There will be at least five games from Ubisoft at E3 next month – but none of them will be for Nintendo platforms. "We won’t be showing off any Nintendo games at E3 this year," a Ubisoft rep told Nintendo World Report. Ubisoft has been one of Wii U’s most …
Read More »Watch: Crytek new online blockbuster Arena of Fate
So Crytek has teased its latest game Arena of Fate. Outside of a 33 second teaser (which we have included below) very little is known about the game, other than it’s an ‘action-packed’ online title, it’s out this summer and there’s a website – arenaoffate.com (which currently goes nowhere). Oh, …
Read More »nDreams unveiling virtual reality game at E3
UK developer to lift the lid on its first major VR project, due for Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus
Read More »Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros WILL save Wii U, Iwata insists
This year’s release of Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros will sell Wii U hardware and help the machine hit its 3.6m unit sales target. That’s according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who has told investors that the two titles are the pillars of our entire marketing strategy for …
Read More »New Nintendo hardware for E3, reports claim
(UPDATE: Nintendo has denied the reports to both CVG and Videogamer, with a rep telling the latter:"I can confirm Nintendo is not revealing any hardware at this year’s E3".) Two sources online have claimed that Nintendo will announce some sort of new hardware at E3 – the same thing that …
Read More »Video: Nintendo to skip E3 press conference
Console firm running special E3 edition of Nintendo Direct instead
Read More »VIDEO: No Nintendo E3 press conference, will air a Direct-style video instead
Nintendo will for the second year running not hold a press conference at E3. Instead, it will air an E3 video news broadcast that will further detail about the gaming experiences on the way for Nintendo platforms in 2014 and beyond”. The video will go out at 5pm UK time …
Read More »E3 2014 countdown begins: 10 weeks to go
The biggest event in the global video games business is just 10 weeks away – are you registered yet? The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the three-day, must-attend event at which the global video game industry unites to reveal the future of games. It runs from June 10thto June 12that the …
Read More »Microsoft will offer ‘the best lineup of content in a long time’ at E3
Forget Xbox One’s multimedia capabilities – Microsoft’s new message is that games are very much the focus. In fact, new Xbox boss Phil Spencer has promised that the platform holder will unveil an unprecedented selection of content at E3 this June. He told Polygon that Xbox will have "the best …
Read More »Ubisoft "forced" Montreal studio into Watch Dogs E3 2012 reveal
The studio developing Watch Dogs didn’t want to reveal Watch Dogs way back at E3 2012. Speaking to Edge magazine, as reported by Videogamer, creative director Jonathan Morin said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was the mean pushing for the early reveal. "They forced us to go at E3 2012," Morin …
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