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Transfer-shy Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has himself signed a deal with Championship Manager publisher Square Enix. The French football maestro has leant his face to the Champ Man 15 campaign to underline the authenticity of the experience”. The press release isn’t entirely clear, but this seems to mean that he’ll …
Read More »DC Thomson planning The Beano iOS games
Having already announced plans to publish a new video games mag, DC Thomson also wants a piece of the games market. In August the company unveiled monthly games mag 110% Gaming, but now it wants an even more direct involvement in the games sector. It has detailed plans to bring …
Read More »Wildstar cancels Christmas and Halloween content releases
Developer Carbine has said that its previously announced Christmas and Halloween content releases have been cancelled. Instead, development resource will be focused on improving the existing game and work on the game’s upcoming Drop3 update. [Halloween release] Shade’s Eve was more or less done, but it still needed a lot …
Read More »Mojang reassures Minecraft YouTubers, pledges support
Individuals and groups who make a living from posting Minecraft videos on YouTube are safe, Mojang has asserted. The company’s former owner and Minecraft creator Markus Persson found himself engaged in an online tussle in the summer following some changes to Mojang’s EULA that seemingly threatened the business of Minecraft …
Read More »Mojang says licensing remains a small part of its Minecraft business
The business of Minecraft will remain very much in improving and developing the game, creator Mojang has claimed. Minecraft merchandising and licensing is becoming an increasingly common sight on the High Street, and the presumption is that Microsoft’s $2.5bn acquisition of Mojang was very much made with one eye on …
Read More »Ubisoft now says Assassin’s Creed: Unity specs aren’t yet decided
The resolution at which Assassin’s Creed: Unity will run on PS4 and Xbox One has in fact not yet been decided, Ubisoft has claimed. "Final specs for Assassin’s Creed Unity aren’t cemented yet but we can say we showed Assassin’s Creed Unity at 900p during our hands-on preview event last …
Read More »Oculus Rift support added to Grid Autosport
Codemasters has added some experimental Oculus Rift features into its recent racer Grid Autosport. We’ve been tinkering with VR for a while now and have reached the stage where we believe it’s working pretty well, and as such, we’ve decided to allow you to experience it for yourselves,” the studio …
Read More »No Forza Horizon 2 DLC or Rewards for Xbox 360 owners
The recently announced DLC for racing title Forza Horizon 2 will not be released on Xbox 360. Both the DLC and the Forza Rewards program will only be offered in the Xbox One build. We are currently planning to release DLC only for the Xbox One version of Forza Horizon …
Read More »DICE admits that Battlefield 4 launch has damaged player trust
Battlefield developer DICE has stated its intention to win back any gamers who have been left disillusioned with the franchise following Battlefield 4. The game was last year beset by technical problems at launch that persisted well into 2014. "I can absolutely say that we lost [player] trust in the …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare supports free next-gen upgrades
Activision doesn’t want you to hold back on buying the next Call of Duty should you be hoping for a next-gen console this Christmas. Buyers of either the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions of the game will be able to upgrade to the next-gen SKUs for free. On PlayStation, the …
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