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It has been confirmed that the new Star Wars games coming from EA studios DICE and Visceral won’t be available on Wii U. That’s because both are being built using EA’s Frostbite 3 engine – tech that has not been ported to Nintendo’s machine. "Frostbite 3 has never been running …
Read More »Activision remains ‘sceptical’ about new console business models
Free-to-play may be the current darling of many a games publisher, but don’t expect a dramatic shift in the way in which consumers pay for the next-generation of console games. With respect to new business models, I can’t comment specifically on the next-generation consoles,” Activision boss Bobby Kotick told investors …
Read More »Kotick: Beware the ides of the upcoming console transition
Activision has again beaten financial expectations, but that hasn’t stopped boss Bobby Kotick issuing a number of blunt warnings about the challenges ahead. There’s a certain irony in the fact that earlier this week EA reported weaker than expected results and then went on to hype up next-gen’s potential. Now …
Read More »Capcom thinks next-gen development costs "will soar"
Developing titles for PS4 and the new Xbox will be significantly more expensive than current-gen programming, according to Capcom. The result, it has told investors, is that release schedules – which are already experiencing quite severe levels of drought – are liable to become even leaner in the future. Even …
Read More »Capcom reports reduced profits
Following the profits warning issued last month, today’s financial report from Capcom was never going to be pretty. The Japanese publisher registered a net income of 3bn for the last financial year, almost exactly in line with the modified forecast it released in April. That’s still a profit, of course, …
Read More »Disney Interactive was Disney’s only loss-making business during last quarter
Perhaps this explains why Disney decided to ditch LucasArts? Disney has reported a ten per cent increase in profits for the first quarter of 2013 with net income climbing 32 per cent to $1.5bn. In fact, it was all good news for Disney with one exception. Disney Interactive posted a …
Read More »GTFO: A Film About Women in Gaming hits Kickstarter target
Shannon Sun-Higginson is celebrating the Kickstarter success of her movie GTFO: A Film About Women in Gaming. The project, a documentary about the abuse suffered by female gamers and female games industry professionals, has successfully reached its $20,000 target. At the time of writing it stands at $28,500 with 52 …
Read More »Steve Jobs ordered Apple to pull Fox Network ads
The late Apple boss Steve Jobs pulled the plug on his firm advertising its products Rupert Murdoch’s TV network Fox. Jobs – who was a Buddhist – allegedly believed that Fox has become an incredibly destructive force in US society” according to an upcoming book about the 2012 US presidential …
Read More »EA confirms Frostbite 3-powered Star Wars games… but not this year
Publisher EA has said it won’t be releasing any Star Wars games in its current fiscal year, which ends March 31st 2014. EA earlier this week announced a deal with Dinsey to produce core games based on the famed sci-fi licence across consoles, PC, mobiles and tablets. It has now …
Read More »EA extends FIFA licence until 2022
Sir Alex Ferguson might be calling time on his relationship with the beautiful game, but EA wants its love affair to continue. EA has announced an extension to its current licensing agreement with FIFA that runs all the way up until December 31st 2022, Polygon reports. The deal grants EA …
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