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Publisher Electronic Arts is working on implementing some form of free-to-play into all of its major franchises moving forward, says Peter Moore. Speaking toEngadget, the EA COO said the business model had become part and parcel of its leading IP, and pointed to its use in FIFA and Battlefield. FIFA …
Read More »MCV’s third free Gamescom daily is now live
The third MCV Gamescom daily magazine is available toread right now. It features more news from the show, covering the opening of the consumer days at Koelnmesse, Minecraft, PS4, the winner of UKIE’s game of the show, plus an interview with Deep Silver’s Menno Van der Bill on today’s release …
Read More »End of boxed Command & Conquer games
Iconic PC franchise could abandon boxed releases to focus on free-to-play. Discussing this year’s entry in the Command & Conquer series, Developer Victory Games stated it would favour the free-to-play business model over boxed releases for the franchise moving forward. "I think maybe the days of a boxed Command & …
Read More »Nvidia and Ubisoft form PC alliance; Splinter Cell bundles on the way
The PC giant will bundle Ubisoft’s Q4 releases with its latest hardware. Nvidia will support the release of Splinter Cell: Blacklist with a series of graphics card bundles following the title’s release on August 23rd. Consumers who purchase any card from Nvidia’s GTX 600 and 700 series from selected retailers …
Read More »Total War: Rome II breaks franchise pre-order records
Rome II has become the most pre-ordered title in the Total War series to date, says publisher Sega. Pre-sales of the title have already grown to six times of that achieved by the series’ 2011 predecessor Total War: Shogun 2. As a result of this pre-launch success, Sega says its …
Read More »Twitch edges out TV as traffic soars
A big weekend for eSports events meant streaming video service Twitch had its most popular day yet. By the end of Sunday, August 11th, Twitch.tv had clocked more than 4.5m unique viewers as gamers logged on to watch streaming video feeds of events like World Championship Series Season 2 Regional …
Read More »SOURCEBOOK: Keywords profile
Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with Keywords International. Keywords International Sector:Localisation, QA and TestingYear Established:1998Number of employees:500 Address: (Canada) Keywords International Corporation Inc.410 St-Nicolas, Suite 600Montral, QCH2Y 2P5CanadaPhone: +1 514 789 04 04 (USA) Keywords International Inc.Plaza Center10900 NE 8th Street, Suite 1000Bellevue, …
Read More »Notch abandons 0x10c, says failures in development are OK
Sometimes a developer has to have the courage to walk away from a project, even at the risk of being labeled an under delivering visionary”, says Markus ‘Notch’ Persson. As the creator of Minecraft, there was an awful lot of expectation placed on Persson’s next game 0x10c and an understandable …
Read More »Credit card info possibly compromised in League of Legends hack
Riot Games has confirmed the League of Legends servers have been hacked, exposing the account data of some of its North American customers. League of Legends is one of the most played games on the planet, boasting millions of users worldwide, but the attacks are said to have targeted North …
Read More »PS3 gets GTA V bundle; Sony offers Rockstar discount with PSN pre-orders
Consumers who pre-order GTA 5 through the PSN store will be offered up to 75 per cent discount across Rockstar’s portfolio. Whilst Sony confirmed GTA 5 would be a day one digital title for the PS3, the platform holder revealed consumers who pre-order the title from the PlayStation store will …
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