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The Dead Island: Riptide ad has been pulled in Australia. The ad received a number of complaints over the depiction of suicide, says the Australian Advertising Standards Board. The ad shows a couple in a crashed boat, surrounded by zombies, who then blow up the boat with them inside. (You …
Read More »Minecraft tops UK Xbox Live charts. Again.
Minecraft was the best selling Xbox Live Arcade game in the UK last week. Again. The game has been at the top of UK XBLA charts for 19 of the 21 weeks this year. It’s pretty much dominated the XBLA charts for 12 months. Elsewhere, Far Cry: Blood Dragon remains …
Read More »Call of Duty creator Infinity Ward is ‘bigger than it has ever been’
The development team behind Call of Duty Ghosts has more staff than ever, despite losing almost 50 members of staff after a 2010 scandal. The team that created the Call of Duty and Modern Warfare brands almost collapsed following a dispute with its parent company Activision. Infinity Ward’s founders were …
Read More »Infinity Ward explains its decision to wave goodbye to Modern Warfare
What exactly is left of Infinity Ward? The FPS studio that invented the Call of Duty series and birthed the Modern Warfare phenomenon was left in ruins three years ago. A dispute between the publisher and its studio founders over Modern Warfare 2 royalties and planned defections to EA saw …
Read More »Infinity Ward: We could have left Call of Duty
The team that invented Call of Duty said it could have abandoned the series altogether. Instead, developer Infinity Ward chose to leave the Modern Warfare brand behind, and build a whole new Call of Duty with a new engine and new characters. We all really knew we wanted to continue …
Read More »Activision: Call of Duty is not in decline
Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg has hit back at critics that claim the Call of Duty series is past its peak. At a special event that revealed the next game in the series – Call of Duty Ghosts – Hirshberg praised the franchises’ development teams, describing the process of building a …
Read More »Infinity Ward shows off stunning new Call of Duty engine
Activision and developer Infinity Ward has finally shown the world what it can expect from the next generation of Call of Duty. The upcoming new game in the series, Call of Duty: Ghosts, will use a number of new graphical techniques to make the game ‘more immersive than ever before.’ …
Read More »3DS game giveaway gets TV ad push
Nintendo is giving away 3DS games, and is promoting the offer via TV. The firm’s ‘So Many Games’ promotion is a buy-three-get-one-free offer. Consumers who register three recently released 3DS titles will get a download version of a fourth one free. The games in the promotion include Luigi’s Mansion 2, …
Read More »OPINION: Losing EA support is disappointing, but not a killer blow for Wii U
EA’s decision to hold fire on Wii U development is the biggest indication yet to how poor the console’s launch has been. Performing well below expectations, with no momentum whatsoever, there’s no reason why any third party company should produce titles for this machine (unless of course Nintendo happens to …
Read More »Machinima, The Queen and thousands of pounds worth of prizes in this week’s MCV
This latest MCV–which isnow available to view online– features pieces on the street date debate, the global problem caused by UK price wars and our interview with Machinima We also reveal the best online-only games retailers, give away thousands of pounds worth of prizes in our big quiz, and UKIE’s …
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