Nintendo’s NX, according to new reports, IS a portable console that can hook up to a TV. Eurogamer says it has word from a number of sources that the NX is a high-power portable console with its own integrated display. It adds that the device has an attachable controller at …
Read More »Telltale’s Batman will introduce online multiplayer
Batman: The Telltale Series will bring with it the studio’s first stab at adding multiplayer to its successful narrative game design model. Shacknews reports that the game will introduce a new mode called Crowd Play. Although not formally announced as of yet, it was shown off over the weekend at …
Read More »OPINION: Pokémon Go is no Nintendo game, but it proves its smartphone strategy right
It’s actually a little unfair to discuss Pokmon in relation to Nintendo’s fortunes. For starters, it’s The Pokmon Company – not Nintendo – that operates the brand, while the independent studio Game Freak is the series’ primary developer. Pokmon Go isn’t some triumphant return for the franchise, either. Because it …
Read More »Compulsion: We Happy Few ‘is not like BioShock’
The developer of We Happy Few is desperate to distance its game from BioShock. The title has drawn comparisons with 2K Games’ hit franchise due to its eerie dystopian setting and similar art style. We Happy Few was shown off during Xbox’s E3 press briefing and became one of the …
Read More »Pokémon Go will ‘dominate charts for months’
Mobile analytics company App Annie says Pokmon Go is likely to rule the mobile charts ‘for months’. The game has become an overnight sensation, and although App Annie acknowledges that mobile games are ‘maturing faster’ than ever before, it believes Pokmon Go won’t be fading away any time soon. Pokmon …
Read More »Ubisoft: NX will bring casual players back to the industry
What will the NX be? We don’t know, but it doesn’t sound like it’s going to be a direct rival for the PS4 or Xbox One. Speaking to investors last night, GameSpot reports that Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said: "On the NX, what we have seen is really great. We …
Read More »UK Government has paid games developers £45.9m in tax relief
The Video Games Tax Relief has seen almost 46m paid to UK studios over the last two years, HMRC has said. Just 500,000 were paid to studios during the 2014 – 2015 tax year. However, in the 2015 – 2016 tax year, there was 130 claimants, who together received 45.4m …
Read More »Server issues hold off Pokemon Go’s Japanese launch
The birthplace of Pokemon is still waiting for the biggest release in the series to arrive at its homeland. Having launched in the US earlier this month and in the UK and much of Europe last week, there’s still no firm indication when Pokemon Go will celebrate its Japanese launch. …
Read More »Trials of Tatooine arriving on HTC Vive today for free
The Force is strong with this one. Back in March, ILM revealed an upcoming Star Wars virtual reality experience called Trials of Tatooine that would, for the first time, actually give folk the chance to swoosh about a lightsaber in a virtual world. Will is pretty much all we’ve ever …
Read More »Hackers claim they took down Pokemon Go servers
Did you have trouble trying to get Pokemon Go to work over the blistering hot UK weekend? You weren’t alone. Many users struggled to access the game at various points across Friday and Saturday, and while service was largely restored on Sunday, connectivity to the game’s servers remained a little …
Read More »
MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry