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Project CARS dev says making games without player involvement is ‘financial suicide’

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says that from 2015, the firm will be moving away from the last generation of platforms. The boss told GameInformer that the rapid transition to the new generation of machines has made supporting the old machines unviable. Just look at the Chart-Track figures, and you’ll see …

Activision’s unusual relationship with Hollywood took another turn this week, with reports that the publisher is looking to open its own TV and movie studio. According to The Information, Activision is tentatively looking into such a move. The firm has a hot and cold relationship with the movie industry, although …

Telltale Games has picked up Destiny writer Joshua Rubin to help develop the studio’s upcoming take on Game of Thrones. Rubin had worked at Bungie on the Destiny franchise for the past two years, following stints at Ubisoft, Capcom and Visceral Games. "Thrilled to share that, after two great years …

Valve is now accepting submissions for Team Fortress 2 merchandise to be proposed by the game’s community and sold via Steam Workshop. The TF2 Blog provides details on the new program, revealing that anyone can submit a design (t-shirt, poster, etc.) for community vote. Valve will then select the most …

Free-to-play shooter Warframe will launch next month on Xbox One, developer Digital Extremes has announced. The studio revealed the news during a presentation over the weekend (video below, skip to 7:45), stating that the game will arrive on September 2nd for Microsoft’s latest console. The title originally released in open …

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president and CEO Jim Ryan has said that the platform holder doesn’t have anything against EA Access. The subscription service is available on Xbox One but won’t be arriving on PS4, with Sony previously saying that it doesn’t think asking our fans to pay an additional …

Nintendo may finally be about to make its long-awaited jump onto iOS. No, the company is not, as previously pledged, enabling Mario to move onto smartphone”, but YouTuber Josh Wittenkeller has said on Twitter that the platform holder IS porting its Pokemon Trading Card Game to iOS. The game was …

Those with more of an interest that animated Disney characters than Marvel superheroes will be interested to hear of a new Disney Infinity 2.0 bundle. The Toy Box Combo Pack, which is due out on November 7th, will include the game, the 2.0 base, one Merida and one Stitch figure …

From the moment Bobby Kotick, Activision CEO, bemoaned the poor sales of Wii U, you knew Skylanders had a problem. The record-breaking kids IP that introduced the world to ‘toys-to-life’ was finding it harder and harder to find where the kids were playing. Wii and DS sales had fallen down; …