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Eight years on from its video games debut, French comic IP XIII is to re-enter the video games market with a new game called XII Lost Identity. In 2003 Ubisoft published XIII on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. Though graphically striking thanks to its use of cel-shaded graphics, the game …
Read More »New open-world Spider-Man game in development
A brand new Spider-Man game that promises to recapture the magic of 2005’s Spider-Man 2 has been revealed by Activision. Harking back to one of Marvel’s classic Spider-Man IPs, The Amazing Spider-Man will be released alongside the new movie in 2012. However, while the combination of Spidey and a Hollywood …
Read More »Jonah Lomu tackles retail on October 14th
The next Rugby Challenge title will launch a week ahead of the World Cup final on October 14th, Alternative Software has announced. Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge is officially endorsed by the New Zealand rugby star, and the game’s publisher expects it to perform not just around the World Cup but …
Read More »ITV apologies for Arma II "human error"
UK broadcaster ITV has apologised for the erroneous use of a gameplay clip from PC title Arma II in a documentary about Colonel Gaddafi and the IRA. MCV yesterday reported that the film, called ‘Exposure – Gaddafi and the IRA’ supposedly showed a scene of IRA militants gunning down a …
Read More »Publisher stock slumps amidst market turmoil
Shares across the US and Europe were in free-fall yesterday amid warnings that the global economy had entered a danger zone. Publicly traded games companies, from Electronic Arts to Activision, were victim to a global sell-off that saw the main indexes in the UK, Germany and France fall about 5 …
Read More »Horrid Henry heads to 3DS
Europress is bringing a new Horrid Henry game to 3DS, MCV can reveal. The smash children’s franchise – which encompasses books, radio shows, a BAFTA-nominated CITV series and a film – will also mark a new push into games with a Blue Ocean Horrid Henry 3DS Accessory Pack. The 3DS …
Read More »‘2011 is a special year for rugby’
Developer HB Studios’ believes it could have a sporting smash hit on its hands with Rugby World Cup 2011 – if England performs well in the competition, of course. The 505-published title arrives today (August 26th) ahead of the tournament, which starts in New Zealand on September 9th. It’s a …
Read More »UK CHARTS: There’s no stopping Zumba
With the release schedule utterly stagnant ahead of its reignition at the end of the month, there was little around to challenge 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness which still sits pretty at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. That’s an amazing eight consecutive weeks …
Read More »November release for Mario & Sonics new Olympic game
As you’re no doubt aware, yesterday marked one year to the day until the beginning of the London 2012 Olympics, and Sega has used to hype to announce a release date for one of its Olympic titles. The Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games …
Read More »Riccitiello: The console cycle has gone forever
It may be the case that new hardware is in the works at both Sony and Microsoft, but EA CEO John Riccitiello thinks that the console cycle as we know it is well and truly over. Most of us recognize that the industry has radically changed and the pace of …
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