Infinity Ward has shot down speculation regarding Modern Warfare 4, denying any contact with the purported source of the rumor. Word began spreading yesterday, after a report that claimed voice actor behind Captain Price had said he was signed on to the next project.
The next Plants vs Zombies game may not be a tower defense fans would expect. Instead, the latest rumor suggests it will be a game unlike anything PopCap has ever done. Various signs and one unnamed source have indicated it could take the series in a multiplayer-action direction, possibly even as a first-person shooter.
It's been three years since Thief 4 was announced by Deus Ex: Human Revolution developer Eidos Montreal yet we still have seen neither hide nor hair of the sneak 'em up revival. Some had speculated that the game was in trouble, and now rumours are whirling around that development has switched to next-generation consoles.
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Sony has been slowly drip-feeding us new details about the line-up for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, most recently announcing Cole, Jak and Daxter. But the SS Sony is also a notoriously leaky ship, and those slow reveals may have been spoiled if a rumored (massive) leak turns out to be true.
Nintendo has made no bones about its hope that platform parity with the Wii U will make it more attractive for third-parties to port their games from PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. But conspicuously missing from the company's E3 press briefing were some of the biggest franchises around, including Call of Duty. A rumor suggests that the next installment, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, will make it to the new console.
It has been seven years since the last TimeSplitters game, and in that time, developer Free Radical Entertainment was rescued from the brink of destruction by Crytek, and was reborn as Crytek UK. Several reports of a TimeSplitters 4 have surfaced since then, with the latest rumor from OXM sources having the game up and running, but Crytek UK has humorously responded with what could be viewed as a wink and a nudge.
A rumor about the projected launch window for Rockstar North's latest video game opus, Grand Theft Auto V, is making the rounds. Though Rockstar has yet to confirm or deny the associated speculation, character animator Alex O'Dwyer recently posted information to both his LinkedIn profile and CV (Curriculum Vitae), indicating that the game is planned to launch in October.
Whereas the rumor mill has been quite active regarding the next Xbox console (codenamed "Durango"), there's barely been a whisper of the next PlayStation. With signs pointing to the next generation of consoles launching in 2013, what has Sony been up to?
According to the latest rumor, "select developers" have already received dev kits for the PS4 since the beginning of this year. However, "finalized" beta kits won't ship until the end of 2012. Inside the box is an AMD x64 CPU and AMD Southern Islands GPU--a drastic change in architecture from the IBM/Nvidia core in the PS3.
Sony may be looking to close its first-party developer Zipper Interactive, maker of the SOCOM series and MAG. According to the rumor, the studio is already in the process of being shut down, though Sony has yet to issue an official comment either refuting or denying the mounting speculation.
Update: 2:36 p.m. with no comment from Bethesda.
When Shacknews' Ozzie Mejia previewed Human Head Studio's Prey 2 back at E3 last year, he came away impressed with the new direction the series seemed to be taking. Open-world bounty hunting is an intriguing concept, to say the least. That's why it's disheartening that a rumor has surfaced indicating that the game might never see the light of day.
As the developer behind Steam and game series including Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead and Counter-Strike, Valve is the de facto figurehead of modern PC gaming, and it's long been rumoured that it'll get into hardware. A fresh rumour is now circulating, saying Valve's planning a standardised PC platform dubbed the 'Steam Box,' which may be revealed at GDC this week.
In what may be the most unhelpful tease ever, Valve boss Gabe Newell has assured fans that the company will announce "something with a three in it" at E3 2012. While this could be chalked up to Valve's adorable tendency to mess with its fans, it could also be part of another alternate reality game (ARG) that the company seems to be cooking up.
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Ryse, Crytek's Kinect-powered first-person melee combat game set in ancient Rome, may be headed to Microsoft's next-gen console (whatever that may be). A former senior level designer at Crytek has indicated as much on her LinkedIn profile.
[Update] Capcom has told Shacknews: "We’ve made no announcements" regarding the rumored Dead Rising 3 details.
[Original Story] Earlier today, Capcom teased the continuing zombie adventures of its Dead Rising franchise, but one report claims to have discovered the next title's deepest secrets.
Dead Rising 3 reportedly takes place in the fictional town of Los Perdidos, California, that has been locked down after the zombie outbreak reaches its borders. An orphan auto mechanic named Rick is apparently the hero of this tale, who plans to restore a plane and fly out of the city before a bomb wiped the virus off the face of the earth.
Brace yourselves Last Guardian fans, as things appear to have potentially taken another turn for the worse. Fumito Ueda, head of highly regarded Team Ico, is rumored to be leaving his post. All may not be lost, as he is said to be staying on in a freelance capacity to see the game through to completion. If true, though, it could be a blow to future potential PlayStation exclusives, with Last Guardian closing a relationship that resulted in critical darlings, Ico, and Shadow of the Colossus.
"good job keeping the secret Infinity Ward! just when I thought CODBLOPS 2 would be the last COD ..."
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