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Halo 4 developer 343 Industries hopes to bring the FPS franchise to a multitude of digital and physical formats, according to Halo: Spartan Assault lead designer Mike Ellis. Speaking with VentureBeat, Ellis discussed Halo potentially branching out from its typical formats – though he didn’t go as far as to …

Nintendo has announced it will put on a new Nintendo Direct online presentation this week. The company plans on revealing release and other info regarding Wii U and 3DS games set to launch during the spring 2014 window. No games were specifically mentioned, but Wii U’s Mario Kart 8 is …

Sony India’s press conference on Wednesday, where it will reveal launch plans for the PS4 in India, will be live-streamed. The PlayStation India Facebook page has posted a link to a page that will supposedly host a live feed of the press conference, which is set to take place at …

Former mod attracted 19,000 players in first hour on sale

Valve’s popular free-to-play MOBA title Dota 2 is now freely accessible to everybody. The developer has also revealed that the hugely successful eSports title is currently attracting some 6.5m monthly active users. For the past several months, access to Dota 2 has been granted through a queue system that gated …

South Park developer's attention turns to future projects, Alpha Protocol sequel ruled out

250,000 consoles sold in two days means PS4 is already ahead in the next-gen console race. But does a good launch really spell success for the future? MCV talks to PlayStation president and CEO Andrew House on the future of its new machine, the role of retail and the death …

Warner has released a first-look video of its upcoming LEGO The Hobbit. The game will be based on both last year’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and recent release The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug. As you would expect it features a host of recognisable faces including Gandalf and Bilbo …

Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts may be the best-performing next-gen launch game, but it is still falling far behind predecessor Black Ops II’s commercial success. That’s according to Cowen & Company’s Doug Creutz, as reported by VentureBeat. Upon further reflection, we think the [Call of Duty] numbers are a bit …

It’s a very intense decision” – that’s how North American Ubisoft president Laurent Detoc describes the process leading up to the delay of a game. Speaking to IGN, the exec explained that as late as August of this year Ubisoft still hoped to have Watch Dogs ready for the launch …