMO genre’s stuttering fortunes on consoles – Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online. To date the only MMO titles to launch on current-gen machines are Square Enix’ Final Fantasy XI and Sega’s Phantasy Star …

Sony has announced on the PlayStation blog that PS3 racer MotorStorm: Apocalypse will be released in the UK on March 16th. Notably, the release comes some way before the game is due to arrive at US retail on April 12th. The third instalment in the MotorStorm series, the first of …

Electronic Arts and MCV are giving five readers the chance to win a ticket to Dead Space Exposed, a special preview event for Dead Space 2. Attendees will be able to play the upcoming sci-fi horror sequel for themselves, as well as explore the franchise at large and meet the …

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Studio says it is 'too small to take on a company like Capcom'

Microsoft’s community voice Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrb has claimed that the platform holder had such a successful Christmas in America that it actually ran our of hardware by the end of the period. "I found out we ran out of consoles at end of the month so [we] don’t expect …