Update: EA has clarified that it currently has "no games in development for the Wii U" in a statement to .EA supported Nintendo's new console initially with ports of older titles like Mass Effect 3, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, FIFA 13, and Madden 13, but this was merely the publisher fulfilling its part of its partnership with Nintendo from E3 2011 wherein then-CEO of EA John...

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Former THQ president and Naughty Dog co-founder, Jason Rubin, has disclosed the terrible work conditions that Metro: Last Light's Ukrainian developer 4A Games endured while creating its post-apocalyptic shooter."The budget of Last Light is less than some of its competitors spend on cut scenes, a mere ten per cent of the budget of its biggest competitors," he said in a post submitted to...

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EA has announced a new LA-based branch of Battlefield developer DICE that will focus on creating Star Wars games.The studio is open to continuing existing Star Wars game series as well as developing entirely new franchises, DICE boss Karl-Magnus Troedsson told . Top of many Star Wars fans' wishlists is a new Battlefront game. The series was (now Crytek UK) before LucasArts pulled the plug.

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Nintendo has decided to actually follow through on Youtube copyright infringement policies and is seeking ad revenue from user channels that feature Let's Play videos of the publisher's games."As part of our on-going push to ensure Nintendo content is shared across social media channels in an appropriate and safe way, we became a YouTube partner and as such in February 2013 we registered...

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EA is going to discontinue its Online Pass requirement to access certain features in its future releases."We're discontinuing Online Pass," EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg confirmed to . "None of our new EA titles will include that feature."The Online Pass was a heavily derided system in which players would have to pay an additional fee in order to...

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Sony has revealed details of its latest Gran Turismo instalment during an event at Silverstone. 1200 cars set to feature as well as 33 circuitsSony has officially announced Gran Turismo 6, the latest title in the company's long-running and hugely successful driving simulation series. During an event held at Silverstone on Wednesday, Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator of the series and CEO of...

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Has Sony given up on Vita? The big spend on big games appears to be over, save Killzone: Mercenary, and last week - combined - for the financial year ahead, which is significantly fewer than it managed during the year just ended. In other words, Sony expects things to get worse.By contrast, Nintendo expects during the financial year ahead.Sony's senior business development manager Shahid Kamal...

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Sony has announced the latest title in the 70-million selling Gran Turismo series – and here's the enticing trailer

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There's been a lot of confusion over Precursor Games' Eternal Darkness successor Shadow of the Eternals. Formed by ex-Silicon Knights staff, many believe that it's simply a company in multimillion dollar debt that's tried to rebrand itself . Suspicion wasn't helped when the fledgling company in addition to with a later deadline, suggesting the project was in trouble. So we decided to catch up...

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Capcom has added three zany new unlockable costumes to the console versions of Resident Evil: Revelations due 30th August on PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii U.The trio of unlockable new costumes includes a ninja version of Keith, a pirate rendition of Jill, and what appears to be Chris reimagined as a sailor-themed male stripper.Unfortunately Capcom is remaining mum on how exactly these ridonkulous new...

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