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The next instalment in the Arkham series will be a significant overhaul for the Caped Crusader. As revealed in the latest issue of GameInformer as thumbed by Eurogamer, Batman: Arkham Knight will offer a large number of changes and improvements to Rocksteady’s established formula. The new Gotham – which is …
Read More »Warner is bundling all three Batman Arkham games
As of next week UK gamers will be able to get their hands on all three Batman games in a single SKU. It’s called the Batman: Arkham Collection Edition and includes, as you would expect, 2009’s Arkham Asylum, 2011’s Arkham City and the recently released Arkham Origins. It will be …
Read More »Maxis has a dedicated team exploring taking SimCity offline
EA’s controversial PC and Mac title SimCity could yet have an offline future. Maxis Emeryville studio MD Patrick Buechner confirmed in a blog post that the developer is actively exploring the possibility, which has been called for by fans ever since the game made its troubled arrival earlier this year. …
Read More »City Hall to host London games art exhibition
A free to visit public exhibition of video game art will feature in the closing week of this year’s London Games Festival. It will be hosted at Mayor Boris Johnson’s City Hall and will run for five days. Rare pieces have been donated by developers, publishers and artists across a …
Read More »Sony outlines UK Vita tour
UK consumers will be able to go hands-on with PlayStation Vita games such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss before the handheld launches. Sony is bringing ‘Vita Rooms’ to UK cities such as Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and London in January and February 2012. The first event will kick off on Friday, January …
Read More »Tesco reveals Arkham City freebie
The UK’s leading supermarket Tesco has landed the rights to a tasty freebie for Warner Interactive’s Batman: Arkham City. Those who pre-order with the chain will be rewarded with the Joker’s Carnival Challenge Map DLC. The stand-alone mission set is said to add around four hours of additional gameplay to …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Martin Tremblay
With Arkham City and new family LEGO and Sesame Street titles on the way, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment is handling some of this Christmas’ biggest and most mass market titles. MCV quizzed president Martin Tremblay to find out more. THE NEXT BATMAN GAME… Warner is responsible for one of the …
Read More »RE: Operation Raccoon City confirmed
As was rumoured on Friday of last week, Capcom has drafted in a new development partner for work on a brand new Resident Evil spin-off series for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. SOCOM developer Slant 6 is working on the title which is described as a third person squad-based shooter …
Read More »First Doctor Who game detailed
Following its reveal on BBC One last Saturday, concrete details of the first of Doctor Who’s free downloadable games have been released. Doctor Who: The Adventure Games ‘City of the Daleks’ is the first of four free playable additions to the newest series and takes the Doctor to 1963 where …
Read More »Liberty City Episodes delayed
The release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on PS3 and PC has been delayed by two weeks from March 30th to April 16th. Rockstar said on its blog that a last minute change was made by Sony to edit in-game content, including the Liberty City radio station, …
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