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Since it was spun out of streaming firm Justin.tv in 2011, Twitch has risen to be one of the most prominent players in the modern games media. And with an average 8.5m people coming to Twitch every single day, it’s entirely understandable that other firms would want in on the …
Read More »Games retail braces for hectic May release period
UK games stores are facing one of the most congested spring release slates in history. May in particular is rammed with six major titles arriving within four weeks: Battleborn, Uncharted 4, Doom, Homefront: The Revolution, Overwatch and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will all be fighting for gamer attention. We will be …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Konami strengthens PR and social media teams
This week Konami UK welcomes two new recruits, IGN appoints JoeSkrebels as its UK news editor and Future promotes two members of GamesRadar’s editorial team. Konami recruits Asim Tanvir andDanielle Mounsey The Pro Evolution Soccer firm has recruited two new faces to its UK team. Asim Tanvir (pictured, far right) …
Read More »How to integrate movement-tracking into your Android apps with Intel RealSense
Intel Developer Blog: RealSense Smartphone Developer Kit's cursor mode can track hand movements in 2D or 3D at twice the speed of full hand tracking
Read More »Gamescom registrations up 60% for 2016 show
The organiser of Gamescom has reported an impressive start to its 2016 show. Koelnmesse say that it has had 60 per cent more registrations during its Early Bird period than it did in 2015. Businesses from 33 countries have already registered for the event, while Turkey will be this year’s …
Read More »Can Yo-kai Watch conquer Europe? Find out in this week’s MCV
Yo-kai Watch is reaching the western market next month: Nintendo, licence holder Viz Media and Japanese expert Famitsu discuss the phenomenon in this week’s MCV. We also talked to Deep Silver CEO Klemens Kundratitz about his games line-up for the year to come, which could be one of the biggest …
Read More »HTC partners up with Currys PC World, Overclockers UK and Scan for Vive VR
Starting today (Thursday, March 17th), consumers can try and pre-order HTC’s Vive VR headset at a number of PC-focused brick and mortar stores. The tech giant will be bringing its virtual reality hardware to Currys PC World (Leeds Birstall, Reading and Tottenham Court Road locations), Overclockers UK (Newcastle-under-Lyme) and Scan …
Read More »Rime developer Tequila Works reacquires rights from Sony
PlayStation exclusive first revealed in 2013
Read More »Epic Games launches virtual reality Unreal Editor
Devs can now build titles from within the game world itself, cinematics tool Sequencer also released
Read More »Encore Publishing Group opens indie games brand Octopus Tree
Yet another company has moved into the indie publishing sector. Encore Publishing Group – which has previously focused on putting out ‘print, productivity, home design entertainment and educational’ products – has opened a new indie publishing-focused division called Octopus Tree. According to the company itself, it will be releasing three …
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