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The humble TV set-top box is finally emerging as a genuine challenger to Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. The team behind Freeview successor YouView have told MCV that the new platform – co-funded by UK broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Five plus the likes of BT – will use an …
Read More »THQ: New consoles last thing we need
The cost and turbulence caused by the transition to a new generation of hardware is not what the games industry currently needs, according to THQ president and CEO Brian Farrell. Instead, the exec thinks that expanding the current console audience through expansions such as Kinect and Move is very much …
Read More »Blitz: No discs for PS4/Xbox720
Platform holders’ desire to gain complete control of the software retail chain will mean that the next generation of home consoles will not include any capacity for digital media, developer Blitz Games Studios has stated. Let’s be honest, a lot of us have got smart phones,” CEO Philip Oliver told …
Read More »HMRC warns over game stock deals
Retailers must be more vigilant with rogue traders if they want to avoid having their tax returns voided. As we revealed on the cover of this issue, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs is mounting efforts to clamp down on temporary dodgy distributors who sell on games stock without paying VAT. …
Read More »EA: Sims 3 on console dated
Publisher EA has confirmed that The Sims 3 will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS on October 26th. The series is one of the most popular ever devised on PC and it will be fascinating to see how this appeal manages to carry over into the console …
Read More »New Bungie game made for PS4 and Xbox 3
Bungie has stated that its still mysterious debut game for new partner Activision is being deliberately designed to carry over to a new generation of console hardware. Speaking to CVG, Bungie community director Brian Jarrard explained: I don’t know if developers aren’t ‘ready’ to kick off a new generation of …
Read More »Blizzard teases console projects
Blizzard has told MCV that the development of a new game for consoles remains a possibility. The company’s recent successes have been very much PC focused, with titles such as World of Warcraft and Starcraft II thrusting the studio into the limelight. It has in the past developed titles for …
Read More »Realtime Worlds ‘wants APB on consoles’
Lead designer at Realtime Worlds EJ Moreland has told Develop it is clear that Realtime Worlds wants a console version of APB”, but said the Dundee studio would want to revise the game to better suit the experience for PS3 and Xbox 360 owners. APB was initially set to be …
Read More »Epic: Piracy turned us to consoles
Epic Games has cited piracy as the key explanation behind group’s transformation from dedicated PC development to console-focused work. "If you walked into [Epic’s Offices] six years ago, Epic was a PC company,” the group’s president Mike Capps told Edge Magazine. ”We did one PS2 launch title, and everything else …
Read More »Ruse can boost struggling RTS genre
Ubisoft’s Ruse can help turn the tide for the declining real-time strategy genre, the firm has told MCV. Recent RTS titles such as Command & Conquer 4 and Napoleon: Total War failed to match the success of their series’ predecessors. Ubisoft believes its newest IP has everything it needs to …
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