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There are plenty of industry execs who remain fully committed to retail. Clearly Epic Games founder Tim Sweeny is not one of them. In fact, he believes the entire chain – games on discs, discs in shops, ads on TV, people on the High Street – is very much destined …
Read More »New Red PS3 is a GAME exclusive in the UK
Sony’s new Red and Blue PS3s are now available in the UK. However, those wishing to grab the red version – perhaps for Valentines Day? – will need to head down to GAME following the retailer’s exclusivity agreement on the hardware. Or alternatively you can buy it online here. The …
Read More »Take-Two acquires WWE license from defunct THQ
The WWE video game series will live on following an acquisition from Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two. Polygon reports that Take-Two has reached a joint agreement with the WWE, now defunct publisher THQ and Japanese developer Yuke’s, which is the long-term home of the series. As part of the deal …
Read More »Newell offers assurances as 25 – including Jason Holtman – leave Valve
Half-Life developer and Steam owner Valve last night laid off around 25 staff, chief amongst them being director of business development Jason Holtman. Holtman has been at Valve since 2005 and was crucial to the company’s developer relations – clearly a job he had done well judging by the incredible, …
Read More »Rebellion announces zombie-themed Sniper Elite spin-off
The Walking Dead. DayZ. The WarZ. Resident Evil. Dead Rising. Left 4 Dead. And then there’s games with zombie spin-offs like Call of Duty, Yakuza and Red Dead Redemption. Yet amongst all of that some still believe there’s room left in the market for yet another zombie title. Rebellion has …
Read More »Bleszinski: Digital transition will lead to rebirth of horror genre
EA isn’t to blame for the decreased focus on horror in Dead Space 3, the market is. That’s according to former Epic and Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, who argues in an extensive blog post that out-and-out horror is simply not compatible with modern gaming business models. What will …
Read More »Last Guardian statement issued days before PS4 reveal
Fumito Ueda has issued a statement about elusive PS3 title The Last Guardian just days before Sony reveals the PS4 in New York. The game has been in development since 2007 and has been the subject of a number of rumours over the last two years regarding cancellations and development …
Read More »Bungie’s Destiny ready for reveal; Social media campaign begins
The first project of Bungie’s post-Halo identity looks set for a reveal as early as this Sunday (February 17th). Little is known so far other than Bungie’s rather short message: "So, our game is called Destiny. In a matter of days, we’re going to give you your first glimpse into …
Read More »TimeGate claims seem to contradict Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines assertions
This one is going to rumble on and on. A rep for developer TimeGate Studios has said on the company’s forums that the studio did as much as 50 per cent of the development spanning the entire project. I’m not really sure how much I’m allowed to say here,” the …
Read More »EA admits that Medal of Honor: Warfighter was not good enough, but series will be back
Medal of Honor may have been taken out of rotation”, but expect to see more of the series in the future. Last month EA confirmed that the series has been shelved with the intention being to make Battlefield a Call of Duty-rivalling annual series. Yet despite claiming in October that …
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