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GamesRadar+’s reviews editor is now self-employed, EA names Laura Miele as EVP of global publishing and IO poaches Ubisoft director Ryan Barnard. Justin Towell departs GamesRadar+ Justin Towellhas just departed GamesRadar+ after ten years at Future to become self-employed. He joined the company in 2006, rising from editorial assistant to …
Read More »Check out our exclusive interviews with Remedy, TinyBuild and GAME in this week’s MCV
In this week’s MCV, we offer a complete guide to London Games Festival plus interviews with TinyBuild, GAME and Remedy. GAME boss Martyn Gibbs discusses the firm’s challenging 2015, TinyBuild muses on piracy as its latest game is illegally downloaded 1.6m times, while Remedy chats about its latest blockbuster Quantum …
Read More »Five weeks to go until Stand Up For GamesAid
Stand Up For GamesAid is returning on Monday, May 9th at London’s The Comedy Store. Tickets are available right now for just 15 (plus 2 booking fee) . It is always a fun evening and always sells out, so make sure to get your tickets early.You can buy them right …
Read More »Unreal 4.11 brings Paragon tech, DirectX 12 on Xbox One, physics-based shading
Threading architecture improvements, cloth simulation, quicker garbage collection and animation tweaks among optimisations on show in upcoming PC and PS4 MOBA
Read More »Future Forza games will be on both Xbox and PC
Free-to-play PC title Forza Motorsport 6: Apex isn’t going to be the last game from the racing franchise to appear on the platform. That’s according Dan Greenawalt, Forza developer Turn 10’s creative director, who says in a video (below) that the Forza series will be appearing on both Xbox and …
Read More »Fifth Journey developing mobile game with actor and comedian Kevin Hart
Hartbeat Digital and film company Lionsgate collaborating with studio on ‘social adventure title’
Read More »Games made up over 80 per cent of mobile spend in 2015
Mobile data firm App Annie reports that games were responsible for more than 80 per cent of consumer spending on the App Store and Google Play outlets. This news comes as part of the company’s Gaming Spotlight 2015 Review. The firm also reports that the number of downloads on both …
Read More »New Dragon Quest title beats Dark Souls III to No.1 in Japan
The latest entry in Square Enix’s Dragon Quest series – Monsters: Joker 3 – was this week’s best-performing game in Japan, according to data provided by Famitsu. The 3DS title sold 375,612 units during its first week on shelves in the region ahead of fellow new title, Dark Souls III. …
Read More »Every Xbox One can now be used as a developer kit
A major feature of the Xbox One touted before the console’s launch in 2013 has come to fruition. Before Microsoft’s console was released, the company revealed that every retail machine would double as a dev kit, opening the doors for budding game creators to build for the platform. However, the …
Read More »Sword Coast Legends studio N-Space closes after 21 years
Veteran console and PC studio N-Space has shut its doors after 21 years in the development business. The American developer was founded in 1994 by Erick S Dyke, Dan O’Leary, and Sean Purcell, and went on to create GameCube shooter Geist, as well as multiple Call of Duty adaptations for …
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