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A second Fable game will arrive this year over Xbox Live Arcade. As rumoured over the weekend, Fable: Heroes is a side-scrolling hack and slash adventure aimed at a broader audience than the series’ traditional adult fanbase. It was revealed at Microsoft’s Spring Showcase held in San Francisco last week. …
Read More »Microsoft: Halo 4 is our ‘big bet’
Developer 343 admits it is under pressure to get the return of Halo 4 right. The studio has taken over Halo development duties from series creators Bungie. It was responsible for last year’s remake of Halo: Anniversary Edition and the online service, Waypoint. Yet this year’s Halo 4 is the …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Joshua Howard, Microsoft Flight
MCV grills executive producer Joshua Howard about Microsoft Flight’s free-to-play model and why third-party publishers are not allowed to be a part of it, as the game launches today. Previously, publishers like Just Flight and First Class Simulations have produced paid-for expansions for Flight Simulator games, but the new free-to-play …
Read More »Rumour: ‘Secret Xbox 720 dev event in London’
Crytek dev appears to have attended 'Durango developers conference' in London
Read More »Lionhead ‘surprise reveal’ due for GDC week
Countdown timer appears on Fable studio's home page
Read More »Lionhead job ad smells of next-gen
It looks like it isn’t only Bethesda that is ramping up work on next-gen projects. A job listing from Peter Molyneux’s Lionhead is seeking a lead engine programmer for an unannounced title”. The applicant must have experience with DirectX 11, which is not used in either Xbox 360 or PS3 …
Read More »Microsoft unconvinced by third-party Flight content
Allowing third parties to build content for MS Flight would create a ‘confusing mess’ for new customers, Microsoft said. Flight sim specialists told MCV last month that Microsoft needs to let them create content for its new PC free-to-play game MS Flight. Firms such as Just Flight and First Class …
Read More »Schafer: Xbox must wake up to indie exodus
Double Fine director says developers are turning their back on closed platforms
Read More »Windows 8 logo is a blast from the past
Microsoft’s new Windows 8 logo ditches the Windows ‘flag’ that has been with the firm since Windows 3.1, choosing a new angled Window graphic similar to that used in the very first Windows operating system. "Using bold flat colors and clean lines and shapes, the new logo has the characteristics …
Read More »CryEngine devs ‘turn to next-gen target systems’
'No need to build CryEngine 4', Crytek executive claims
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