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The changes at Telltale Games are continuing with confirmation that John Riccitiello has joined the company’s board of directors. Riccitiello is the current CEO of Unity and has twice been the boss of EA, with his second tenure ending in early 2013. Telltale has created something entirely new,” Riccitiello said. …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight is first in series to get M rating in US
Warner’s upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight looks to be the most violent in the series to date. IGN reports that the fourth instalment in the series is the first to be given an M (Mature) rating by US board the ESRB. Previous games have been rated T (Teen). "From our point …
Read More »Simon Byron joins Curve Digital as publishing director
Premier PR’s Simon Byron is leaving the company to make the jump into publishing. The former journalist turned PR guru will in July join UK studio Curve Digital, which now claims to be the largest publisher of indie games on consoles in the world, as publishing director. I’ve been very …
Read More »Iwata: Wii U could be just one game away from reversing fortunes
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said that one big hit could still be enough to cause Wii U sales to rocket. Following the generally accepted theory on platform lifecycles, it is natural for you to presume that the sales of Nintendo 3DS will drop X per cent each year or …
Read More »Sega ‘has been making wrong decisions for 20 years’, former US boss says
The demise of Sega was not inevitable and can be blamed on two decades of bad decision making. That’s according to for Sega of America CEO and current LeapFrog vice chairman Tom Kalinske. "It could have been avoided if they had made the right decisions going back literally 20 years …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V is delayed on PC for a third time
Rockstar has announced a third delay for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. The game had at one stage been due out alongside the PS4 and Xbox One titles last November, but was subsequently pushed back to January 27th. However, this was then changed to March 24th. Now …
Read More »Lionsgate makes ‘significant investment’ in Telltale Games
The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones developer Telltale Games has received significant investment” from film giant Lionsgate. The deal sees Lionsgate’s CEO Jon Feltheimer join Telltale’s board. The move is designed to extend the entertainment company’s properties into the video games sector and to allow for co-development of both …
Read More »How much does the most expensive copy of Dying Light cost? £250,000
Yes, that’s a quarter of a million pounds. What on earth could GAME and Techland possibly be offering that they think could entice an individual to pay 250,000 for a copy of Dying Light? To quote from the press release verbatim: Finally, for those looking to take Zombie protection to …
Read More »New 3DS getting additional cover plate options in April
Nintendo has confirmed that it will release a selection of eight new cover plates for the New 3DS in early. April 2nd will see the release of designs featuring red and green Toad, Kirby, Pikachu, a number of alternative colours and a dot pattern. There are currently around a dozen …
Read More »Gamergate figurehead outed as spoof, becomes harassment target
It has been revealed that the figurehead of GamerGate’s escalating extremism is a spoof character designed to mock the movement. In an interview with BuzzFeed, 20-year-old Jan Rankowski admits that the character ‘Jace Connors’, who shot to fame after crashing his car supposedly en route to attack Brianna Wu (the …
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