Conflict over who owned the rights to the franchise.
Three employees have told Kotaku that Crytek's work on the game was cancelled after a dispute with Microsoft over who owned the intellectual rights to the franchise.
The sources added that Microsoft is no longer sending Crytek cheques and in March employees at the Frankfurt studio weren't paid.
Microsoft said it has "nothing to announce about the future of the franchise at this time," which certainly leaves an opening for the series to return, perhaps at a new studio.
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Ryse was considered by many to be the Xbox One's most...
Back on track: Codemasters' Autosport is a solid return to form for the GRID series, but some minor issues cause a few stumbles.
Autosport certainly feels like a love letter to its fanbase, a thinly-veiled apology for the misguided GRiD 2. It offers motorheads the chance to race across over 100 different routes through 22 locations in Endurance, Touring, Tuner, Street and Open Wheel events, as well as the GRID Grand Slam, which combines races from all five race types once you reach certain XP milestones.
No matter which race you’re in, or where you are on the track, you’re guaranteed to be involved in high-octane, wheel-to-wheel action. Cars will spin-out, smash into you and offer a challenge that...
Bundles Metro 20133 and Metro Last Light, or buy they separately via digital stores.
Metro 2033 has been rebuilt using 4A Games' latest internal game engine, which will promises to bring "all the graphical and gameplay improvements from Last Light to Metro 2033 Redux".
The PS4 game will render in 1080p, whilst Xbox One gamers must settle for 900p. Both versions will run at 60 frames per second.
Both campaigns can be tackled in 'Spartan' or 'Survival' play styles, and the Ranger Mode is also included in both games.
Includes the new Avernus planet, plus Survival and Demolition game modes.
The planet Avernus is the developer's homage to Greek mythology in which Avernus was the gate to The Underworld. The planet is dark and full of new enemies to shoot. Gameplay here is focussed on two new modes.
Survival Mode
Players descend onto Avernus – featuring an all new day and night cycle - with the purpose of taking the fight to Sentients and destroying everything that moves. This won't be an easy task with just a single life at your disposal.
Players do, however, have access to an improved shield, turbo speed, overcharged weapons and more.
Save 50 per cent when buying Guild Wars 2 between June 26 and 29.
In celebration of the imminent launch of Season 2, NCSoft and ArenaNet will be shaving 50 per cent off the price of Guild Wars 2 - Digital Heroic Edition and Digital Deluxe Editions purchased through guildwars2.com – from June 26 to 29.
Amazon France indicates there'll be a bundle available to those who want it.
The French wing of the international online giant lists the bundle at €429.99 (£345), which includes the black 500GB PS4 console, DualShock 4 controller and a copy of the game.
There's no word on the bundle being made available here in the UK, but it wouldn't be a surprise to see it available alongside the game's release on August 1.
The Last of Us: Remastered boasts improved 1080p visuals, Abandoned Territories Map Pack, Reclaimed Territories Map Pack, and the Left Behind single player campaign. In addition, a Day 1 Edition contains the following extras:
Primes the game for the Intercept co-op expansion, but also introduces gameplay adjustments to multiplayer.
The patch primes the PS4 shooter for tomorrow's cooperative expansion, Intercept, but also makes changes to existing multiplayer.
Changed crosshair for LS36, VC15 and VC30
The LS36 Breacher automatic shotgun, VC15 Judaz shotgun pistol and VC30 Sickle shotgun have received a new crosshair design. The reticule now contracts or expands to indicate the effectiveness of the shotgun blast.
Enhanced hit responses for VC30
The hit response animations for the VC30 Sickle shotgun have been beefed up. The hit responses are now said to be visually more impressive. The victim flies...
Bungie has safeguards in place to ensure any issues are overcome.
COO Pete Parson told GameIndustry at E3 earlier this month that the studio has been gearing up for launch for over a year.
"We pinged our data centre for the first time more than a year ago," said Parson. "So we have been actively preparing."
"Neither Bungie nor Activision do anything by halves," he added. "There's a reason why we've been doing, the reason why we have this Alpha today, the reason why these people are playing off the same data centre, if the internet goes down or a meteor hits our data centre, we're not playing on the floor today. There's no safeguards...
PC gamers promised more realistic fur, takes advantage of Nvidia HairWorks.
The video explains that thanks to the tech a wolf in The Witcher 3 can feature 200,000 hair strands, each simulated with a secondary motion in order to "bring the wolf to life".
You'll also spot a horse, sporting realistically animated hair on the mane and tail.
Back at E3, The Witcher 3 executive producer John Mamais said PC gamers using Ultra settings would benefit from improved tessellation, better physics, more post-processing and increased fur realism.
You'll need a powerful PC to make the most of these setting, but he says it will be worth...
In a Tweet, SCEE wrote: "PS4 System Software update 1.72 is now available. Improves system software stability and incorporates minor bug fixes. Enjoy."
A similar stability update for PS3, v4.60, has also been released.
Don't expect anything earth shattering from either system update.
Microsoft's $499 price point at E3 2013 left Sony dancing in the isles and high fiving.
"I think that, to be truthful, we always assumed that eventually they'd have to release a SKU without a camera," he said. "So we were waiting for it to a degree, and we were ready for it."
Speaking of the original $499 Xbox One price point, Rohde said that hearing the figure confirmed at E3 2013 left Sony celebrating the price advantage.
"I'm not gonna lie. I remember exactly where I was," Rohde told Ars. "We were in press conference rehearsals last year. We had a feeling they were going to come in at $499, but we weren't sure. So yeah, we were dancing in the aisles...
"It took years of development to reproduce and redraft all of our sandbox features for a shared online experience," says senior producer.
In an interview with CVG, Pontbriand explains why co-op has taken so long to come to the series.
"Because it's very complicated to do," he said. "Assassin's Creed was always a single-player game to begin with. It took us three games to introduce PvP [player versus player, which was introduced in Brotherhood]."
Multiplayer in previous Assassin's games was a separate mode, but within the same world as the narrative and was also competitive. Ubisoft has already confirmed that there won't be a competitive multiplayer mode in AC: Unity.
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