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Tom Clancy’s The Division is the fastest-selling new IP in history, Ubisoft has declared. The game – which is already the biggest selling Q1 game in UK games industry history – has smashed Destiny’s new IP record by generating $330m in five days. It also tops Watch Dogs, which was …
Read More »PlayStation VR to launch in October for £349
Sony has delayed its PlayStation VR headset until October, and it will go on sale for 349. That’s significantly below the cost of Oculus Rift (500+) and the HTC Vive (700+). However, it is the same price as the PS4 was when it arrived in 2013 (350). PlayStation CEO Andrew …
Read More »386 Unity mobile games downloaded per second in 2015
Downloads rose to 578 per second in February 2016
Read More »Report: Chinese mining company buys Jagex for $300m
Shandong Honda has reportedly acquired the Runescape developer
Read More »UPDATE: Chinese mining company in talks to buy Jagex for $300m
UPDATE: Jagex is in talks over a proposed buy-out by Chinese mining company Shandong Honda. The news was initially announced by the Financial Times, but Jagex has told MCV that the deal hasn’t been signed yet, and the firm is continuing as normal. "Jagex has entered into a non-exclusive, non-binding …
Read More »Former Pixar animator reveals PlayStation VR interactive movie Gary the Gull
A former Pixar and Bungie animator is heading up development on an interactive movie for PlayStation VR. The game itself is called Gary the Gull, and the technology powering it will be made available to other developers too. It tells a story like a movie, but it’s interactive like a …
Read More »Gone Home dev’s Tacoma pushed back to 2017
Developer Fullbright has confirmed that its next title will not be released this year, as was previously the plan. Tacoma was announced at the tail end of 2014 and was due out between Q3 and Q4 this year. However, things have been pushed back by about six months and the …
Read More »Fifty Shades of Grey producer is making a Metro 2033 film
The Metro series is to branch out into the wilderness of cinemas. Hollywood producer Michael De Luca, whose credits include the 50 Shades of Grey movie adaptation (as well as a string of other hits such as The Social Network and Captain Phillips), has teamed up with author Dmitry Glukhovsky …
Read More »Lohan given go-ahead in Take-Two lawsuit
Lindsay Lohan has won her fight to have Take-Two’s attempted dismissal of her lawsuit rejected. Lohan is alleging that Rockstar intentionally used her likeness in Grand Theft Auto V. Now the New York Supreme Court has ruled that it cannot rely on Take-Two’s current denials and that Lohan’s case has …
Read More »Life is good: Dontnod on the success of Life is Strange and what comes next
2015 featured a number of rather different games that went on to enjoy both critical and commercial success. Solo developer Sam Barlow launched search engine-driven narrative Her Story, while Psyonix released car football title Rocket League. Meanwhile, French studio Dontnod – which made 2013’s Remember Me – teamed up with …
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