Category Archives: Publishers

Wed, May 22, 2013 | 11:38 BST

FIFA 14: Xbox One & PS4 will support EA Ignite engine, PC won’t

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FIFA 14 will support EA Sports’ new Ignite engine on Xbox One and PS4, but PC gamers will miss out on the new tech, the studio has confirmed.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 10:22 BST

Altered Beast 3D heading to 3DS eShop Japan next week

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Altered Beast 3D is getting the 3DS eShop treatment, courtesy of Sega. It’s the arcade version and it’ll come with those odd voice-overs intact when it launches on May 29. Altogether now, ‘Rise from your grave’.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 09:22 BST

Samurai Warrior producer promoted to Executive Vice President of Tecmo Koei

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Hisashi Koinuma, the producer of many Omega Force games such as Samurai Warrior, Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage, One Piece: Pirate Warriors and Pokemon Conquest has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Tecmo Koei Games.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 06:05 BST

GDC Europe announce more talks for design and business tracks

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The organisers of GDC Europe have announced more talks for the event in August. As part of the design and business tracks, the new talks will take place from Monday 19 August through to Wednesday 21 August. These additions will be talks from Steven Masters on Assassin’s Creed III’s design, Don Daglow on the ‘treasures and traps’ of next-gen and Epic’s James Brown on empowering the player in storytelling.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 04:27 BST

Ghost in the machine! Features of CoD:Ghosts

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Adding to the big announcements, information for Call of Duty’s next-gen installment in the franchise has started to emerge today. Following leaks of the name and a teaser trailer in the past weeks, Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Ghosts is developed on a new engine which will add features such as exponential polygons and mocapped dogs.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 00:47 BST

EA celebrates 30th anniversary of first games shipped

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20 May 2013 marked the 30th anniversary of the first games EA ever shipped. In a San Francisco warehouse back in 1983, all of the then EA employees, including programmers and the marketing department, all came together to pack the first five EA games to be released and ship them off to stores selling Commodore 64 games.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 11:14 BST

Battlefield 4 hits current-gen Oct 29, Xbox One & PS4 date pending

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Battlefield 4 was announced for an October 29 release date last night for all formats, but EA has since clarified that the shooter will only hit current-gen formats from this date, and will hit PS4 and Xbox One at a later date.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 02:08 BST

EA Sports trailers show off new Ignite Engine

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EA Sports has released some videos showing off its new Ingnite Engine. Feast your eyes below. EA Sports announced a partnership today with Xbox One, but didn’t go into details on what it was – likely it has to do with exclusive content for its UFC, NBA Live, and Madden licenses. The firm announced today that FIFA 14 Ultimate Team would launch on Xbox One exclusively, so the partnerships is likely more incentives such as this; however, the games will also be released on PS4, but whether versions for Sony’s console will also contain exclusive content remains to be seen.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 21:13 BST

Xbox One: Thief will launch on Microsoft’s console, Square confirms

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Xbox One will see the launch of Eidos Montreal’s Thief reboot, publisher Square-Enix has confirmed.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 21:14 BST

Xbox One: Ubisoft confirms Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed 4, more

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Xbox One will receive top Ubisoft titles, including Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. The publisher will launch at least six next-gen titles Microsoft’s format in the next 12 months.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 22:45 BST

Call of Duty: Ghosts Xbox One gameplay shown, all DLC is timed exclusive

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Call of Duty: Ghosts has been shown for Xbox One at Microsoft’s reveal event. See both the official behind-the-scenes trailer, and the new reveal trailer here.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 02:10 BST

Xbox One and EA Sports announce partnership, FIFA 14 Ultimate Team exclusive

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Xbox One hand EA Sports have unveiled a new partnership moving forward on Microsoft’s new console, although what it entails remains to be seen.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 17:21 BST

Metro: Last Light Season Pass and single-player DLC details coming tomorrow

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The official Twitter account for Metro: Last Light has revealed that information on the Season Pass and future DLC will hit tomorrow. The DLC is single-player content expanding the world of in the game, and the Season Pass will contain all the content being created since Last Light’s completion. It will also be offered at a discount for those who want to grab it. So, in other words, look out for more information tomorrow.

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 17:14 BST

EA teases possibility of new Star Wars: Battlefront game

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EA CFO Blake Jorgensen has teased the firm may possibly revisit the Star Wars: Battlefront IP now that the firm has the rights to develop the games from Disney.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 17:06 BST

NBA Live 14 announced for next-gen consoles

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NBA Live 14 has been announced for next-generation consoles by Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen. The news was revealed as part of his talk during the Stifel Nicolaus 2013 Internet, Media and Communications Conference today. The game is set for release later this year, and may be part of the new Xbox console reveal today, if NBA Live tweets are any indication. NBA Live 13 was set to be the latest game in the series, slated for last fall, but was ultimately cancelled by EA with the promise the franchise would return in 2013. Thanks, Polygon.

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 16:37 BST

Dungeonland updated with Infinite Dungeon mode, now available for Mac

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Critical Studio has released an update for Dunegonland, which comes with Infinite Dungeon Mode and a new achievement-style Star System. The game is also now available for Mac.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 16:06 BST

Neverwinter devs issue rollback after Auction House and Astral Diamond Exchange exploit found

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Neverwinter players who are playing the beta may have noticed a rollback, after Crytpic was informed by players of an exploit which some players used to their economic advantage. Recall the recent exploit in Diablo 3 which resulted in the Auction Houses being brought down and you get the idea.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 15:25 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4 on PS3 is stellar despite PS4′s “visual innovations,” says Ubisoft

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Jean Guesdon, creative director at Ubisoft Montreal, has told VG247 that while the PS4 is definitely a hug leap forward compared to PS3, those who plan on purchasing Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag for PS3 won’t be disappointed, as it will still be a stellar experience.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 15:04 BST

Injustice: Gods Among Us video delves into Batgirl’s history

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To coincide with e availability of Batgirl for Injustice: Gods Among Us, Warner has released a history trailer for the lovely lady. Hit up the break for a watch. The character will be made available as DLC later on the PS Store in the US once it updates, is out today on Xbox Live as well, and will hit PSN in Europe tomorrow.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 15:06 BST

Guild Wars 2 has been given a permanent price drop

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Guild Wars 2 has been given a permanent price drop, NCsoft has announced. The standard edition will now run you £34.99/$49.99 and the Deluxe version £49.99/$69.99. The new price point, which is $10 off the launch price, is effective starting today. The new price coincides with the conclusion of the Southsun Cove event next week, called Last Stand at Southsun. All sorts of things will be happening during the next week, and you can find out more information through a previous post on the matter, and look over ArenaNet’s update page here.