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Ubisoft has show off what it says is the first in-game footage of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, and you can see it below. Note, too, that this is most likely the first glimpse of what the game will look like on next-gen, although it’s entirely likely that a ton …
Read More »Rude shop assistants named as shopper’s biggest High Street gripe
Arrogant and rude staff” have been named as the biggest shopping annoyances by a survey of 1,500 High Street consumers. A quarter of respondents named the attitude of shop assistants as their biggest concern, followed by queue jumpers (16 per cent). Rude staff are the most irritating aspect of shopping …
Read More »Sony announces 20+ PSN games thanks to fresh commitment to indie publishing
First person shooters Primal Carnage: Genesis and Blacklight: Retribution front a long list of new PlayStation titles announced at GDC 2013. The news comes as Sony reveals an increased commitment to indie publishing, which amongst other things includes the simplification of the submission and approval process. Since my last post, …
Read More »Oculus Rift: WE’RE the next generation of gaming
PS4? Xbox Durango? Nope – VR headset Oculus Rift is the real next-generation of gaming, the company has claimed. Right from the very beginning of 3D games one of the goals has been to make a virtual reality, to make you feel like you’re actually present in the world,” Oculus …
Read More »Yoichi Wada steps down as Square Enix warns of extraordinary losses
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada is stepping down. The news comes as the publisher warns of what is describes as extraordinary losses” in its current financial year. Indeed, the overtly long tail being thrust upon consumers by the lack of market-ready next-gen hardware is certainly having an impact. Yousuke Matsuda …
Read More »SWTOR’s Asia Pacific servers closing; Rise of the Hutt expansion dated
BioWare is to close down Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Asia Pacific servers and merge them with the North American servers. A specific timeframe for the closure has not yet been revealed, although it has been announced that Mastar Dar’Nala (PvP) will transfer to The Bastion (PvP), Gav Daragon (RP-PvE) …
Read More »BioWare "getting ready to develop new Mass Effect game"
Regardless of whether your Shepard lived to tell another tale at the end of Mass Effect 3, don’t expect your favourite gender-hopping space hero to return in the next game. That’s because BioWare has said it plans to tell a completely different story in the next Mass Effect game – …
Read More »Jade Raymond: Market can only support 10 successful triple-A games a year
The popularity of emerging business models and free-to-play has significantly reduced the scope for full-price triple-A success in the modern games market. That’s the opinion of Ubisoft’s Toronto Studio boss Jade Raymond, who believes that while the sector has reduced in size there is still scope for success in more …
Read More »Gamescom 2013 Roadshow coming to London
The organisers of Gamescom have confirmed the return of the Gamescom 2013 Roadshow presentation in London. The meeting offers a chance for attendees to get up to speed with everything Gamescom ahead of the annual European expo in August. It takes place on April 18th at 2:30pm in UKIE’s Wadour …
Read More »Warner announces F2P DC arena brawler Infinite Crisis
Lord of the Rings Online studio Turbine is developing a free-to-play arena battler based on the DC Comics licence. It’s called Infinite Crisis and it will be published by Warner Bros. It’s due out at some time in 2013 on PC. It’ll feature lots of recognisable DC faces and will …
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