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Publisher Bethesda has been promoting its mobile title Fallout Shelter over dating app Tinder. As spotted by a reader of Kotaku,the firm has set up a dating profile for its series mascot, the Vault Boy. According to his bio, Vault Boy is 25 and likes Nuka Cola, putting out fires, …
Read More »Volume PS Vita release delayed ‘a couple weeks’
Volume developer Mike Bithell has announced a slight delay for the PS Vita release of the forthcoming stealth adventure title. A post by Bithell on the game’sofficial sitereveals the game will arrive a couple weeks” after launch on PS4 and PC later this week. It’s so very nearly ready, but …
Read More »Xbox wins Cologne, but wants more of Europe
Microsoft won’t use the word ‘relaunch’ but that’s essentially what it has done with Xbox One. It has already cut the price, redesigned the controller and, come November, it will have introduced a new user interface and backwards compatibility, too. Outside of its casing, the Xbox One that gamers will …
Read More »‘Giving dinosaurs feathers is stressful,’ says Ark: Survival Evolved studio
Studio Wildcard discusses the difficulties of creating scientifically accurate dinos
Read More »Facebook and Oculus can’t stop Zenimax lawsuit from moving forward
Zenimax’s lawsuit against Oculus VR and its parent company Facebook will move forward, after separate motions to dismiss by the latter two firms were denied. Polygonreports Facebook’s motion to dismiss due to a number of errors” in Zenimax’s allegations was shut down by US District Court judge Jorge A. Solis. …
Read More »Quantum Break, PlayStation, VR and more: read the first MCV @ Gamescom 2015 Daily for free
You can read the first MCV @ Gamescom Daily for this year’s show in Cologne for free right now. Head over to our Digital Edition for the Daily to check out an interview with PlayStation Europe chief Jim Ryan, as well as an in-depth look at the prospects for virtual …
Read More »Summer Games Done Quick event raises $1.2m for charity
Last week’s speedrun event Summer Games Done Quick raised more than $1.2m for charity, organizers have announced. Polygon reports Games Done Quick beat last year’s SGDQ total by $500,000, and donations are still coming in and being counted. Whatever the final total ends up being, it’s a new record for …
Read More »Nominations open for 2015 GamesAid charities later this month
The UK games industry can nominate charities to receive thousands of pounds from GamesAid, later this month. Between August 17th and August 28th, GamesAid members can put forward organisations they feel are deserving of receiving some of the funds it has raised. Only members of GamesAid are able to nominate …
Read More »LEGO Jurassic Park retakes No.1 spot, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour falls to fourth place
Four weeks after it first claimed the top spot, LEGO Jurassic Park is back to No.1 in the UK All Formats Top 40. It manages this thanks in spite of a 14 per cent dip in sales week-on-week. Last week’s top dog, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour falls to fourth place …
Read More »War Thunder producer takes down YouTuber channel in act of vengeance
A Gaijin Entertainment gameplay producer has been suspended after abusing his DMCA powers to wrongfully bringing the channel of a leading Russian YouTuber to a halt. Polygon reports that Pavel Kulikov issued multiple Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against a YouTube channel owned by Kirill ‘alconafter’ Fyodorov, who has in …
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