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Publisher Ubisoft is the first major third-party publisher to back virtual reality. The firm is developing multiple VR projects with an aim of becoming an ‘industry leader’ in the technology. Ubisoft’s stance comes in contrast to some of its rivals, who have decided to wait and see before investing significantly …
Read More »Fallout 4 ‘must not miss 2015 release date’
Bethesda’s Fallout 4 must arrive this side of Christmas as promised, say UK retailers. Triple-A titles have continued to slip out of 2015, including the likes of Uncharted 4, Dead Island 2, Zelda, Quantum Break, The Division and more, weakening what had once promised to be a blockbuster end to …
Read More »Microsoft targets Xbox 360 owners with backward compatibility announcement
Microsoft has ramped up in its battle to convince Xbox 360 gamers not to defect to PlayStation. The platform holder’s backwards compatibility announcement at E3 was designed to try and convince some of the 84m Xbox 360 owners to stick with Microsoft. The platform holder, which has called this year’s …
Read More »That’s more like it: UK retail ‘delighted’ as E3 delivers the games
UK retailers have hailed a ‘momentous’ E3, as the event delivered on the games the industry desperately needed. Big titles such as Uncharted 4, Zelda, The Division, Dead Island 2 and Quantum Break had all been moved out of 2015 earlier this year, leading stores to tell MCV that E3 …
Read More »Treyarch: Call of Duty’s PlayStation partnership won’t harm the Xbox game
Call of Duty is now in camp PlayStation, but developer Treyarch insists Xbox fans should not worry. Speaking after the announcement that PlayStation will be getting temporarily exclusive multiplayer maps – plus an exclusive Beta – Treyarch multiplayer lead Dan Bunting says that such news has helped generate some serious …
Read More »PlayStation on Xbox backwards compatibility: It’s good we’re doing different things
PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan says the backwards compatibility of Xbox One is a legitimate strategy in trying to upgrade 360 players. But he says that Sony will not be following the same tactic, as the firm is investing in other software updates to PS4. He also adds that – …
Read More »Was PlayStation’s E3 Press Conference a triumph or disaster? The industry responds
Vapourware became just… well… ware at Sony’s E3 press conference last night. The Last Guardian kicked off the event, while long rumoured (and even longer demanded) titles such as a Final Fantasy VII remake and Shenmue III sent fans into meltdown. There were some other promising titles shown, too. Including …
Read More »Opinion: Xbox One backwards compatibility is a console war game changer
The noise that greeted the news that Xbox One would now be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 titles said everything you needed to know about how big a deal that was. This wasn’t on the E3 bingo cards. This hadn’t leaked out via the media – it wasn’t even part …
Read More »UBISOFT: New Ghost Recon is Ubisoft’s most ambitious open world game yet
Tom Clancy: Ghost Recond Wildlands was the big surprise at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference today. The third-person shooter is Ubisoft’s most ambitious open world yet. It is bigger than any previous open world Ubisoft game, and each of the world’s characters and enemies are designed to have their own jobs …
Read More »UBISOFT: The Division set for March
Ubisoft’s newest open world blockbuster will arrive in March next year. March 8th to be precise. The open world action game was originally slated for this year, but was delayed last month. It tells the story of a group of tactical agents called The Division who are designed to help …
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