Crytek, German developer of the Crysis series, says it will unveil its "fantastic" new console and PC project next month.
Speaking to CVG during GDC last week, GM of games Nick Button-Brown said the studio was preparing to announce "the best of that kind of project we've ever done."
Some games are placed on such high pedestals that Internet sticks and stones can’t reach them. These are the games against which all others are measured, making it inconvenient when someone pipes up with, “Actually, I did have this one slight issue with it…” Which is what we’re about to do.
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello insists the publisher has not been weakened by the recent departures of several senior executives.
Mass Effect 3 is the new UK all-formats number one, the final part of BioWare's sci-fi trilogy beating the sales of the nation's four previous number ones combined.
Making coffee is really difficult. You have to grind the beans to the right coarseness, then tamp down the coffee, connect the tray to the machine, and so on; and all the while your customer’s patience gauge is rapidly emptying; and by the time the espresso is ready you’ve forgotten what she ordered so you put milk froth into what was supposed to be an Americano, and so you have to start all over again; on top of all of which you are stressed because there is a custody hearing with your ex-husband and your daughter in 30 minutes for which you absolutely cannot be late.
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has told investors that the closure of embattled UK retailer Game Group, which over the weekend put itself up for sale in a last-ditch bid to avoid administration, is "all but a certainty."
Troubled UK retailer Game Group has put itself up for sale in a bid to avoid administration, according to reports.
The Sunday Times (via Reuters) reports that the UK's largest specialist videogame retailer is seeking a buyer in a bid to raise cash to pay its quarterly rent bill, which is due in two weeks.
Beleaguered retailer Game Group has put itself up for sale in a bid to stave of collapse, according to The Sunday Times.
The newspaper said the firm faces a struggle to raise cash to meet a quarterly rent bill due in a fortnight and that failure to pay may push it into administration, threatening 10,000 jobs and wiping out investors.
Mojang has settled its lawsuit with Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media over the use of the name Scrolls for the Minecraft developer’s upcoming card-based game.
A Los Angeles State Superior Court Judge has dismissed one of two fraud charges brought against Activision by former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vincent Zampella.
West and Zampella, ex-president and CEO of the Call Of Duty developer respectively, filed a lawsuit against Activision in 2010 citing breach of contract and wrongful dismissal after the pair’s positions were abruptly terminated.
SSX has debuted at number one on the Nordic chart, which collates sales data from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
The snowboarding title charted ahead of fellow EA games Battlefield 3, which has taken the top spot for seven of the past nine weeks, and FIFA 12.
Call Of Duty; Modern Warfare 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim rounded off the top five, while Mario Party 9 was a new entry at number 14.
01. SSX (EA)
02. Battlefield 3 (EA)
03. FIFA 12 (EA)
Following on from the Unity tutorials we posted last week, here's a list of useful tools and components available from the Unity Asset Store that should help eliminate that dreaded blank canvas syndrome. There's a mixture of free and paid for downloads below, and there are many more specific tools available if you look around.
Issue 239 of Edge, featuring Borderlands 2 on the cover, will hit UK newsagents on March 14 and should already be arriving at subscribers' doors. Our six-page preview of Gearbox's love letter to gun fetishists includes a design showcase and in-depth hands-on.
Mass Effect 3 sold an estimated 890,000 units in its first 24 hours on sale in North America, EA has confirmed.
Speaking at the Wedbush Technology, Media and Telecommunications Summit in New York City, EA CEO John Riccitiello said he was feeling "awfully good" about the game, VentureBeat reports, adding: "We anticipated it doing well, so we're happy."
Sega's upcoming PC game Phantasy Star Online 2 is also headed to PlayStation Vita.
The news comes from PS Vita Game Heaven, the web broadcast in which Sony revealed several new Japanese Vita games. Andriasang reports that series producer Sakai Satoshi said that both versions will run on the same servers, with players able to use the same character on both systems.
Ex-Capcom developer Keiji Inafune has confirmed he is working on a game for PS Vita.
Andriasang reports that Inafune revealed the news in a brief video, shown as part of Sony's PS Vita Game Heaven web broadcast, which unveiled several new Japanese games for the system.
While Inafune was tight-lipped on specifics, he said the project was "Inafune-like" and "amazing." It appears the game will be published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
The third episode of Nintendo TV, Future Publishing's Mario pyjama-wearing video show, has been released.
The game of the month is Namco Bandai's 3DS fighter Tekken 3D Prime Edition, and there's also a tour of Aardman Animation's offices to look at the making of the 15 Shaun The Sheep episodes that are headed to 3DS.
The team also interviews Nicholas Cage, asking which of his films would make a good Nintendo game. Nintendo TV episode three is also available on the 3DS eShop.
The US videogame market brought in 20 per cent less in February than it did last year, according to the NPD Group.
Total physical videogame sales at US retail came to $1.06 billion (£671m), down from $1.33 billion in February 2011. There were declines in every sector, with hardware sales down 18 per cent, software down 23 per cent, and accessories down 16 per cent.
Revered shooter developer Cave has defended the pricing of its smartphone games and advised developers of core-focused mobile titles to follow its lead, saying: "People will pay premium prices as long as it's a good product."
I have no idea how I missed this. Last June, Vlambeer, the genius creators of Radical Fishing and Super Crate Box, released an Adult Swim browser game named Dinosaur Zookeeper. I’ve only recently come across it on the micro-studio’s extremely yellow website, and I’ve just lost an entire morning to it.
Japanese publisher Konami, and UK studios Rebellion and Playdemic, have signed up for Zynga's new social gaming portal, Zynga.com.
Street Fighter X Tekken starts with a tutorial, a first for a Capcom fighting game. It covers the basics, then walks you through an avalanche of systems. Coming before a single punch has been thrown in anger, it’s an overwhelming amount of information, and even old hands will have forgotten some of it when it’s over.
Ubisoft has insisted that development of Rainbow 6: Patriots has not suffered from the departure of its creative director and three other leads.
From Software has confirmed that the Souls series is "not over yet."
Speaking to Gametrailers at GDC, head of R&D Masanori Takeuchi confirmed that the series, which to date has spawned PS3 exclusive Demon's Souls and the multiplatform Dark Souls, is very much in the studio's future plans.
The PS3 version of cult adventure Deadly Premonition is headed to the west, according to executive producer Yasuhiro Wada.
Wada's GDC session yesterday was mostly about the 16-year history of his Harvest Moon franchise, but he said work was being done on a western localisation of Deadly Premonition for PS3, which was only released for Xbox 360 in the west.