Following a brief period of silence after his decision to cut long-standing ties with Capcom, Mega Man co-creator Keiji Inafune has stepped back into the limelight. He’s opened up a new blog, on which he plans to muse about his future as a game designer.
Driver: San Francisco dev Ubisoft Reflections may see as many as 19 jobs axed as part of an ongoing restructuring effort, according to a Develop report. Sources say the redundancies could affect a number of key staffers, including those who have been with the studio for the better part of a decade. While the effort is wholly aimed at terminating […]
Atari announced yesterday that Test Drive Unlimited 2 will be released on February 8th of next year after being delayed from this fall. The game will receive various pre-order incentives from different retailers. Most retailers will be offering an exclusive pre-order car as incentive however GameStop has nailed down an exclusive casino game mode; all of these incentives and details […]
Valve has put its own spin on Thanksgiving, launching a massive “Get & Get” sale on Steam. Through now till November 29, you can look forward to price reductions on a number of select titles. As usual, each day will usher in new time-limited deals. The current crop of offerings include Borderlands for a paltry $10, Counter Strike: Source at […]
If there’s one thing for certain, Minecraft developer Notch isn’t one to shy away from implementing crazy ideas. He’s confirmed the eventual inclusion of a gameplay mode dubbed ‘Hardcore,’ which essentially mimics real life. There are no second chances in Hardcore, upon death the world restarts and all previous progress is lost. I’m definitely going to add hardcore mode to […]
Futuremark announced today that the next iteration of its widely-used PC hardware benchmarking suite — 3DMark 2011 — will release on November 30. This time around, the included benchmark demos place a heavy focus on DX11-specific rendering effects, such as tessellation and volumetric lighting.
Just in time for the gift-giving holiday season, Valve has launched a new “Recommended For You” referral service on Steam. It’s designed “to help gamers discover new games and DLC based upon their tastes and recent purchases, as well as games recommended by friends.” Recommendations will appear both on the “Recommended For You” pages as well as in your Steam […]
Want to lend Bungie a helping hand? You’re in luck, as the developer has put out a public service announcement seeking dedicated individuals for beta testing. Potential assignments include playtests and usability testing, as well as filling out surveys on playing habits. Those chosen will also have a shot at giving its first post-Halo title a spin before everyone else. Hit the […]
Well it looks like Valve has, yet again, delayed the release of Portal 2; this time setting the release back two months. However, in traditional Valve fashion, the company’s press release is a masterpiece in itself; It can only be best described by not describing it at all, so here it is: VALVE ANNOUNCES SHORTEST DELAY IN VALVE HISTORY Valve […]
EA has just announced that they are working on a sequel to Need for Speed: Shift entitled Shift 2 Unleashed, meanwhile removing the Need for Speed title from the game. The first Shift title was the first time the Need for Speed ventured off from the traditional acrade-style of gameplay and made an attempt at a simulation racer. It is […]
Is Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise gearing up for another appearance next year? Comments from Ubi CEO Yves Guillemot indicate as such.
Franchise reboot Driver: San Francisco and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier have been delayed into Ubisoft’s fiscal 2011-2012, the company revealed in a earnings report today. No concrete reason for the delay was given. This setback is not a first. Ubisoft backpedaled on a date for both titles earlier this year, moving them into 2011. Last July, it further blamed an […]
That was quick: the emergence of open-source drivers for Microsoft’s Kinect is already spurring interest among hobbyists. One dev – floemuc – has created a nifty multi-touch interface that aims to enhance photo browsing through hand gestures, allowing users to move photos across the screen in varying orientations, similar to Microsoft Surface. While the application has not yet been released, this […]
In an effort to bridge the gap between Assassin’s Creed 2 and Brotherhood, Ubisoft announced today that it will release Assassin’s Creed Ascendance, an animated short story set to hit PSN, Xbox Live, “and other digital channels.” A Ubi Workshop production, Ascendance gives a wealth of backstory on protagonist Ezio Auditore, chronicling his struggle to remove the treacherous Borgia family […]
$59.99 too much for a single game? Tell that to Activision. We jest. In all seriousness, THQ boss Brian Farrell feels the $59.99 price tag that most titles carry at launch is becoming less viable in this current economic climate. To pull in more users, Farrell reckons the initial barrier-to-entry should be lowered to a more accessible $39.99. Doing so would […]
According to “internal Activision estimates,” Black Ops has already topped last year’s Call of Duty release, generating approximately $360 million in sales across North America and Europe alone. That’s up from an estimated sell-through of $310 million for Modern Warfare 2. This was expected, but now it’s official. The record-shattering feat marks the second year in a row that Activision’s […]
Recently acquired Uppsala, Sweden-based development studio MachineGames is working on a new title powered by id Software’s proprietary id Tech 5, Bethesda announced today. It was revealed that Bethesda parent ZeniMax snapped up the studio last week. The dev house is chock full of ex-Starbreeze talent, many of whom were responsible for The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. Unfortunately, the […]
Bethesda’s latest entry into the atmospheric Fallout universe, New Vegas, has shipped 5 million copies worldwide — representing a sales volume of $300 million. Company president Vlatko Andonov lauds the Obsidian-developed RPG as a “must buy” title for this holiday season:
In a nod to the original, Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s forthcoming VIP Map Pack 7 will feature revamped renditions of fan-favorite BC: BF maps Oasis and Harvest Day, EA and developer DICE revealed today. The inclusion of both was determined by a series of polls EA ran on its website. With the transition comes an arsenal of perks, as EA […]
Those in attendance at the PDXLAN 16.5 gaming event caught a first-hand glimpse of Nvidia’s future GPU plans, courtesy of technical marketing director Tom Petersen. Nvidia rallied up the crowd with metrics on a new piece of dedicated graphics hardware that is presumed to be the oft-rumored GTX580. According to Petersen, the unreleased card boasts a robust vapor cooling system, […]