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Market intelligence services group Ico Partner’s Thomas Bidaux has published new data which shows Star Citizen’s funding outpaced all successful video game Kickstarters combined in 2014. Gamasutra reports on Bidaux’s chart (posted below). It tallies nearly $33m earned by Star Citizen’s crowdfunding efforts last year, while Kickstarter projects combined for …
Read More »The indie developer taking on the galactic threat of triple-A
I have always wanted to make a sci-fi universe.” Die-hard sci-fi fan and Australian developer Paul Turbett’s dream found itself a reality in complex spaceship-battling PC title Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy. Released by studio Black Lab Games earlier this year to positive reviews, the game allows players to deploy …
Read More »‘We’re ready to move on’: CD Projekt Red on The Witcher, Hearts of Stone and Cyberpunk 2077
In 1986, Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski entered a short story titled Wiedzmin (‘The Witcher’) into a competition in the local magazine Fantastyka. It won third place. 29 years later, on May 19th 2015, the third in The Witcher series of video games was released. It sold six million copies in …
Read More »What is next for CD Projekt RED? Find out in this week’s MCV
Now that Polish developer CD Projekt RED has finished The Witcher 3, we speak to the studio to find out it’s ready to say goodbye to its defining creation. Visual effects artist Jose Teixeira shares the story behind the blockbuster action RPG. We also speak to Nintendo’s Chandra Nair about …
Read More »Friday the 13th online multiplayer game due out next Autumn
The already vast Friday the 13th franchise is about to get a little bit bigger. Joining 12 films, a television show, books, comics and pretty much any type of tie-in merchandise you can imagine based on the exploits of hockey masked killer Jason Voorhees is Friday the 13th: The Game. …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies theme park attraction in the works
A Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare attraction is under construction at US amusement park Carowinds. Popcap is working on an accepted proposal to construct a 3D experience dubbed Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare: 3Z Arena for the Charlotte, North Carolina-based theme park. The attraction will have two opposing teams of …
Read More »Read about Rare’s 30th birthday in this week’s issue of MCV
Iconic developer Rare turns 30 this year, and MCV has interviewed the firm’s current boss about its work with its community, and how it is winning generations of fans back. Producer Adam Park tells MCV about what makes Rare so special as a developer, and what is coming next. We …
Read More »Reddit’s new site does away with all user comments
The often poisonous population of Reddit has led to the site’s owners launching a new portal that eradicates its central principle – user comments. Wired reports that Reddit will tomorrow launch Upvoted. It will still source its content from Reddit, and thus will offer a mix of what many of …
Read More »Fnatic announces Dafabet partnership as Asian gambling site launches eSports portal
London-headquartered eSports organisation Fnatic have announced a new partnership with Asian betting and poker site Dafabet. The deal, which sees Dafabet become headline sponsor for all of Fnatic’s eSports teams, also provides content and promotion of the gambling site’s upcoming editorial portal for eSports. Dafabet currently sponsors several Premier League …
Read More »OPM sponsors 30 Under 30 2015, full list to be revealed tomorrow
Recruitment firm OPM has backed this year’s MCV 30 Under 30. The full list of the 30 most talented individuals working in the games industry under the age of 30 will be revealed tomorrow (Friday, October 2nd). It will be appearing in print, and will also be on our website …
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