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An avid fan of Dontnod’s Life Is Strange has opened a Kickstarter campaign that he hopes will pave the way to a sequel. Scott Ashby is looking for $20k. What would he do with this money? Option One: Approach Dontnod with an offer to fund Life is Strange 2,” the …
Read More »Maximum Games agrees to acquire Avanquest
Avanquest Software Publishing is going to be acquired by US publisher Maximum Games, it has been confirmed. The deal will see the Avanquest name vanish and the new business operate solely under the Maximum Games banner. Maximum said the move it to help it brand out internationally, although its HQ …
Read More »What kind of games media is the most-trusted?
A few weeks ago, we ran a news story that revealed that gamers in the UK trust their media. 83 per cent of gamers surveyed said they trust the specialist games press, versus 71 per cent for YouTubers and 70 per cent for mainstream media (such as newspapers, websites and …
Read More »Sega to publish War Child compilation due this summer
The upcoming War Child video game compilation will be published by Sega and could even come to retail. The title is due out this summer and includes games made from Halo developers 343 Industries, Total War firm Creative Assembly, Worms makers Team17, Stealth Inc creators Curve and many more. The …
Read More »How TinyBuild plans to take on the pirates
TinyBuild’s new game Punch Club has garnered its fair share of headlines since it debuted in January. The title was marketed with an interesting Twitch Plays series, and went on to make $1m in sales in just ten days, shifting 100,000 copies. And last week, TinyBuild announced a new sales …
Read More »Capcom designer makes jump to SNK ahead of King of Fighters return
Long-term Street Fighter designer Hidetoshi ‘Neo G’ Ishizawa has joined rival fighting game developer SNK. Destructoid reports that Ishizawa is credited on a huge list of titles including Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Darkstalkers 3. He’s also worked on other non-fighting properties series such as …
Read More »The Division claims yet another record
Ubisoft’s shooter RPG hybrid The Division has set yet another record for the publisher. The game today celebrates its fourth consecutive week at the top of the GfK Entertainment All Formats Top 40. That’s the longest run at No.1 for any Ubisoft title in the company’s history. Last month the …
Read More »New European boss for Activision
Activision has named Philip Earl as the executive vice president of Activision’s International business. He will lead the sales and publishing operations for Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Japan. He replaces Steven Young, who was senior vice president of Europe. Young has been promoted to chief …
Read More »Oculus Rift and HTC Vive struggle with order problems
Both players in the upcoming clash of the VR titans have been plagued by pre-release supply problems. Oculus has told some customers that there will be a delay in the shipment of their device due to an "unexpected component shortage”. It’s offering free orders to those affected as an apology. …
Read More »Spencer: ‘I’m not a big fan of Xbox 1.5’
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has poured cold water on talk of a mid-generation upgrade for the Xbox One. "I’m not a big fan of Xbox One and a half. If we’re going to move forward, I want to move forward in big numbers," Spencer said at the Microsoft’s Build 2016 …
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