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Multiplayer-centric title to make extensive use of cloud technology

UK grocer Tesco has announced it is "scaling back" on consumer electronics as it focuses more on food, clothing and health and beauty products. It’s also providing less space in stores to other non-food categories like toys, stationery and home products such as gardening, DIY and car accessory goods. "We’re …

It may be behind one of the biggest game franchises of all time, but Bungie insists it still needs to prove itself. At E3 next week the Halo developer is demoing its new FPS, Destiny, live at the PlayStation press conference. And the studio’s senior writer Eric Osborne says that …

Titanfall. That’s the name of the game being secretly developed by Respawn Entertainment. Respawn, lest you forget, was started by Jason West and Vince Zampella after the Infinity Ward founders were booted from their studio by now-owners Activision. One of their first acts after establishing Respawn was announcing an exclusivity …

Blizzard’s console port of its hit PC dungeon crawler Diablo III has finally been dated. The game will be released on PS3 on September 3rd. The surprise move is that it will also hit Xbox 360 on the same day. Diablo III was released on PC in May 2012 and …

Two of Sony Online Entertainment’s MMO titles have been confirmed for PS4. Licensed superhero outing and existing PS3 titles DC Universe Online as well as the until-now PC only multiplayer shooter Planetside 2 are both scheduled for a release on Sony’s new machine. The MMO genre was once touted as …

A wealth of high-profile middleware providers on board with UE4

Exec to oversee strategy, business development, operations and commercial delivery

CSR Racing and MyHorse publisher on board for awards ceremony as Drinks Reception Partner

The music genre is dead, right? Erm, no, perhaps not. Ubisoft has confirmed that music title Rocksmith has sold a very impressive 1.4m units worldwide since its release in October 2011. There have also been 3m track downloads from the game’s digital store. The publisher is also quoting a study …