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The founder of GaymerX has apologised for what he says was a misunderstanding regarding NIS America’s support of the event. It was reported earlier this week that the company would not fulfil the $3,000 pledge it had previously offered – this, however, was never the case. "We, GaymerX, received an …
Read More »Nintendo is striving for greater diversity, Animal Crossing director says
Gender diversity of one of the many forms of diversity that Nintendo has been steadily bringing to its workforce, according to the director of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. "When I first got into the industry, into game development, it was at a time where overall, the ratio of men to …
Read More »MMO title Neverwinter confirmed for Xbox One
City of Heroes and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios’ free-to-play MMO outing Neverwinter is coming to Xbox One. The game was mentioned yesterday as a launch title for Xbox One in China. Eurogamer notes that the official press release for the game mentions ‘consoles’ in the plural several times, …
Read More »Retailer lists Assassin’s Creed: Rogue for PS3 and Xbox 360
Is Assassin’s Creed: Rogue the name of the new AC title due for last-gen systems? Ubisoft has always insisted that while Assassin’s Creed: Unity will be a next-gen and PC only affair, the series would be gracing PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2014. Assassin’s Creed: Comet has for months been …
Read More »PS4 is outselling Xbox One by over 3:1
Sony’s PS4 is estimated to have outsold Microsoft’s Xbox One by a ratio of more than three-to-one in the quarter ending June 30th. As part of Sony’s financial report today, it also revealed that it sold a combined total of 3.5m PS4 and PS3 units in the period. And having …
Read More »VIDEO: F1 2014 heading for last-gen, next year’s game targets PS4 and Xbox One
Codemasters has revealed that F1 2014 will only be released on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Next year’s game, currently being referred to as a new Formula 1 title in 2015”, will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC. This title will be released earlier in the season and …
Read More »Ubisoft releases new stutter-addressing PC Watch Dogs patch
Another patch that claims to help address the ongoing stutter problems with the PC version of Watch Dogs has been released by Ubisoft. We optimized some of the performance issues that were causing some users to experience high amounts of stuttering while playing Watch Dogs,” Ubisoft said in a forum …
Read More »VIDEO: PlayStation Now open beta kicking off in the US today
Sony’s streaming games service PlayStation Now will enter a period of open beta in the US and Canada later today. The service is for the time being restricted to PS3 titles. PS Now services will be integrated into the PlayStation Store, with users able to pay tiered amounts for rental …
Read More »Mastertronic seeking CVA, closing Cambridgeshire HQ, cutting 40% of jobs
One of Britain’s most established publishing labels is confronting the possibility of going out of business. Writing for Develop, Mastertronic boss Andy Payne has said that a meeting will be held next month in which he hopes the company’s creditors will agree to new terms to enable the publisher to …
Read More »Clothing brand Diesel going legal on Dieselstörmers
The developer of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams has said it will resist a legal challenge from clothing firm Diesel. Eurogamer reports that the Italian fashion brand believes that the name of Black Forest’s upcoming game Dieselstormers will means there’s a "likelihood of confusion" between the two. As incredulous as that …
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