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Microsoft’s claim that all ofits future first-party line-up would be part of its Xbox Play Anywhere appears to not be entirely correct. The platform holderquietly edited its statement on the matter, now saying that every game shown on-stage at E3 will be part of the scheme, where before it said …
Read More »Activision denies Sierra closure
Activision has denied speculation that it has closed its Sierra indie publishing label. Multiple development sources told MCV last week that the Activision division – responsible for King’s Quest, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved, Shiftlings and Velocity 2K – no longer existed, with just one title still in production. Activision …
Read More »Carmageddon developer: ‘If anything, we get more criticism for our crappy jokes than the violence’
After a 15 year absence, original developer Stainless brought the Carmageddon series back in 2015 with PC release, Reincarnation. Now that title is coming to PS4 and Xbox One as Max Damage, and is even set for physical retail via publisher Sold Out.We speak to studio co-founder Neil Barnden about …
Read More »EA launches NBA Live for iOS and Android
Publishing giant EA has released a new entry in its NBA Live series for mobile devices. Imaginatively named NBA Live Mobile, the free-to-play title is available to download now on both iOS and Android. According to the publisher itself, this game features Live Event drills and game scenarios, head-to-head matchups …
Read More »Report: Money generated in Steam Summer Sale up 43% year-on-year
Consumers spent $68m more in this year’s Steam Summer Sale than 2015’s. That’s according to analytics site Steam Spy on Twitter (below), which claims that gamers spent $228m compared with last year’s $160m. That’s a 42.5 per cent increase. Note that Steam Spy figures – by its own admission – …
Read More »GAME opens first in-store eSports zone
High street retailer GAME added an area dedicated to competitive gaming to its Manchester Trafford Centre store. Announced via its corporate site, GAME has said that this space – which launches today (Thursday, July 7th) – features 10 Overclockers gaming PCs and a VR pod. GAME is looking to run …
Read More »OlliOlli dev Roll7 partners with 505 Games and jumps to Unreal for ‘much bigger’ project
Online multiplayer title will move to 3D art style in contrast to studio's iconic 2D pixel visuals
Read More »OlliOlli studio Roll7 signs with 505 Games for new ‘much bigger’ project
The next title from OlliOlli and Not a Hero developer Roll7 will be launching with the help of 505 Games, MCV can reveal. Details are scarce about this upcoming project save that it is an online multiplayer experience. The indie studio says that this new game is a departure from …
Read More »There was nearly an Ancient Rome Call of Duty game, report
If footage from a pitch reel is to believed, a Call of Duty title set in Ancient Rome was in the works. That’s according a source speaking to GamesRadar, who claims that in 2008 Vicarious Visions put forward the idea of a Call of Duty, called Roman Wars, which cast …
Read More »Deep Silver to publish Atlus and Sega games including Persona 5 in Europe
German games firm Deep Silver will be releasing Atlus and Sega games including Persona 5 in Europe. The Dead Island firm announced today that it had entered in to a publishing agreement to launch some forthcoming Atlus games, such as Persona 5 (pictured) and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, as …
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