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Epic Games says its new title Fortnite was inspired by Mojang’s smash hit creation game Minecraft. Gears of War creator Epic revealed its new IP Fortnite at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards on the weekend. Like Minecraft, it focuses on allowing gamers to construct their own buildings. Minecraft was …
Read More »Platinum takes on Metal Gear Rising dev duties
Development of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has switched from Kojima Productions to Vanquish studio Platinum Games. During the Spike Video Game Awards this weekend, Konami revealed the game had been rebooted and renamed. Andriasang reports the action title had been previously canned in secret. Tweets from Metal Gear Solid creator …
Read More »Dirt Showdown out next year
Codemasters is releasing a new boxed destruction-based entry in its popular Dirt driving franchise in May 2012, titled Dirt Showdown. The spin-off game mixes the arcade-style extreme sports elements of Dirt 2, the ‘Gymkhana’ stunt events from Dirt 3 and adds in some Destruction Derby-style action, according to GameSpot. It …
Read More »Command & Conquer Generals 2 unveiled
EA has revealed a new Command & Conquer PC strategy game is in the works at BioWare Victory. Command & Conquer Generals 2, which hits shelves on PC in 2013, was unveiled at the Spike Video Game Awards in the US this week. It will be developed at BioWare Victory, …
Read More »Casual boss departs THQ
THQ’s EVP ofkids, family and casual gamesMartin Good has left the publisher along with 30 developers due to weak sales of uDraw. The jobs were cut at THQ’s Play development team in Agoura Hills, California. Last week the publisher revised its Q3 financial estimates after its uDraw accessory performed poorly …
Read More »US retail game sales reach $3bn in November
The US games retail market generated $3bn overall in November representing a year-on-year rise of 0.4 per cent. NPD data shows software sales increased 16 per cent from $1.5bn to $1.74bn year-on-year, while sales of games hardware fell nine per cent from $1.08bn to $982.4m. Accessories generated $273.8m from retail …
Read More »Kalypso snaps up boxed Jurassic Park game
Publisher Kalypso Media has signed the rights to publish Telltale’s downloadable Jurassic Park game in boxed form early next year. Jurassic Park: The Game will arrive in retailers in the UK, Europe, Australia, South Africa and Asia in Q1 2012 on Xbox 360 and PC. There is currently no word …
Read More »Zynga settles CityVille copyright lawsuit
Social games giant Zynga has ended its legal action on Brazilian games firm Vostu for alleged copyright infringement. Zynga took legal action on Vostu in June for ‘infringement of its creative works’ including titles such as Zynga’s popular Facebook game CityVille. Now Vostu has agreed to pay a fee to …
Read More »Nintendo: ‘3DS is approaching 3m sales in Japan’
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata believes the 3DS is about to cross the 3m sales mark in Japan and will reach a 4m milestone by April. Speaking to Nikkei, as translated by Andriasang, Iwata said the 3DS has regained its vigour” thanks to the price drop and major new releases such …
Read More »New Tony Hawk game hinted for VGA reveal
Skateboarding star Tony Hawk says he will be announcing an upcoming release on the day of the Spike Video Game Awards. The extreme sports legend said on Twitter: I’ll be announcing the upcoming release of something new on Saturday; the same day as the Spike Video Game Awards. Coincidence? I …
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