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Crysis developer Crytek has apparently claimed that it is to become a free-to-play only studio. Speaking to Videogamer.com, CEO Cevat Yerli said that the growing DLC and premium services” model is milking customers to death”. The transition will come once the developer has completed its current contracts for traditional boxed …
Read More »E3 2012: Zelda for Wii U in R&D stage
A Wii U version of The Legend of Zelda is currently in the research and development phase at Nintendo. With the last game,Skyward Sword, that was a game where you had motion control to use your weapons and a lot of different items, and I thought that was a lot …
Read More »The nine surprises of E3 2012
MCV picks the games, platforms, people and services that made the Los Angeles show worthwhile… 1. WATCH OUT FOR UBIA new action adventure, Watch Dogs, closed Ubisoft’s press conference to much praise 2. GREAT BEYONDNintendo kicked off its press conference with a franchise. Microsoft kicked off its showcase with owned …
Read More »E3 2012 ANALYSIS: Core blimey!
California dreams of broadening the games audience were put on hold in LA this week – as all of the industry’s major players knuckled down on theircore titles. Turn any corner at the Los Angeles Convention Center and you would find format holders and third-parties wanting to reclaim and pander …
Read More »E3 2012: Molyneux and Microsoft question Wii U design
Legendary UK designer (and former Microsoft exec) Peter Molyneux and Microsoft marketing exec Yusuf Mehdi have both found time to question the viability of the Wii U. "I am not really decided about Wii U," Molyneux told Games Industry Germany, as reported by Eurogamer. "I watch people playing and they …
Read More »E3 2012: Sony says its competitors "are losing the plot"
As so it begins. Sony has lashed out at rivals Microsoft and Nintendo for neglecting the core gamer in their respective E3 presentations. The reaction to the press conference has been just amazingly positive,” Sony’s head of digital games Jack Buser told VentureBeat. While some of our competitors, seemingly, are …
Read More »E3 2012: Sony is "looking at what OnLive is doing"
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has admitted that cloud gaming could very well play a part in PlayStation’s immediate future. Specifically, he conceded that Sony is looking at what OnLive is doing”, adding fuel to the recent reports linking Sony to a cloud gaming acquisition. We’re looking at what …
Read More »E3 2012: OnLive iOS app is STILL awaiting approval
Cloud gaming provider OnLive has not given up hope of its iOS app going live – despite submitting it to Apple six months ago. The iOS OnLive app was revealed at E3 2011 and very much pitched as a key part of the package. When used in conjunction with OnLive’s …
Read More »E3 2012: Miiverse messages will be moderated, delayed
Messages posted no Nintendo’s new social media Miiverse could face a delay of around 30 minutes before appearing online. President Satoru Iwata has said that the company will employ people, or human resources” as he describes them, to actively moderate messages posted to the network. The attraction of a social …
Read More »E3 2012: All gaming will be cloud based "someday", admits MS
Microsoft Game Studios’ corporate VP Phil Spencer has admitted that the future of gaming lies in the clouds. While an expected deal between Sony and a major cloud gaming firm has yet to be announced, platform holders are for the first time admitting that the model as we know it …
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