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IGN Japan has launched today. The Japanese arm means there are now 29 different ‘international’ versions of IGN, available in 22 different languages. IGN Japan follows a partnership between IGN owner Ziff Davis and Japanese news media group Sankei Digital. We’re thrilled to welcome Sankei to our global family for …
Read More »Rust now assigns character gender based on Steam user ID
As previously touted by its creator Garry Newman, PC Early Access hit Rust has started automatically choosing a player’s character gender according to an algorithm based on their Steam ID. We understand this is a sore subject for a lot of people. We understand that you may now be a …
Read More »‘Lionhead closure could be exciting for UK indie scene,’ says ex-Fable art chief
John McCormack compares fate of beloved British studio to death of Bullfrog upon acquisition by EA in 2001
Read More »Territory Report: Spain
With annual games revenues reaching $1.5bn (1.08bn), Spain has become the ninth biggest market worldwide and the fourth in Europe last year, outperforming Italy for the first time, according to research firm Newzoo. The market has grown by eight per cent since 2015 and the beginning of 2016. This is …
Read More »Fat Princess studio Fun Bits announces LGBT student grants
$1,000 up for grabs for two Mississippi High School graduates seeking a career in development
Read More »Codemasters ‘in a growth cycle again’
Any concerns about the viability of Codemasters appear to have been abated with news of its deal to acquire the talent behind Evolution Studios. It was reported this morning that the Evolution team, behind Sony’s Driveclub, is being integrated into Codemasters, with founder Mike Hocking becoming VP of product development. …
Read More »Driveclub dev Evolution joins Codemasters
Codemasters has stepped in to save recently shut Driveclub developer Evolution Studios. The closure of the Sony studio was announced last month, but now the team is heading over to Codemasters, with Evolution co-founder Mike Hocking being named as Codemasters’ VP of product development, overseeing activity across all Codemasters studios. …
Read More »Unofficial Minecraft Mod beats LEGO Jurassic World in UK iPad charts
Crazy Craft Mod For Minecraft PC Edition was the No.3 best-selling paid iPhone game in the UK charts during its debut week (week ending April 3rd). It beat another new release, LEGO Jurassic World, which debuted at No.4. The data is couresty of mobile games specialist Reflection. The Minecraft app …
Read More »Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break pips Dirt Rally to UK No.1
The Xbox One version of Quantum Break was the best-selling game in the UK last week. The story-driven action title just beat Codemasters’ Dirt Rally to the No.1 position. Quantum Break is also available on PC, but this data only collects physical sales – the PC version was a digital-only …
Read More »ESL One Cologne to become next Valve backed CS:GO major
Valve has announced that the upcoming ESL One Cologne tournament will be the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major. The event, which is set to run between July 5th and 10th at the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, will feature a one million dollar prize pool for the top eight teams from …
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