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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 …
Read More »Mike Bithell and Dan Pinchbeck lead this year’s speakers at Interface
Indie creator of Volume and studio head at Everybody's Gone to the Rapture dev The Chinese Room to discuss originality and running a small studio
Read More »How Official PlayStation Magazine proved that print isn’t dead
It’s a fact as universally recognised as gravity that print is dead. Since the dawn of the internet and the invention of the iPad, the circulation and revenue of nearly every print publication on the planet has fallen like a rock. But last year, Future’s Official PlayStation Magazine’s print circulation …
Read More »Her Story creator Sam Barlow becomes Interlude director
Sam Barlow, the developer of critically acclaimed FMV-driven murder mystery Her Story, is to lend his expertise to an interactive movie studio. He joins Interlude as executive creative director, and will lead the creation of new experiences that utilise interactive video. Among Barlow’s first projects will be an original short …
Read More »GAME’s latest acquisition SocialNAT rests on unsound footing
Last month, UK game retailer GAMEannounced its latest expansioninto esports—the acquisition of SocialNAT, a Spanish esports organization dedicated to hosting online competitions and offline events. GAME’s expansion isn’t surprising, but the partnership with SocialNAT is, primarily because of a SocialNAT’s director’s criminal history, along with the company’s shady media penetration. …
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