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Sega’s cult hit RPG Valkyria Chronicles is getting a brand new instalment on PS4 – as well as a remake of the first game in the series. Valkyria Chronicles IV: Valkyria of the Blue Revolution will be the first new instalment in the popular tactical role-playing series since 2011’s Valkyria …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront sequels planned, could cover prequel trilogy
This week’s Star Wars Battlefront is just the start for EA’s rebooted sci-fi shooter series. Speaking at the UBS Global Technology Conference (via GameSpot), the publisher’s CFO Blake Jorgensen said that it had struck a near 10-year deal with Disney to create Star Wars games – and that further Battlefront …
Read More »EA is making its own ‘Assassin’s Creed-style’ game
Former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond joined EA for a very good reason. Raymond, who produced Ubisoft’s original historical stealth-action title in 2007 and its 2009 sequel, moved across to EA’s Motive Studios in July of this year. Her only confirmed project to date was the as-yet untitled Star Wars …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Fallout 4 merchandise
After the record-breaking success of Skyrim, Bethesda returns to the nuclear wasteland for Fallout 4. MCV looks at the merchandise set to make gamers glow green with envy (not radiation) Bethesda is pulling out all the stops in its follow-up to two of the most popular games of the last …
Read More »Nintendo wins major piracy protection court ruling
Nintendo has successfully taken an Italian seller of devices designed to allow pirated games to run to court – and won. The decision was made by the First Instance Tribunal of Milan against an importer and seller of so-called ‘circumvention devices’, with game copiers and mod chips given as two …
Read More »Myst and Riven composer working on spiritual successor Obduction
The crowdfunded spiritual successor to adventure titles Myst and Riven has attracted the original composer for those games. Robyn Miller confirmed on Twitter that he will score the soundtrack for Obduction, adding that the game looks amazing”. Obduction was crowdfunded via Kickstarter back in 2013, with a launch this year …
Read More »Can Yo-Kai Watch repeat Pokémon’s success in the West?
A kids game for handhelds that involves capturing fantastical creatures, then battling them against rival monsters. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. No, it’s not Pokmon we speak of, but newcomer Yo-Kai Watch. Like Nintendo’s critter-catcher, the ghost-hunting series has taken Japan by storm, crossing from 3DS into …
Read More »Koch Media and Codemasters partner for global distribution deal
Koch Media and Codemasters have inked a new distribution and co-publishing deal to cover the western games market. Beginning in 2016, the former firm will replace Bandai Namco as the sole distributor for Codemasters titles in EMEA. The collaboration also means that Koch Media will exclusively co-publish Codemasters games in …
Read More »Fallout 4 claims UK charts crown with 2015’s third-biggest launch
Fallout 4 has tripled the sales of its predecessor New Vegas, rocketing to number one in the UK retail rankings. The PS4, Xbox One and PC title outsold 2010’s Fallout: New Vegas by 213 per cent during its first week on sale, according to Chart-Track. It also became the third-largest …
Read More »‘There’s a reason we’re not calling it Homefront 2’
Homefront is dead; long live Homefront. The 2011 shooter came to market with lofty aspirations, positioned from the off as THQ’s attempt to steal a slice of the market dominated by Battlefield and Call of Duty. It tried to present a more grounded narrative, centred on resistance fighters in a …
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