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South Park: The Stick of Truth developer Obsidian Entertainment is exploring the possibility of creating new content for the game, but it doesn’t appear the odds are in the studio’s favor. In an interview with Polygon, Obsidian head Feargus Urquhart explained how development priorities changed for the team during the …
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth goes gold
Following a seemingly endless string of delays, Ubisoft has announced that South Park: The Stick of Truth has at last gone gold. The game is due out on March 4th–and with development actually finished, that date will hopefully hold up this time around. The title suffered its latest (and apparently …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 2-8
Another week, another one-two finish for DayZ and Rust on Steam’s top sellers chart. The two have had nearly complete control of the top two spots for the better part of a quarter, and it appears it’s going to take something big to knock either from their posts. Starbound continues …
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 »South Park: The Stick of Truth gets 2013 release date
Ubisoft will release the final game of the year. In the midst of the busiest period of the year, South Park: The Stick of Truth will debut on December 13th on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The RPG from developer Obsidian and written by the South Park creators will also …
Read More »UBISOFT: South Park: The Stick of Truth is coming out Christmas. Probably.
South Park: The Stick of Truth will be out ‘holiday’ or Christmas, as we like to call it. The game was originally due from THQ before the company entered liquidation, and was scheduled to arrive in Q2. The game was rescued by Ubisoft, but clearly the publisher wasn’t able to …
Read More »Ubisoft E3 line-up includes Assassin’s Creed IV, Watch Dogs
Ubisoft has announced its games line-up for E3 2013. The publisher revealed its booth will provide attendees a chance to check out a handful of upcoming titles, including Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Watch Dogs, Rayman Legends, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Ubisoft is also …
Read More »Opinion: Don’t let THQ’s failure stop you taking risks
South Park’s reveal was the stand out moment at last year’s Xbox E3 press conference. In the midst of endless gore and gun games came this funny, ridiculous RPG that evoked laughter from an audience otherwise jaded by corporate double-speak. South Park: The Stick of Truth epitomised THQ over the …
Read More »South Park creators attempt to block Stick of Truth auction as THQ bidding war begins
South Park Studios is attempting to stop the sale of the publishing rights for its new game, The Stick of Truth. The auction for THQ’s assets began yesterday, with rumours suggesting Sega is after Dawn of War and Companies of Heroes developer Relic – which is the biggest creative rival …
Read More »Upbeat THQ president letter says "this is a new start for our company"
A confident letter from THQ president Jason Rubin to company ‘fans’ says its bankruptcy filing "does not mean the end of the THQ story". Far from it – he describes last night’s Chapter 11 filing in the USA as "a new start for our company". Yesterday the publisher filed for …
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