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Assassin’s Creed III hero is Native American?
Attention Assassin’s Creed fans: The third full episode of Ubisoft’s acclaimed action adventure is set to be officially unveiled this March 5… and it will apparently be set during the American Revolution. That’s according to videogame magazine Game Informer, which claims Ubisoft has not only confirmed Assassin’s Creed III will take the action from old [...]
Rumor points to SimCity 5 reveal at GDC
Here’s one for fans of the longstanding SimCity franchise: German games magazine Gamestar is currently reporting that SimCity 5 will be formally unveiled during this month’s Game Developers Conference (GDC). The possibility of Electronic Arts (EA) using the GDC platform to officially debut the latest SimCity entrant is supported by Twitter posts made by the [...]
Blizzard announces 600 job losses
We all know that World of WarCraft is an unparalleled PC success that’s all-but untouchable in the realm of massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPG). Or is it? More pointedly, software publisher Activision Blizzard has today announced that 600 jobs are to be culled from its Blizzard Entertainment division, which, as you might guess, operates World [...]
Mass Effect 3 promo has bumpy landing
The Mass Effect 3 ‘Space Edition’ promotion launched by Electronic Arts (EA) may have succeeded from a marketing perspective, but it hasn’t exactly been a resounding success for expectant gamers. Specifically, while weather balloons carrying pre-release copies of the eagerly awaited sci-fi epic have been released over major cities around the world, technical issues and [...]
Bethesda: DOOM 4 has NOT been cancelled
Game publisher Bethesda Softworks has this week moved quickly to counter rumors suggesting that its id-developed shooter DOOM 4 has been cancelled. “DOOM 4 isn’t cancelled,” said Bethesda boss Pete Hines via a Twitter post. “When we’re ready to talk about it and show it off, we’ll let everyone know.” Initial rumors regarding the game’s [...]
Lionhead countdown clock promises big unveiling
Although Lionhead supposedly only has Kinect-based title ‘Fable Journey’ in the works for 2012, the sudden appearance of an intriguing countdown clock on its studio site suggests the developer may be preparing to reveal something else entirely. The clock in question will tick down to zero on the launch day of this year’s Game Developers [...]
Guerrilla loses co-founder to EA’s Visceral Games
Bad news for fans of the hit Killzone franchise and developer Guerrilla Games: co-founder and technical director Arjan Brussee is quitting the acclaimed Dutch studio. However, Guerrilla’s loss is evidently EA’s gain, as Brussee is joining the publishing giant’s Visceral Games studio as an executive producer. For those not familiar with Visceral’s portfolio, the California-based [...]
Atlus announces pre-order bonus for Game of Thrones
With season one of HBO’s Game of Thrones rapidly approaching its DVD release date, third-party publisher Atlus has this week moved to build anticipation in the videogame version of the George R. R. Martin’s epic adventure. More pointedly, fantasy fans that choose to pre-order Game of Thrones will receive a limited edition hardback ‘Visuals from [...]
Space Edition trailer promises early Mass Effect 3
Clearly keen to drive home its commitment where Mass Effect 3 is concerned, publisher Electronic Arts (EA) has released a new ‘Space Edition’ trailer for the eagerly awaited sci-fi epic. However, this particular trailer doesn’t focus on the game in terms of core content, narrative arcs, or trigger-happy action, but rather on the stratospheric promotional [...]
Gamers get their own dating website
Given the wealth of dating sites that trade on finding partners for those lost in love, it was perhaps only a matter of time before the world of videogames fell into the crosshairs of those peddling the promise of amour. So, bearing that in mind, put down your virtual assault rifle for a moment and [...]