Capcom Europe plans to shed over half of its developing workforce following a difficult financial year, MCV reports. This follows a similar restructuring process that the company implemented for its North American arm back in July, which also resulted in a series of layoffs. In a statement provided to MCV, a representative from the industry firm explained the details of the streamlining process.
There has been a flurry of speculation surrounding the existence of Half-Life 3 in recent weeks, with Valve achingly teasing fans by registering a trademark for the property in Europe. In terms of other long-gestating projects, though, The Last Guardian has once again raised its colossal head after Shuhei Yoshida spoke about the working title with GamesIndustry International. Here's what Sony's head of Worldwide Studios had to say:
Having originally crept out of the shadows onto PC platforms in 2011, Stealth Bastard has proliferated onto both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita as the newly titled Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark. However, in an interview with Pocket Gamer, the game’s developer Jonathan Biddle revealed that work is already underway to bring the challenging platformer to iOS. With that said, the British developer confessed that there’s no timeline for the release due to difficulty porting the game’s resolution.
Sony has announced that the new software patch for PlayStation 3 – namely firmware 4.50 – will serve to bring several features from behind the PlayStation Plus’ paywall so that they are readily available for all users. These particular quirks were detailed in a blog post by Sony’s European Product Manager, Clare Sandford, and include wireless PS3 to PS Vita data transfer, new trophy options and, most importantly, automatic downloads for patches and PSN purchases.
And now, in a bid to expand the technocratic universe further, Eidos Montreal has announced Deus Ex: Universe, which is billed as a “connected game world built across a generation of core games".
Author Tom Clancy, renowned for his stellar body of work in the espionage genre, has passed away at the age of 66, the writer’s agent has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The literary great died on Tuesday night at a Baltimore hospital close to his hometown, though the cause of death isn’t available at the time of writing.
Though the online component launched yesterday to a bevy of teething problems, Rockstar also incorporated a series of fixes into Grand Theft Auto V’s recent title update to rectify a host of single-player problems. We understood from experience that parking cars in garages would result in some annoying glitches, with cars disappearing completely. However, the studio has assured that the following issues have been corrected:
In an interview with Eurogamer, Sony’s UK managing director Fergal Gara revealed that the file size for the digital download of Guerrilla Games’ Killzone: Shadow Fall is “cracking on for” 50GB. The sizeable download itself will be available when the console launches next month via the PSN, and Gara went on to discuss the imminent nature of an all-digital future while touching upon the growing demand for downloadable titles.
We understood that the prime focus of this morning’s Nintendo Direct was 2013’s upcoming library of Wii U and 3DS titles, and one of these games was the much-anticipated platformer, Super Mario 3D World. Billed as a spiritual successor to 2011’s 3DS exclusive, Super Mario 3D Land, the follow-up brings Mario & co. to the Wii U with a whole litany of new features, as detailed by Saturo Iwata earlier today.
In order to secure a PEGI 16 rating, the European version of Quantic Dreams’ interactive drama Beyond: Two Souls was toned down, according to SCEE’s brand manager, Ross Alexander. Making the announcement on the European PlayStation Blog, Alexander detailed the specifics of the censorship, while assuring fans that the late modifications won’t impair the game’s narrative.
