Gran Turismo 5 is deep in development at Polyphony Digital’s headquarters – and almost ready to go. Criticisms levelled at the game’s paid-for beta (which we reviewed here) have been taken into careful consideration and the results are looking mighty promising. ‘Standard’ cars are getting interior views, mid-race game saves …
Read More »TGS 2011: Nintendo dates Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7, teases 2012 releases
Last night’s Nintendo 3DS press conference was a letdown for many fans. There weren’t any huge game announcements (with the exception of a new Fire Emblem and Mario Tennis) to speak of, and the 3DS slider-pad-thing ended up being just as awkward as we feared. To make matters worse, Nintendo …
Read More »Ubisoft dialing back DRM for Driver: San Francisco on PC
Ubisoft is backing away from plans to saddle PC Driver: San Franciscoplayers withrestrictiveDRM – but just barely. Responding to backlash over its initial decision to make the open world driving gameunplayable without a constant internet connection, the studiostatedit will be switching to aless demanding DRM systemwhereby players will only have …
Read More »Driver: San Francisco requires constant connection and more marketing time
Ubisoft seems to be doing everything in its power to scupper the comeback chances of its promising Driver: San Francisco, with the revelation that the title will bring back the always-online DRM checks the company was thought to have phased back. The news comes hot on the heels of Ubi’s …
Read More »Driver: San Francisco Multiplayer hands-on preview
We’ve already hadsome hands-on timewith the latest in Ubisoft’s Driver series, but this was our first chance to sit down with the game’s myriad multiplayer modes. While pretty much every racing game has some sort of generic race against the other guy multiplayer these days, we were excited to see …
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