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The Sims 4 announced for 2014 release on PC, Mac
Maxis will release The Sims 4 in 2014 for PC and Mac, EA has announced. Avoiding any speculation to the contrary, the announcement clearly states that the game will be a single-player offline experience”, a relief for fans after the teething problems faced by the always-on SimCity. The Sims 4 …
Read More »Call of Duty creators’ next game is an Xbox exclusive – report
Those sleuths over at US site Kotaku believes it has all the information about a major new Xbox exclusive. Respawn Entertainment – the team set-up by the creators of Call of Duty – has built a futuristic online multiplayer-centric shooter that pits giant Titans against heavily armed foot soldiers. But …
Read More »25 YEARS OF MASTERTRONIC: Q&A with Andy Payne
1988 was an important year. The Iran-Iraq War ended. The English Pound Note ceased to be legal tender, and laws are changed to allow pubs to stay open all day. Bruce Willis dropped Alan Rickman off a building in Die Hard. Jessie J was born. And in Wimbledon, three men …
Read More »XCOM: Enemy Unknown iOS won’t have in-app purchases
The upcoming iOS release of XCOM: Enemy Unknown won’t carry any purchasable upgrades, according to the game’s designer Jake Solomon. The Firaxis lead emphatically stated to IGN that there are no plans for in-app purchases when the popular AAA title arrives for iPads and iPhones later this year. "Oh God, …
Read More »Consumerist responds to EA’s response to Worst Company in America poll
One might think this would be a time for EA to make nice with the customers who feel like they are being mistreated.” So begins a response from Consumerist to the reaction of Peter Moore to the fact that EA is odds on to be named as the Worst Company …
Read More »EA’s Peter Moore responds to ‘Worst Company in America’ poll
Readers of The Consumerist are expected to today name EA as the ‘Worst Company in America’ for the second year running. MCV wrote the following after EA scooped the unadmirable title last year. The arms trade? Oil companies polluting the planet? Bankers bringing us to our knees? Companies that sell …
Read More »EA’s Moore defends publisher in wake of worst company poll
COO admits publisher 'severely fumbled' the launch of SimCity
Read More »OPINION: The negative trends that defined this generation
As we approach the next console generation, one of the major players has attempted to design its next-gen console to be more developer and consumer-friendly. How the PlayStation 4 eventually turns out remains to be seen, and we still don’t know much about Microsoft’s next-gen plans, although rumours have been …
Read More »GDC 13: All the news in one place
All the major announcements, interviews and insights from GDC 2013 right here
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