A staple of the Devil May Cry franchise has always been the fast, fluid combat exemplified by running at 60 frames per second. With the upcoming DmC reboot, developer Ninja Theory is forgoing that approach. Instead, they’re aiming for 30 FPS to incorporate “stuff like the world changing,” allowing levels to dramatically change during gameplay. The company says the decision will […]

Like its PC counterpart, the E3 2011-announced Xbox 360 adaption of Minecraft will begin with a beta. While Mojang isn’t handling development on the 360 side internally, Minecraft creator Markus Persson says a beta will give the team valuable insight from fans on what ticks and what doesn’t. The way we’re going to do it is similar to how we […]

Publisher THQ has posted a $38.4M net loss compared to $195.2 million in net sales for Q1 of fiscal 2012. THQ CEO Brian Farrell told investors that the company was disappointed in its Q1 performance, pointing to the ‘niche’ sales of Red Faction Armageddon and late release of UFC Personal Trainer. While THQ forecasts a strong Q2 and Q3 with titles like Saints Row: […]

Despite being the final entry in a planned trilogy, Mass Effect 3 isn’t the end of the road for this beloved sci-fi franchise. In addition to wrapping up the current story arc, it’ll represent “a new beginning” according to marketing director David Silverman. “We designed Mass Effect 3 to be a new beginning,” Silverman told CVG. He affirmed, “This series definitely […]

Despite shipping a respectable 300,000 units in its first month, Epic’s raunchy shooter Bulletstorm hasn’t been profitable, according to company president Mike Capps. Capps told Kotaku that the title “didn’t make money for us.” How much was spent on Bulletstorm is unknown, but presumably, it must’ve had a sizable budget if it failed to break even at 300K. While Capps […]

Kinect, combined with a strong Xbox 360 software portfolio, played an integral role in driving profits for Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division in fiscal 2011. The firm reported an 30 percent uptick in revenue for Q4 alone and 45 percent on a full year basis. The boasting doesn’t end there. The Xbox 360 business grew $2.7 billion or 48 percent […]

Microsoft has reached out with a clarification to our earlier article on Xbox Music, stating the company has no plans to launch an all-new digital music storefront this fall. The company merely demonstrated how the recently announced Bing search functionality will integrate with Kinect voice chat to browse content across the web. This will tie in with the existing Zune […]

Might we get an early glimpse at Mass Effect 3 ahead of its March 6 release date? If a tweet from series executive producer Casey Hudson is anything to go by, it’s possible. Hudson told fans on Twitter to “Stay tuned for news on demo plans in a few months.” Mass Effect 2 received a demo after the game’s release on […]

Bethesda Softworks announced today that it’ll publish Arkane’s Dishonored, a first-person stealth action-adventure. Coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, the 2012-bound effort is backed by top talent, including designer Harvey Smith of Deus Ex fame and Viktor Antonov, who designed Half-Life 2’s meticulously detailed City 17 landscape.

Square Enix has hit 15 unnamed Italian individuals with a lawsuit under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act over the recent leak of a preview build for Deus Ex: Human Revolution on PC. The implicated suspects are accused of hacking into the server of a Italian-based games magazine, which housed the files per an NDA arrangement.

Alleged operational woes at Team Bondi continue to surface, with a GameIndustry.biz report claiming that Rockstar is now distancing itself from the Australia-based studio, stemming from a fallout over the development of L.A. Noire. If a series of internal email exchanges between Rockstar and Team Bondi are to be believed, a divide in opinion over the creative direction of L.A. Noire […]

There’s no question that the ability to mod is always a crowd pleaser when it comes to PC titles. Unfortunately, as it stands – Battlefield 3 will ship without any mod tools, according to EA Europe VP Patrick Söderlund. Söderlund pinned the decision down to the complexity of Frostbite’s inner workings, the engine that powers BF3. He feels the steep learning curve […]

Thought Far Cry 2 was massive? Ubisoft says the upcoming third installment, announced at its E3 2011 presser, will feature ten times as much scale as previous entries. “If you look at the vistas and the scale of Far Cry 1 and 2, take that and multiply it by ten,” narrative director Jason VandenBerghe told UK gaming mag Edge. In […]

While DLC plans for Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim aren’t entirely set in stone yet, company boss Todd Howard says the firm plans on deviating from its approach with Fallout 3 – which was graced with smaller, frequent content packs. For Skyrim, the current plan is less, more substantial DLC. Howard likened the scale to a “expansion pack feel.”

The just-released Annihilation on Xbox Live may not be the final map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Treyarch design director David Vonderhaar dropped the tease in a recent interview with Digital Spy: I can’t talk to anything beyond ‘Annihilation’, but keep your eyes peeled… Treyarch delivered three map packs for its previous title, World at War. Another release would bring the […]

According to a GameStop listing, a limited edition version of Call of Duty: Black Ops with DLC pre-included is soon to make the rounds. Priced at $59.99, the listing accounts for both PS3 and Xbox 360, sporting a June 28 release date. No specifics are provided, though we imagine it’ll include at least one or both of the currently available […]

While the perpetually delayed Duke Nukem Forever hasn’t won critics over, garnering a low 50 average on Metacritic, publisher Take-Two isn’t about to call quits on the franchise. Company CEO Strauss Zelnick has told Forbes that future Duke IP is coming, eventually:

Activision’s announced that the third Black Ops map pack, entitled Annihilation, will hit Xbox Live first on June 28. Like previous offerings, it extends the multiplayer experience with four new multiplayer maps and a Zombie experience. As per exclusivity arrangements, the pack will hit PS3 and PC at a later date. “With Annihilation, Black Ops fans will get four exciting and unique […]

Aside from Nintendo’s own Zelda tech demo, the company did little to push the graphical capabilities of its newly announced Wii U hardware at E3 2011. Amplifying this is the fact that third-party footage shown was running code direct from PS3 and Xbox 360. So how does the Wii U stack up to these six year-old machines?

Publisher THQ has shuttered Digital Warrington and Homefront developer Kaos Studios, calling the move a “strategic realignment.” Homefront hit shelves three months ago, released to mixed reception. Despite this, it still sold a healthy 1 million units and shipped 2.4 million. From here on out, THQ’s Montreal arm will take over development on the franchise. Additionally, THQ confirmed that it is giving […]