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The “world’s first” fund for iPad game development launches Pitch ‘N’ Toss.The UK-based screen agency and funding body, Northern Film & Media, has released the first game to be funded by its app development initiative.
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“There’s no reason it can’t be.”
Activision’s Call of Duty is the biggest first-person shooter franchise of all time, and Treyarch’s recently released Black Ops is expected to be the biggest game of 2010 but one developer reckons it can match COD’s phenomenal popularity with a FPS series of its own.
That developer is Crytek, and the game is Crysis.
“We say why not?” executive producer Nathan Camarillo told Eurogamer when asked if Crysis can be as big as Call of Duty.
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Rossi think he’s doing?
Capcom’s next attempt at MotoGP will be released in March 2011 on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Developed by Monumental Games, the 10/11 season adds player assistance to the tarmac-table, which is helpful for people with two left thumbs like me. There’s also co-op, so friends can jump in to a race via split-screen to help your racing team win.
Career, Championship and Time Trial modes return, and Monumental has “revised” the Challenge mode. Incidentally, you can ride as your favourite racer from the outset of any mode apart from Career.
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Older generations left behind.
There are to be no more songs added to Rock Band 1 and Rock Band 2 – all future DLC will be exclusive to Rock Band 3.
It doesn’t matter if the songs are labelled “RB3 version” or not, Joystiq discovered – they won’t work with older games in the series.
Harmonix’s defence? That there are new authoring standards, new instruments and new in-game venues and lighting to program for. The new content is simply incompatible, it seems.
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EA Canada GM reportedly parts ways with company as EA Sports realigns internally.
There’s little doubt that the cancellation of NBA Elite was a black eye for the EA Sports brand, both metaphorically and financially. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter estimated the elimination of the game cost Electronic Arts up to $60 million. There’s also the not-so-small manner of prestige, since rival 2K Sports’ NBA 2K11 was the sole pro basketball sim on the market this year (although EA’s NBA Jam scooped up some arcade-style gamers’ dollars).
One result of the cancellation was a series of layoffs at EA Canada. Now, according to a report on 1Up, one of the positions apparently eliminated was that of EA Canada’s general manager, Moira Dang, who has apparently parted ways with the publisher. Another was that of EA Tiburon head Philip Holt, who is “considering other options within the company,” according to an EA spokesperson.
“We’re making organizational changes to our development team at EA SPORTS that will be better for the franchises and better for our people,” an EA spokesperson told the site. “We continue to proactively evolve our team to better position ourselves with improved product quality and growth in revenue for our shareholders, to share technology and lower our development costs, and to pioneer new innovation in digital experiences for our consumers. As part of this transition, we have eliminated the site-based GM roles at EAC and Tiburon.”
According to the report, one part of the “organizational changes” is the realignment of EA Sports internally around each of its franchises, which will each have its own GM. These managers will in turn report to EA Sports senior vice president Andrew Wilson, who will continue to report to EA Sports president Peter Moore.
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EA Canada GM Moira Dang parts ways with company as EA Sports realigns internally.
There’s little doubt that the cancellation of NBA Elite was a black eye for the EA Sports brand, both metaphorically and financially. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter estimated the elimination of the game cost Electronic Arts up to $60 million. There’s also the not-so-small manner of prestige, since rival 2K Sports’ NBA 2K11 was the sole pro basketball sim on the market this year (although EA’s NBA Jam scooped up some arcade-style gamers’ dollars).
One result of the cancellation was a series of layoffs at EA Canada. Now, according to a report on 1Up, one of the positions apparently eliminated was that of EA Canada’s general manager, Moira Dang, who has apparently parted ways with the publisher. Another was that of EA Tiburon head Philip Holt, who is “considering other options within the company,” according to an EA spokesperson.
Speaking with GameSpot, an EA spokesperson offered the following statement:
We’re making organizational changes to our development team at EA SPORTS that will be better for the franchises and better for our people. We continue to proactively evolve our team to better position ourselves with improved product quality and growth in revenue for our shareholders, to share technology and lower our development costs, and to pioneer new innovation in digital experiences for our consumers.
As part of this transition, we have eliminated the site-based GM roles at EAC and Tiburon. Moira Dang, GM at EAC, has decided to pursue new opportunities outside of EA and will be leaving the company. Philip Holt, GM at Tiburon, is considering new options within the company.
There are now a number of GMs leading Strategic Business Units within EA Sports. These report to Andrew Wilson, SVP of EA Sports who is responsible for the EA Sports development organization.
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Absolutely smashes the competition.
Nintendo has sold more than four times as many games as its nearest competitor in Japan this year.
A Japanese sales tracking blog, translated by 1Up, has published a list of Japan’s most successful publishers of 2010 to date.
Nintendo comes in first with nearly 13 million games sold. There’s then a huge drop-off to Square Enix in second place at four million sales. The full top 20 is listed below.
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Postal III tearing out a throat with a badger near you in early 2011. Probably (Postal III)
Nov 10, 2010Admit it, you were convinced this was vapourware by now, weren’t you? We were beginning to wonder too. But apparently Postal III is still a living, breathing entity, and currently aiming for a Q1 2011 release. And yes, you can still kill people with a rabid badger. And yes, Uwe Boll is still in it.
Pretend you’re not intrigued. …
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Above: In addition to fixing many glitches, the new PC patch adds a useful map waypoint for your companions
When we played Fallout: New Vegas for our review, we experienced many crashes, stalling, and a fair share of bugs. It wasn’t enough to stop us from enjoying all the fun that New Vegas had to offer, though. That’s why we’re excited the latest patch for the PC version of New Vegas offers more fixes. It also adds a several useful additions to the companion system… … -
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PS3 players report serious Call of Duty: Black Ops bugs, 360 players fine so far (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
Nov 10, 2010We’re not talking about multiplayer exploits – Treyarch’s official forums are being lit up with serious complaints from PS3 gamers trying to play Call of Duty: Black Ops. Perhaps the most embarrassing is that the game is apparently freezing for players with 3D TVs, despite both the game and the PS3 being touted as the best 3D products available… …