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Rest easy – The Last Guardian has not been abandoned by Sony. Fans of the long-delayed PS3 adventure were sent into panic last night when SCEA boss Jack Tretton told Gametrailers, as reported by The Sixth Axis, that the game was in trouble. "The cool thing about our worldwide development …
Read More »Kingdom Hearts III confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One
Square Enix has announced a third instalment in its Disney themed Kingdom hearts franchise. Kingdom Hearts III is currently in development for both PS4 and Xbox One – the first time the game has been released on a non-PlayStation home console. It will see the return of a mature” Sora …
Read More »Nintendo considered showing E3 Wii U Zelda in E3 Direct
The in-development Zelda title for Wii U was considered for inclusion in Nintendo’s E3 Direct presentation, it has been revealed. The platform holder decided against it, however, as it didn’t want to draw attention away from its other titles. We are working on a new Wii U Zelda, as we …
Read More »SCEE’s Jim Ryan: We need our retail partners to survive
The boss of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has hinted that Sony chose to support the pre-owned market in an effort to protect retail. The gaming eco-system in the UK is a somewhat fragile one,” Jim Ryan told VG247. We all know just how difficult it is for retailers, and while …
Read More »Miyamoto says analysts are ‘silly’ to worry about Nintendo’s financial health
Concerns about Nintendo’s financial health are missing the point, design legend Shigeru Miyamoto has argued. Although 3DS is gaining momentum it is still missing Nintendo’s expectations and Wii U is in danger of completely collapsing in the global market. But analysts who look solely at the numbers simply son’t understand …
Read More »Guillemot: Next-gen dev costs to stay stable for first two years
But budgets to rise quickly after as developers take full advantage of new hardware features
Read More »"We have a product for people who aren’t able to get some form of connectivity, it’s called Xbox 360"
The public reaction to Xbox One’s online requirements is not realistic, Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business boss Don Mattrick has argued. Speaking in a video interview with Gametrailers (as transcribed by Spong) an somewhat flustered looking Mattrick cautiously argued that the online reaction had been unrealistic. "The average internet connection is …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Square Enix has revealed that the freshly announced Final Fantasy XV will be released on both PS4 and Xbox One. The game has been in development for over seven years for current gen machines under the name Final Fantasy Versus XIII but is now due for release in 2014. It …
Read More »Moore: EA did not lobby for Xbox One pre-owned DRM
Outspoken exec Peter Moore has insisted that it did not lobby Microsoft to introduce pre-owned restrictions with Xbox One. There has for a long time been talk throughout the industry that key publishers have been applying pressure on platform holders to curtail what they regard as the revenue-stealing pre-owned market. …
Read More »Xbox One third party publishers still in the dark over pre-owned DRM
One of Microsoft’s most high-profile Xbox One publishing partners has still not been briefed on Microsoft’s pre-owned DRM. Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt has admitted that it is eager to find out more” about Microsoft’s plans, especially as it has historically been a vocal supporter of DRM free games. Indeed, …
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