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Oh dear. Problems accessing the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto Online were always to be expected. But fresh reports suggest an altogether more troubling issue is materialising. Some users are claiming that not only are they unable to access the game’s new online functions, but that doing so is corrupting …
Read More »Arma 3 single player campaign won’t arrive until after launch
Bohemia Interactive has announced that the single player campaign for Arma 3 won’t arrive until after the game is officially released. The developer now plans to release in the campaign across three free DLC episodes called Survive, Adapt and Win. The game will still ship with 12 single player showcase …
Read More »EA announces single-player offline The Sims 4 that is definitely single player and offline
SimCity studio Maxis has revealed that The Sims 4 is in the works. EA’s press release waits until only the second sentence to confirm that The Sims 4 will be a SINGLE PLAYER and OFFLINE game. A bit eager, you may argue, but with Maxis’ name currently proving pretty toxic …
Read More »Halo 3: ODST released as a single-player download
What do you have if you remove the multiplayer component of Halo 3: ODST? A tempting $14.99 Xbox Live Marketplace download. Microsoft has repackaged its 2009 Xbox 360 shooter, stripping out its MP components (Halo 4 is available to cater for that) and leaving it as a single standalone adventure. …
Read More »DICE: Single-player a very important part of Battlefield 4
Calling Battlefield 3’s single-player campaign a fail”, DICE is aiming to infuse the true Battlefield experience into the campaign for Battlefield 4. We still have a lot of people who liked the campaign in Battlefield 3, but there were a lot of people who were like, this is not Battlefield. …
Read More »Of course Frank Gibeau likes single player games
So Frank Gibeau does like single-player games after all. Yesterday the publisher exec seemed to dismiss non-multiplayer games by saying that he had not not green lit one game to be developed as a single player experience”. Of course, as is often the way with high-profile executives, that’s not what …
Read More »EA commits to next-gen consoles… but dismisses single player experiences
EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has promised that EA will not abandon console publishing in the hunt for social and casual success. We think EA is better positioned for success, and for serving consumers than other companies that are marooned on one platform,” he says in the brochure for the …
Read More »EA reneges on Origin block policy
Users who have been banned from EA’s Origin network will now be able to access the single player content of any games on their account. That’s after EA decided to review the terms and conditions of its Origin user agreement. Previously any ban from origin resulted in account holders being …
Read More »VIDEO: The new single player Modern Warfare 3 trailer
Not a football fan? Were you out on Friday night? Either way, MCV is here to make sure you don’t miss out by bringing you the latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer. As revealed by MCV last week, the video debuted on UK TV during the interval in …
Read More »Brink release on track despite PSN blackout
Publisher Bethesda has said that will not alter plans to release multiplayer shooter Brink this Friday despite the fact that PSN may well not be back online in time for gamers. The game hit US retail today. It remains to be seen if the ongoing PSN outage, which for the …
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