Players will “Feel the Fight” as the action, emotion, and intensity inside the Octagon are brought to life EA Sports unveiled at Gamescom the first pre-alpha gameplay footage for the highly anticipated EA SPORTS UFC. Powered by EA Sports Ignite players will “Feel the Fight” as the action, emotion, and intensity inside the Octagon are brought to life The next generation of fighting begins in the S...
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Disney has announced that award-winning video game composer Inon Zur will be contributing to Disney Fantastia: Music Evolved. The news was revealed at Disney’s D23 fan event before Zur took to the stage to conduct some of the orchestral pieces that are set to appear in the ground-breaking music-motion game. Zur’s contributions include a large number of original orchestral pieces, but he also had a...
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Microsoft was wrong to listen to fans complaints about the proposed Xbox One DRM and always-online policies according to Jesse Schell, a prominent game designer. Microsoft had originally announced that the Xbox One would need to always be connected to the internet in order to play games, and that the system would not support pre-owned games, with second-hand buyers having to pay a fee to Microsoft...
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PlayStation 4 game downloads can ‘rearrange by popularity’. That way in-demand content is playable while the rest of the game downloads PlayStation 4 developers can adjust what parts of their games are downloaded by consumers first, meaning that more in-demand content can be prioritized. The new option for consumers is the result of better analytical feedback given to developers, along...
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F.C. Barcelona Signs Exclusive Deal With EA Sports Electronic Arts and F.C. Barcelona today announced they have agreed to a three-year partnership that will make EA Sports the Exclusive and Official Video Game Partner of one of the most popular and storied football clubs in the world. Matt Bilbey, Senior Vice President and Group General Manager of EA Sports, had this to say, “Joining a world class...
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Xbox One Self Publishing? In recent weeks, Microsoft have been reversing a lot of their policies – including dropping the fees for playing used games, removing its DRM (Always-Online) requirements and now Microsoft are not only allowing Indie Developers to self-publish games, they are also saying that each and every Xbox One console can be used for development – much like the Playstati...
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Early today it was reported by Fusible that Microsoft was victorious in its bid to obtain the domains after it had made a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum in May. Microsoft was supported in the inquiring of these domains by The Richard Law Group, who has also helped Microsoft take control of XboxPhone.com with XboxTablet.com last year. It was also noted by Fusible that Microsoft has n...
Read More »EA Sports Announce Martin Brodeur NHL 14 Cover Athlete Fans Cast More Than 22 Million Votes on NHL.com In The Second Annual EA SPORTS NHL Cover Vote Campaign. EA and the NHL have announced that New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur has been selected by fans as the EA SPORTS NHL 14 cover athlete. Brodeur defeated Columbus Blue Jackets goalie and Vezina Trophy winner, Sergei Bobrovsky to claim...
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Don Mattrick Leaves Microsoft For Zynga In rather surprising news, Zynga has confirmed that Don Mattrick is no longer Microsoft’s head of the Interactive Entertainment Business, and has been appointed chief executive at the social games firm, effective July 8, 2013. Reports say Mattrick resigned from Microsoft, although it’s yet to be officially disclosed under what terms the exec dep...
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The Division is a new open world RPG (role-playing game) developed by Ubisoft left gamers with many questions on how the game will actually play. Senior community developer Antoine Emond explains the game’s always-online co-op and PvP mechanics in a recent community Q&A. “The Division is an online, open world RPG experience where exploration, objectives and player progression are all ess...
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