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This week Ford had a real car compete with its virtual counterpart and MCV looks into the strange world of games industry Tomodachi Life
MAN VS MACHINE
If one series is known for chasing realism, it’s Sony’s racing franchise Gran Turismo. Last week Ford held an event at Goodwood
Festival of Speed to show off its new Focus ST. And to showcase its new ride, the car company
raced it. Against the Focus ST’s virtual counterpart on GT6. It was a tight race around the 1.16 mile track, but
the real car outdid the virtual vehicle – if only by a mere one tenth of a second. Now, we’re not here to call foul, but the real car DID have former Stig Ben Collins behind the wheel. And we all know that Top Gear’s racers have magical powers.
THE WEEK IN 140 CHARACTERS The Tweets you might have missed in the last seven days
@Vg_Dave “What’s the benefi t of making Tetris Ultimate a next-gen game?” “It’s 60 frames per second… 1080p…”
David Scammell, Videogamer Tuesday July 1st
@keefstuart Comment on Hearthstone news: “I bet if it had been a women only competition no one would have complained” I... wha... but.. see... oh GOD. Keith Stuart, The Guardian Wednesday July 2nd
@Sreadology EA’s COO Peter Moor reckons handhelds such as Vita and 3DS face extinction. I don’t want to live in a world without a Nintendo handheld.
Sam Read, Testology Wednesday
@gamerlaw The EA ASA ruling shows again regulators don’t understand free to play games generally, making game description/marketing even more important
Jas Purewal, lawyer Thursday July 3rd
@cymrogav Genuinely sad to be leaving Future & some of the best people in games who let me pretty much do whatever I wanted unsupervised for years. <3
Gav Murphy Thursday July 3th July 11th 2014 38
@michaelgapper Before anyone gives out on that COD weed skin, remember Ghosts was made in LA, where it’s easier to get weed than it is to get decent sweets
Michael Gapper, Edge Thursday July 3rd
@ultrabrilliant The games industry has a dedicated courier service for passing sinister brown envelopes stuff ed with money between publishers and journos.
Andy Kelly, PC Gamer Friday July 4th
@misterbrilliant Oh right, EA have said charging for demos was an error. Well I’m sure they’ve done SOMETHING evil today. Scum.
Steve Hogarty, freelance games journalist Friday July 4th
@scully1888 This EA demo price thing is a mistake. 100 per cent guaranteed. No need for the usual “fuck EA” brigade to fi ll up their tanks yet, save your petrol
Chris Scullion, CVG Friday July 4th
@IGLevine On the Vita Bioshock: 2K and Sony couldn’t put a deal together when I last checked. They seemed way more optimistic about this back in 2011.
Ken Levine, game designer Tuesday July 8th
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