Originally Posted by wraggster Bethesda has rolled out the beta version of its Skyrim 1.7 patch on Steam for PC wizards looking to test the dark magics. An announcement on the arrival of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will arrive "as soon as possible." Details on the patch can be found on the BethBlog. For Xbox 360 users, Update 1.7 will also feature Kinect-specific fixes. Beyond improved recognition of Kinect voice ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Mojang has seen the sort of success that most game developers dream of with Minecraft, but it looks like it's now also found itself thrust into the rarely desirable world of patent lawsuits. As revealed by Minecraft creator Notch himself on Twitter, Mojang is being sued by the Texas-based Uniloc (which has also taken aim at Electronic Arts, Gameloft and others) over some alleged patent infringement in ...
Originally Posted by wraggster It was only a matter of time until ArmA II zombie mod DayZ spawned a fully-fledged stand-alone title. And that’s exactly what we have in the form of The War Z, whichIGN reports is being developed by previously unheard of Hammerpoint Interactive and published by the little-known Arktos Entertainment. Like DayZ, it will offer gamers the chance to fight and scavenge for survival amidst the fallout of a zombie apocalypse. And like DayZ, the game will be deliberately unforgiving in its ...
Originally Posted by wraggster The Madden NFL series has survived a fierce legal dispute between EA and the NFL. A $27m settlement fee has been paid, according to Kotaku, ending a four-year class action lawsuit that argued the deal was an illegal monopoly. The most crucial news for gamers is that EA has managed to hold on to the NFL licence, though it has had to agree to forfeit its NCAA licence once that expires in 2014. The publisher will, however, be free to re-negotiate a further NCAA deal at that stage as long ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Microsoft has announced that Xbox 360 title Dance Central 3 will be released in Europe and the UK on October 19th. It will arrive in the US a few days earlier on October 16th. The game will include 40 tracks on the disc, with 11 new tracks having been announced today, all of which are listed below: · 2NE1 – “I Am The Best (Original Version)” · Alice Deejay – “Better Off Alone” · Backstreet Boys – “Everybody (Backstreet’s ...