Producer Ryota Niitsuma on creating the franchise's third game, ten years after the last instalment.
Pulled shortly after launch last week, Flash gaming app returns with tweaks to comply with terms of service.
Android app Kongregate Arcade, the mobile portal for Kongregate’s 300 free-to-play Flash games, is back on the Android Market.
Adam Sussman returns to the firm he served until 2005 to oversee move into mobile and social gaming.
Disney Interactive has appointed former EA Mobile vice president Adam Sussman as senior VP of publishing for Disney Games.
Bayonetta developer heading online with multiplayer brawler featuring MadWorld protagonist; out this year.
Platinum Games is working on a new PS3 and Xbox 360 title called Max Anarchy.
A highlight from our community, featuring a discussion on development crunch.
Kaos studio head, David Votypka’s and THQ core games boss, Danny Bilson’s, recent comments regarding the common nature of crunch - and indeed comparable practices in other industries - elicited an interesting response from readers with experience of working long hours as developers.
Government-funded Russia Today mixes footage of Domdedovo Airport bombing with notorious No Russian level.
State-funded television channel Russia Today has broadcast a report linking yesterday’s suicide bombing at a Moscow airport with Modern Warfare 2.
The channel mixed footage of the aftermath of the explosion at Domdedovo Airport with scenes from the notorious No Russian level from Infinity Ward’s 2009 title, which cast players as an undercover American agent opening fire on innocent civilians in a Russian airport.
Capcom has the talent to fill the void left by legendary producer’s departure, says Marvel V Capcom 3 producer.
Marvel Vs Capcom 3 producer Ryota Niitsuma says that the departure of Keiji Inafune has brought the company closer together.
“Inafune was a charismatic leader,” Niitsuma tells us, “but by him leaving the company I think it has made the company a lot closer – we’re a lot tighter in terms of relationships.
UKIE says original estimate of 1:1 ratio was “conservative”, promises scientific research into effect of piracy on sales.
Trade body UKIE estimates that the ratio of games that are pirated to those that are legitimately purchased is as much as 4:1.
UKIE released the figures in clarification of comments that appeared in a BBC Newsbeat article last week, claiming piracy cost the UK videogame industry an eyebrow-raising £1.45 billion in 2010.
Katamari Damacy creator’s speech to be released on YouTube on Friday to kick off 48-hour development event.
Keita Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, is to deliver the keynote address at this weekend’s Global Game Jam.
Takahashi’s speech will be released on video sharing website YouTube at 5pm local time in Auckland, New Zealand, and will officially open the event.
Indie MMOG developer posts raunchy Craigslist mockup; wants you and “your hot friend” to sign up now.
Eskil Steenberg, creator of the indie MMOG Love, has announced a price drop and a raft of new content.
Rather than issue a stodgy press release, however, Steenberg revealed the news in the style of a Craigslist lonely hearts posting.
Producer tells us arcade edition will “definitely be considered” if console version sells well.
Capcom has not ruled out releasing an arcade version of upcoming fighting sequel Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
The game’s producer Ryota Niitsuma tells us that, should next month’s console release be met with strong sales, the publisher will “definitely consider” an arcade release.
At first glance, the apparently distinct worlds of dedicated real-time strategy and broadly-appealing social games might seem to be incompatible. But with its first major free-to-play title, Age Of Empires Online, Microsoft begs to differ. We sat down with Microsoft Game Studios executive producer, Dave Luehmann, to discuss why the studio is only now entering the market, avoiding microtransactions and the challenge of balancing deep strategy with accessibility.
Community manager says Infinity Ward is “leaving nothing unattended” in its bid to stop online cheating.
Infinity Ward has moved to reassure players of Modern Warfare 2 that it is still working to resolve problems with the PlayStation 3 version’s online component.
Disney restructuring to ensure “future success in the digital space”, declines to confirm number of lost jobs.
Disney Interactive has confirmed overnight reports that it is restructuring. While declining to confirm the number of jobs lost as a result, it is claimed up to 250 staff have been let go.
Format: 360, PS3 (version tested)
Release: January 28
Publisher: EA
Developer: Visceral Games
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Publisher demanding removal of videos showing Evil Ryu and Oni, unlocked using password system, before their official reveal.
Capcom is cracking down on Youtube videos of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition which show new characters who are yet to be officially announced.
Rockstar and Team Bondi’s long, long, long-awaited detective thriller finally out in May.
Rockstar Games has finally confirmed a release date for L.A. Noire. Team Bondi’s hotly anticipated detective thriller will be released in Europe on May 20, three days after its North American release.
First announced in 2005, L.A. Noire is set in post-World War II Los Angeles, telling the story of Cole Phelps as he rises through the ranks of the LAPD, solving a series of gruesome murders along the way.
UK trade association, now representing over 140 firms across the industry, blows out ten candles today.
TIGA, the UK games industry trade association, celebrates its tenth birthday today.
The association was founded on January 24, 2001 by the likes of Jason Kingsley, Phillip Oliver, Ian Baverstock, John Chasey and Jez San.
Team Ninja’s Hayashi wants to “enable more people to play” the next entry in the famously punishing series.
Team Ninja, developer of the Ninja Gaiden series, has said that the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3 will be more accessible.
The series is renowned for its punishing difficulty, but Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi wants the next iteration of the game to appeal to more than just existing fans.
Says release amid new hardware announcements hit sales; Okamiden out in Europe a week before 3DS.
Okamiden producer Motohide Eshiro has said he believes Okami failed because it was launched at the wrong time.
Speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine, Eshiro said that in hindsight launching the game when Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo were announcing new consoles negatively impacted on the PlayStation 2 RPG’s sales.
Software marketplace passes milestone in just two and a half years after Kent resident downloads Paper Glider.
More than 10 billion iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad apps have been downloaded from Apple’s App Store.
The milestone was finally passed this weekend by Gail Davis of Orpington, UK, with a download of Paper Glider.
The figure has been reached in just two and a half years, with Apple saying 70 per cent of the total was downloaded in the last year alone.
World’s largest Facebook gaming firm picks up Drop7 developer and renames it Zynga New York.
Social gaming giant Zynga has acquired New York-based indie studio Area/Code, renaming it Zynga New York.
Japanese newspaper claims 3G compatibility for online play and software downloads; official announcement expected this week.
First details of Sony’s PSP successor are starting to appear ahead of the device’s supposed announcement this week.
Media Molecule’s creative platformer goes straight in at number one on the UK all-formats chart.
LittleBigPlanet 2 is the UK all-formats number one for the week ending 22 January.
Media Molecule’s platformer goes straight in at the top of the charts after just two days on sale, knocking Call Of Duty: Black Ops back down into second spot.
The PlayStation 3 release of Mass Effect 2 sees BioWare’s sci-fi epic re-enter the chart at number seven, with 88 per cent of its sales on PS3.
Microsoft Research isn’t in the habit of making XBLA games. But The Path Of Go isn’t a normal XBLA game. Although the platform is no stranger to boardgames of many types, few have such a weight of pioneering AI research behind them: behind the unassuming façade of this take on the 2,500-year-old Chinese game lies an attempt to address one of artificial intelligence’s biggest challenges.