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New IP is all too rare in the modern market. New IP with a female lead character is rarer still. Capcom has this morning used its Gamescom presentation to reintroduce its Remember Me IP, which was shown off last year under the name Adrift. The game is being developed by …
Read More »DEVELOP AWARDS COUNTDOWN: New IP finalists
Brink, Dear Esther, Frozen Synapse, Monstermind, My Horse and Zombies Run! battle for the top prize
Read More »E3 2012: EA’s new IP vision for next-gen
Giving up on new IP can mean your studio 'dies' creatively, claims Frank Gibeau
Read More »Dragon’s Dogma storms Japanese charts, breaks records
Capcom’s open-world Dragon’s Dogma has debuted at the top of the Japanese software charts. It sold a fantastic 302,040 units on PS3 with an additional 29,024 units on Xbox 360. The two SKUs claimed first and fifth in the software charts respectively. Even more impressively, the game becomes the fastest …
Read More »Capcom targets 10m sales for Dragon’s Dogma
The pressure is on for action RPG Dragon’s Dogma as Capcom aims to make its newest IP a global smash hit. Videogamer reports that the publisher is targeting global sales of at least 10m units – no small feat considering how many Japanese-developed titles struggle to reach such heights in …
Read More »GDC: Ubisoft Toronto to reveal first triple-A game
Developer focused on creating new Splinter Cell title and is not working on original IP, says Jade Raymond
Read More »Miyamoto job update: ‘Nothing has changed’
But Nintendo icon to pass on more responsibility to younger designers
Read More »Six Ubisoft games heading to Vita
GAMESCOM: Assassin’s Creed, Rayman Origins and Michael Jackson: The Experience are just some of the big games Ubisoft has planned for PS Vita. The publisher will also release Lumines, Asphalt and Dungeon Hunter Alliance for the device, as well as a number of new IP not yet revealed. PlayStation Vita …
Read More »Crytek working on new shooter IP
Reports have emerged that Crytek is developing a brand new shooter IP for the current generation of consoles. The LinkedIn profile of gameplay and animation programmer David Ramos contains a reference to a "new IP, shooter genre, TBA title for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC". It was spotted by Superannuation. …
Read More »Bethesda reveals new IP Dishonored
Publisher Bethesda has lifted the lid on a brand new project that it hopes will appeal to gamers jaded by the onslaught of high-adrenaline titles that characterise the modern market. The game, called Dishonored, has been revealed by US mag GameInformer. Described as "the antithesis of a edge-of-your-seat roller-coaster ride", …
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