Author Archives: Brenna Hillier
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 23:00 BST
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag not expected to outsell AC3
Ubisoft is cautiously forecasting fewer sales of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag than last year’s entry, Assassin’s Creed 3.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, PS4, Ubisoft, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tags: assassin's creed 3, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, ubisoft montreal
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 22:44 BST
Game piracy not as widespread as trade body, torrent sites claims – study
An academic study into file sharing has found much lower levels of game piracy than those claimed by the Electronics Software Association.
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 07:59 BST
Lost Planet 3: bursting with character
Lost Planet 3 isn’t the hum-drum shoot-a-thon you’re probably expecting, but one of the most character-filled sci fi stories the industry has produced in years.
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Posted in: Capcom, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Andrew Szymanski, Lost Planet 3, Spark Unlimited
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 06:55 BST
Journey producer to keynote Boston Festival of Indie Games
Best known for her role as producer of thatgamecompany’s Journey, Robin Hunicke will open the 2013 Boston Festival of Indie Games.
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Posted in: indie
Tags: Boston Festival of Indie Games, Robin Hunicke
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 06:43 BST
Dare to Fly classified in Australia, headed to PlayStation 3
A mysterious Sony-published titled has turned up on the delightfully spoileriffic Australian Classification Board.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, Sony, Vita
Tags: Australian classifications, Dare to Fly, GameShastra
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 06:28 BST
Nvidia Shield video shows off final hardware and features
Android-based portable gaming device Nvidia Shield is due in June, with pre-orders opening next week. To entice you to try out the slick-looking device, which can even stream games from your PC so you can relax on the couch, Nvidia has released a video showing off its final design and feature set.
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Posted in: Android, Tablets, nVidia
Tags: Nvidia Shield, Project Shield
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 03:44 BST
Gran Turismo 6 page found on official site
Just in case somebody, somewhere was not yet aware that Gran Turismo 6 is a thing, Sony’s added a product page for the unannounced but inevitable sequel.
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Posted in: PS3, PS4, Racing, Sony
Tags: gran turismo 6, Polyphony Digital
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 02:18 BST
Harvest Moon GBC hits 3DS eShop this week
Natsume is bringing the Game Boy Colour version of Harvest Moon to the 3DS eShop on March 16. The announcement seems only to apply to North America at present. This particular incarnation of Harvest Moon released in 1998, having appeared in black-and-white form the year before.
Thanks, Destructoid.
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Posted in: 3DS, Simulation, eShop
Tags: Harvest Moon
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 01:37 BST
Wii U US sales down 19% month-on-month, says Pachter
A new report from industry analyst Michael Pachter suggests sales of both Nintendo home consoles declined over the last month, although the 3DS is on the up.
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Posted in: Nintendo, Wii U
Tags: michael pachter
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 01:24 BST
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Creation coming to PC, PS3
Tecmo Koei has announced a new entry in its long-running strategy series, Nobungaga’s Ambition.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Strategy, Tecmo-Koei
Tags: Nobunaga's Ambition: Creation
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 22:14 BST
Metro: Last Light PC update to enable custom FOV
4A Games is pretty sure messing with the field of view in Metro: Last Light is going to ruin everything, but since you really want to, it’s going to make that possible.
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Posted in: Deep Silver, PC, Shooter
Tags: 4A Games, Metro: Last Light
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 23:45 BST
Warren Spector wants to make small, detailed worlds
Deus Ex creator Warren Spector would rather make a game world “an inch wide and a mile deep” than “a mile wide and an inch deep”.
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Posted in: Development
Tags: warren spector
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 23:18 BST
Rovio launches new third-party mobile publishing label
Rovio Stars is a new publishing initiative from the makers of Angry Birds to highlight mobile development talent. The first game from the program is Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage – check out a trailer through the break.
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Posted in: Android, Mobile, Rovio, iPad, iPhone
Tags: 5 Ants, Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage, Nitrome, Rovio Stars, Tiny Thief
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 22:58 BST
Sid Meier not keen on inflexibility of Kickstarter
Legendary Civilization designer Sid Meier has said he personally would not enjoy the way Kickstarter projects often mean designers must commit early concepts.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: Firaxis Games, sid meier
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 09:09 BST
Vita: Sony exec hints at plans to turn console around
Sony’s recent prediction that it would sell less than 5 million Vitas during FY2014 is a worst case scenario, one executive has explained – with good chances for the portable to turn around.
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Posted in: Sony, Vita
Tags: Shahid Kamal Ahmad
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 07:15 BST
Breakout playable in-browser thanks to Google Easter egg
If you run a Google Image Search on “Atari Breakout”, you’ll get a pleasant surprise – a fully playable version of the classic arcade game, using recoloured search results. While we’re on the topic, I’m sure you’ve all tried a web search for “Zerg Rush”, right?
Thanks, CVG.
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Posted in: Arcade, Browser-Based
Tags: Super Breakout
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 07:08 BST
Show Me The Games sale heavily discounts indies
Developer direct digital distribution hub Show Me The Games is throwing a whopping sale for the next few days, with discounts of 35% to 75% on 32 indie titles. There are some well known names on the list – And Yet It Moves, Gratuitous Space Battles, Defcon and Voxeltron, for example – as well as a bunch of lesser-known efforts you might not have heard of. A wide variety of genres are represented, and many titles are available on Linux and Mac as well as PC.
Thanks, Joystiq.
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 06:58 BST
“No legal reason why” violent games couldn’t be taxed
US vice president Joe Biden has said there’s no legal objection to imposing a tax on violent media.
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Posted in: America, Politics, Violence in games
Tags: Joe Biden
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 06:46 BST
Contraption Maker to follow in The Incredible Machine’s footsteps
Or possibly tyre treads; but you get the idea. Contraption Makers is a spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from the creators of the original Sierra franchise.
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Posted in: Mac, PC, Puzzler, Sandbox, indie
Tags: Contraption Maker, The Incredible Machine
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 06:38 BST
Killzone: Mercenary trailer slips out of Russia
Here’s a new trailer for Killzone: Mercenary that comes not via the usual channel of a polite email from Sony but from the untamed wilds of the Internet, which is why it’s blessed with Cyrillic subtitles. I call that value added.
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Posted in: Shooter, Sony, Vita
Tags: Guerrilla Cambridge, Killzone: Mercenary
Dyack Responds to Kotaku expose on X-Men Destiny