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GAME is now selling the White PS4 Destiny bundle for the same RRP of a normal PS4. The console was on sale 379.99 but can now be bought for a penny below 350. The price cut follows a mini-price war over the normal black PS4 destiny bundle, which is available …
Read More »Sierra is back as indies conquer Gamescom
Once again Gamescom became the home of indie development. There were a number of blockbuster game reveals, certainly. And despite the slew of indie titles, not one of them made it on to the shortlist for Gamescom’s official Game of the Show. Nevertheless, it was the range of inventive indie …
Read More »Why Activision resurrected Sierra
Activision surprised Gamescom this week by resurrecting the Sierra Games publishing business. A subsidiary of Activision, Sierra is to publish a range of titles from independent studios. This includes classic Sierra IP like King’s Quest and Geometry Wars, as well as new IP and possibly HD remakes. It’s surprising because …
Read More »Report: Activision wants its own movie studio to turn Call of Duty and Skylanders into films
Activision’s unusual relationship with Hollywood took another turn this week, with reports that the publisher is looking to open its own TV and movie studio. According to The Information, Activision is tentatively looking into such a move. The firm has a hot and cold relationship with the movie industry, although …
Read More »MCV @ GAMESCOM PREVIEW: Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition
Hell is coming to the PS4 and Xbox One. Diablo III, Blizzard’s gothic RPG which launched on PC in 2012 before coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 last year, is set to hit the current and last console generations on August 19th in the form of the Reaper of Souls …
Read More »Three-year dev cycle gives Call of Duty teams ‘freedom to fail’
Activision says shift to longer development times also opens more scope to be creative
Read More »Call of Duty’s three-year dev cycle gives studios "freedom to fail"
The shift from a two-year to a three-year development cycle for the Call of Duty development cycle gives developers more scope to be creative and possibly make mistakes. "That extra year of development time, particularly with the new consoles and the more powerful hardware, has really paid off thus far …
Read More »MCV @ GAMESCOM: ‘Players didn’t understand Destiny until they played the beta,’ says Bungie
Gamerscould not grasp what MMO FPS title Destiny was about prior to its beta. That’s according to the title’s director of production, Jonty Barnes, who told MCV @ Gamescom that this was due to the sheer volumeof content – while players were familiar with individual aspects of the game, as …
Read More »Revived Sierra is Activision’s indie games label
Call of Duty publisher kicking off indie line-up with new King’s Quest and Geometry Wars
Read More »Activision resurrects Sierra as indie publishing label; Geometry War 3 confirmed
Despite some confusion on the matter, Activision has confirmed that publishing label Sierra is returning. The brand will be used as an indie publishing label, with the first confirmed titles being new Geometry Wars and King’s Quest games. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is being developed by Lucid Games and will …
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