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The senior manager of marketing in Nintendo of America’s licensing department has urged the company’s fans to be a bit more adventurous with the digital content they buy. "It seems like a lot of the Nintendo fans and consumers they gravitate towards nostalgia, they gravitate towards platformer and puzzle action …
Read More »Madden 16 will have women in its crowds for the first time
Really, Madden never had women in the crowds before? Does FIFA? Clearly we haven’t been paying enough attention. FIFA 16 is taking a big step forward this year with the addition for the first time of female teams, albeit just a limited selection of international squads. US-centric release Madden may …
Read More »May and Hammond will not be joined by Clarkson in Forza 6
Only two members of Top Gear’s (nor former) iconic trio will feature in Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One racer Forza Motorsport 6. Videogamer reports that while Richard Hammond and James May will lend their voices to the game, controversial presenter Jeremy Clarkson will not. Top Gear and its talent have previously …
Read More »Microsoft predicts a ‘massive migration’ to Xbox One this holiday
Xbox One is in prime position to dominate next-gen hardware sales later this year following what was undoubtedly an exciting E3, Microsoft predicts. The key to this swing away from PS4? The triple-whammy of Xbox One’s new Xbox 360 backwards compatibility, Halo 5: Guardians and Gears of War Ultimate Edition. …
Read More »Fils-Aime: VR is not fun and not social
Nintendo was the first games company to do 3D and the first to do augmented reality, but it looks highly unlikely it will be joining the virtual reality party. Whether it was the new AR ventures of Microsoft’s Hololens or the blossoming VR movement driven by Oculus Rift and Steam …
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians has multiplayer transactions
Developer 343 Industries has confirmed that microtransactions are included in the multiplayer part of upcoming Xbox One title Halo 5: Guardians. It will be called the Requisition System (REQ). Players will earn REQ points naturally in the game as rewards after each match. These points can then be spent on …
Read More »Sony was ‘nervous’ about Horizon Zero Dawn’s female lead
Unveiling Guerrilla’s new IP Horizon Zero Dawn upon the world at E3 was a tense moment for Sony Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida. Not because he wasn’t confident in the game, of course. Many have dubbed it the game of the show, but in an industry where attitudes towards females continue …
Read More »Hello Games nearly announced a No Man’s Sky release date at E3
One of E3’s most hotly anticipated games nearly got itself a release date this week. Hello Games boss Sean Murray told GameSpot that the studio at one stage planned to announce the game’s release date, but ultimately decided against it. We really wanted to announce a release date. It’s really …
Read More »Nintendo held back Zelda Wii U from E3 as it ‘didn’t want to frustrate’ people
The Legend of Zelda for Wii U was not shown at E3 this week as Nintendo didn’t want to frustrate people who hoped it might be released this year. Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto has already had to assure fans that the already delayed game is still in development for Wii …
Read More »Hitman’s Io Interactive: Season Passes are wrong
Danish developer Io Interactive has said that the freshly announced Hitman won’t have a Season pass as the studio isn’t a fan of the model. "Everything we ship on December 8th will be completely finished, it will be a very polished experience,” Io boss Hannes Seifert told VideoGamer. There are …
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