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Considering yesterday’s news escapades, Capcom’s announcement of a brand new IP – Remember – with a great looking new female lead could hardly have been timed better. However, those hoping Gamescom will follow-up with an even bigger announcement in the shape of Half-Life 3 are heading for disappointment. And that’s …

Capcom admits it was initially unsure about using a female as the lead character in Remember Me. The firm’s head of marketing for the US and Europe Michael Pattison told MCV that there was the question as to whether a female lead character could potentially damage sales of the game. …

Mind Candy co-developing mobile titles as part of recent deal with mobile giant

Capcom has confirmed to MCV that it will reveal its first Wii U game ‘very soon.’ But it won’t be shown at Gamescom, the publishers says. Capcom has historically been a major support of Nintendo and its new platforms. The company has already released a number of titles on 3DS …

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German city expects additional growth by close of 2012

The internet has erupted this afternoon after an eager journalist spotted a listing for Valve’s hugely anticipated Half-Life 3 in the official Gamescom show guide. T3 reports that the game is included in Gamecom’s PDF guide. It’s safe to say that Half-Life 3 is amongst the most anticipated releases in …

Designers should think about the effect games can have on modern culture, says Braid creator

Julie Uhrman, the CEO of Ouya, has told MCV that her company feels a burden of responsibility to deliver on all of its promises for its thousands of backers. The Ouya Kickstarter closed last week having raised an astonishing total of $8,596,475 from 63,416 separate backers. We’ve been stunned by …

New IP is all too rare in the modern market. New IP with a female lead character is rarer still. Capcom has this morning used its Gamescom presentation to reintroduce its Remember Me IP, which was shown off last year under the name Adrift. The game is being developed by …