Xbox 3 and Wii 2 to beat PS4 to market

Successors to the Wii and Xbox 360 are more likely to arrive before the release of the PlayStation 4, according to a top Sony exec. Looking from the outside, it was Microsoft that released the first of this generation of consoles. Naturally, in my opinion, Microsoft will make the first …

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ELSPA already lobbying over Change4Life

The UK video games industry has already leapt into action following news that the responsibility for to Government’s Change4Life campaign is to be handed over to the private companies that until now part-funded it. A large drive to cut Government spending costs has seen all state funding of the ad …

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New Red Dead DLC announced

Rockstar has announced it will release a series of downloadable content packs for Red Dead Redemption. The four packs will be released on both PSN and Xbox Live over the next few months, starting with the Legends and Killers Pack next month. Also named was the Liars and Cheats Pack, …

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Government scraps Change4Life funding

Over a year on from the introduction of the controversial Change4Life campaign that infuriated the UK games industry by linking the playing of video games with premature death, the Government has confirmed that it is to withdraw all further funding for the project. Instead, Parliament intends to hand over funding …

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Dragon Age bigger than Mass Effect

Rob Bartel, the principal designer at BioWare, has told MCV that last year’s PC and console release Dragon Age was the most successful game the studio has ever produced – trumping high-profile sci-fi release Mass Effect in the process. The boast also places Dragon Age above the likes of Star …

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