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Outspoken games dev Cliff Bleszinski has said that Sony, not the angry internet, was the driving force behind Microsoft’s spectacular U-turn last night. Sony forced Microsoft’s hand, not the internet whining,” he wrote on Twitter. At the end of the day many hardcore dislike what was attempted. You can’t do …
Read More »Call of Duty Ghosts development held up by lack of final next-gen hardware
Developer Infinity Ward cannot finish work on key elements of Call of Duty: Ghosts as it is yet to receive final next-gen hardware samples. Obviously we are in crazy early development and we will have to see how the consoles play out,” the game’s executive producer Mark Rubin told OPM. …
Read More »Nvidia to licence graphics tech to third parties
PC graphics expert Nvidia is to begin licensing out its technology to other device makers. Reuters reports that the company’s chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang told the Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco that licensing its graphics cores and visual patents will help Nvidia tap into the growing mobile computing …
Read More »UPDATED: PS4 game RRP still not confirmed in Europe
UPDATE:Sony has contacted MCV to say that it has "not made any announcements about PS4 software pricing for the UK or Europe and will do at a later date". ORIGINAL STORY: PS4 games will be priced the same as PS3 games, Sony has confirmed. We have announced the pricing for …
Read More »EA dismisses reports of AMD exclusivity for Battlefield 4 on PC
Talk that left many Nvidia graphics card owners worried last night has been roundly dismissed by EA and AMD. Word spread across the internet last night that EA and AMD had joined forces for a PC gaming collaboration. The talk was that EA’s entire slate of Frostbite 3-powered games – …
Read More »Indie success for Gunpoint changes one man’s life forever
Sometimes games aren’t about multi-million pound budgets and transmedia marketing – sometimes they’re about changing people’s live for the better. Such is the case for Tom Francis. Many of you will know him as a writer for PC Gamer. Some of you will know him as the developer of PC …
Read More »1st party Nintendo title Steel Diver going free-to-play
Nintendo is giving 3DS game Steel Diver a free-to-play makeover. It’s the first free-to-play game to come from Nintendo first party stable, although not the first to grace a Nintendo system – Namco Bandai outing Tank! Tank! Tank! went free-to-play on Wii U earlier this year. "There is something we’re …
Read More »Iwata accepts responsibility for Wii U struggles
"We are to blame.” That’s the message from Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata regarding the disappointing sales of the Wii U. "We are to blame. We relaxed our [marketing] efforts, so the consumers today still cannot understand what’s so good and unique about the Wii U," Iwata told CNBC, as reported …
Read More »Sony pulls PS3 4.45 firmware update amidst reports of bricked consoles
The latest firmware for PS3 has been pulled by Sony. That’s following widespread reports that the 4.45 update, which users are prompted to install whenever the console connects to PSN, is bricking some machines. We’re aware of reports that the recent PS3 update (4.45) has caused,” an official statement confirmed. …
Read More »$400 PS4 "puts no pressure" on Wii U, Fils-Aime believes
The impending arrival of the next generation of consoles poses not threat to Nintendo. Wii U, the company’s American boss has argued. Asked specifically about the impact the $400/349 PS4 may have on the already struggling Wii U, Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku: "It puts no pressure on us at all. …
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