Homebrew News

Originally Posted by wraggster

Forza 4 and motorsport enthusiasts around the world can breathe a sigh of relief; the Kia Cee'd is confirmed.

Forget your Ferraris and your Aston Martins; you'll be able to take the current Top Gear reasonably priced car around the famed Top Gear track.

"A brief hands-on confirmed that, yes, the Kia is not a particularly fast vehicle, although it is at least quite easy to get round the track," OXM reports.

As you'll no doubt already know, that's

...

Originally Posted by wraggster

Gears Of War 3 will offer gamers the "longest and thickest" campaign in Epic's history, according to the studio.

Speaking to CVG in Los Angeles today, design boss Cliff Bleszinski told us that the length of the title's single-player would comfortably top ten hours - and suggested it would be closer to 12, by saying the game would have "at least a few hours" more gameplay than its predessesors.

"I can tell you this is the longest and thickest

...

Originally Posted by wraggster

EA is to further focus on bringing its major console franchises on iPhone and iPad, the publisher has revealed.

A new promotional video from EA Interactive unveiled and demonstrated new iOS editions of FIFA, Need For Speed and Madden, as well as the first mobile adaptation of Battlefield.

This Winter's Battlefield 3 has been publicly deemed EA's 2011 answer to Call of Duty. The iOS version, briefly shown running on an iPad, is referred to only as 'Battlefield' and mentioned

...

Originally Posted by wraggster

Sony has confirmed that PS3-exclusive racer Motorstorm Apocalypse has been cancelled in Japan, having previously delayed it indefinitely following the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.

No direct reasoning was given for the decision, Andriasang reports, but it seems highly likely that the title, which prominently featured catastrophic natural disasters, was deemed inappropriate for the region.

Determined players can still pick up a copy from other regions, but the title

...

Originally Posted by wraggster

Lead game designer on the Gears of War team, Lee Perry, has denied rumours that the studio is working on a Kinect-powered spin-off to the series, but maintains that it could be an option in future.

Speaking to Eurogamer at E3 yesterday, Perry said that whilst the Gears team was considering its options, rumours of work having already started on a motion-controlled project were untrue.

"There's definitely interest in terms of looking at [motion controls] in terms

...