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2K Games has confirmed that the successor to Civilization Revolution will not be released on consoles. Civilization Revolution 2 will instead be released for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch on July 2nd, with an Android release to follow at a later date. Civilization Revolution 2 is the first Civilization game …
Read More »2K’s Evolve joins the huge number of games coming in October
The new shooter Evolve will launch on Xbox One, PS4 and PC during the busiest month of the year. The 2K Games title arrives on October 21st worldwide. It joins an October line-up that already includes Alien Isolation, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Dragon Age: Inquisition, DriveClub, Skylanders Trap Team and …
Read More »2K reveals WWE 2K15 launch information on Twitter
The next WWE game will be the first on next-generation consoles, 2K has announced. WWE 2K15 will arrive on Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 31st (for our US audience, that’s October 28th). Rather than send out a press release with a generic comment, 2K made the …
Read More »NBA 2K Online hits 19m registered users in China
Take-Two and Tencent collaboration NBA 2K Online has garnered 19m registered accounts in China. Joystiq reports Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed the milestone during the company’s most recent call with investors. "Usage and player engagement with NBA 2K Online continued to gain momentum, and it’s now the number one PC …
Read More »WWE reduced its royalty payment to convince 2K to make WWE 2K14
2K Games was only convinced to release WWE 2K 14 last year after the wrestling organisation agreed to reduce its royalties. That’s according to CageSideSeats.com, which has word from the Wrestling Observer newsletter writer Dave Meltzer that the publisher instead wanted to hold back its first WWE title since its …
Read More »Evolve community manager sacked over Sterling race row comments
Evolve community manager sacked for seemingly backing owner Sterling It’s disappointing to see that a select few in Turtle Rock and 2K Games management bought into this hysteria” The developer of 2K Games title Evolve has sacked its community manager Josh Olin after comments he made on Twitter regarding former …
Read More »Firaxis reveals Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth
Firaxis Games has announced Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth, revealing the game will release later this year. The development studio officially confirmed the news over the weekend, but it was an early info leak picked up by NeoGAF late last week that initially spilled the beans. The game will be …
Read More »Borderlands 2 Vita bundle launches in May
Sony has dated the Borderlands 2 Limited Edition PlayStation Vita Bundle for next month, with the standalone release of the game coming one week after. The bundle will feature the slimmer Vita model, according to the PlayStation US blog. $199.99 gets you the game and the Wi-Fi enabled hardware – …
Read More »2K Australia working on new Borderlands title – report
A ‘pre-sequel’ Borderlands game is in development. This is according to retailer GamePointsNow, which claims to have received exclusive information about Gearbox’s series. In February, the studio’s CEO and president Randy Pitchford said that Borderlands 3 was not in the works, which obviously does not rule out this rumour. The …
Read More »Myths busted: Who killed Irrational Games?
Last week in a shock announcement, Take-Two and Ken Levine announced that Irrational Games – the studio behind BioShock – was being closed. It sent shockwaves around the industry, how could such a talented studio simply be destroyed? And then the opinions started to fly: It was Ken Levine’s fault. …
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