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Sega has revealed its latest six-month earnings report, showing a profit for the period thanks to the performance of Total War: Rome II. GameSpot reports the publisher outlined a profit of roughly $11.24m during the six-month period ending September 30th for its consumer sector, which includes all games business. Sega’s …
Read More »Eidos Montreal and Star Citizen pledge AMD Mantle support
AMD’s new PC graphics API Mantle has received the backing of two new game developers. Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Thief creator Eidos Montreal and Star Citizen creator Cloud Imperium Games have both said they will utlilise the software in future titles. Mantle is a new API that will supposedly …
Read More »PC release for Bungie’s Destiny would spread studio too "thin"
While it remains a possibility in the long-term, hopes of a PC release for Destiny have lessened. Bungie community manager Eric Osborne told IGN that trying to launch on another platform would, quite simply, be so resource intensive that it would jeopardise the quality of the game on other formats. …
Read More »The Medal of Honor killer: A Call of Duty story
Over the decades, the global video games industry has seen some fierce rivalries. Sonic vs Mario. FIFA vs PES. Xbox vs PlayStation. But the fiercest and bitterest of all conflicts has to be the one between EA and Activision. The two super-powers of game publishing have been locked in battle …
Read More »Read how the PC is now the UK’s fastest selling games platform in this week’s MCV
This week’s issue of MCV features UKIE’s latest PC download data, along with a look back at the history of Call of Duty. The next-gen consoles will have some stiff competition as they launch later this month, as the PC became the fastest-selling platform in the UK throughout the first …
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth delayed once more
Obsidian’s upcoming South Park RPG The Stick of Truth will no longer arrive before the end of the year. Publisher Ubisoft has announced the oft-delayed game is being pushed back yet again – this time to March 4th, 2014. The title had previously been dated for December 10thafter missing multiple …
Read More »PC now the UK’s fastest growing games platform
Next-gen consoles finally have a competitor to be fearful of – the PC. UK trade body UKIE has revealed to MCV the latest data from its digital charts project, which shows that the market share for PC games (boxed and digital) has risen five per cent for the first half …
Read More »Titanfall to stay off PS4 for life; Respawn wasn’t aware of exclusivity deal
One of the most anticipated next-gen games will never be released on PS4. Titanfall, which is being made by the creators of Call of Duty at new studio Respawn, was revealed last year as a timed Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC exclusive. However, EA last night confirmed that the …
Read More »New, official Call of Duty: Ghosts PC specs are less demanding
The official minimum PC requirements for Call of Duty: Ghosts have been released. They’re broadly the same as the Nvidia specs reported earlier in the month, although the GPU requirements have been paired back a bit from a GTX 550Ti to a GTS 450 and HDD space requirements have been …
Read More »Firaxis and Microsoft vets form new game engine firm
Oxide Games working on 64-bit multicore development platform Nitrous for PC, PS4 and Xbox One
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