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Developer Ruffian Games and publisher Paradox Interactive have parted ways, leaving the fate of co-op title Hollowpoint foggy. The Crackdown 2 studio announced its collaboration with the Crusader Kings outlet back in 2014, when Hollowpoint was unveiled at Sony’s 2014 Gamescom conference. The game largely vanished until E3 2015, when …
Read More »Heroes of the Dorm returns to ESPN
Heroes of the Dorm, a Heroes of the Storm tournament featuring college teams from across North America, will return to ESPN in 2016, beginning with a Selection Sunday bracket reveal live on ESPNU on March 13 at 8 p.m. ET. Teams of five students will compete in a single-elimination bracket …
Read More »The rise and rise of Brazilian CS:GO
Anyone present for the current Luminositysquad’sdebut at DreamHack Winter last year will not have been surprised to see them in the grand final at IEM Katowice over the weekend. After some consternation from fans over dropping their long-time team-mates boltz and steel just before DreamHack began, the Brazilian side showed …
Read More »Target Australia says it is not enforcing plain packaging for R18+ games
Australian retailer Target has said that it has not begun packaging R18+ rating games in plain boxes in its stores. A report earlier this week suggested that was the case after a range of titles were seen on display in plain cases at the chain’s Edwardstown outlet. However, MCV’s sister …
Read More »Nintendo is closing down Mario Kart TV
A website that hosts game clips uploaded by Mario Kart 8 players is being shut down by Nintendo next month. The decision won’t affect content uploaded to YouTube, and in-game sharing will continue to be possible. The Mario Kart TV website, which lets you watch highlight videos posted from Mario …
Read More »Curve on the hunt for new games following Catalis acquisition
Curve Digital is on the hunt for the next big indie hit. The firm, fresh from its acquisition by The CatalisGroup, now has the financial backing to sign larger projects. And is heading to events like GDC in an effort to find them. We’re a small publisher that has a …
Read More »Nvidia removes GeForce drivers after serious widespread faults
Graphics specialist Nvidia has been forced to pull its most recent GPU drivers after widespread reports of serious issues with users’ machines. The problems with 364.47, which was released to coincide with The Division, were pretty serious, with some users caught in a blue screen loop that prevented them from …
Read More »Ruffian breaks ties with Paradox, departs Hollowpoint
Crackdown 2 studio’s next game was originally revealed as part of Sony’s 2014 Gamescom lineup
Read More »Analyst trims virtual reality sales forecast by 30 per cent
SuperData now reckons the new virtual reality sector will make nearly a third less money this year than it had originally forecast. VentureBeat reports that while its previous prediction pegged 2016 VR sales at $5.1bn, it now believes $3.6bn is more realistic. It says the change is due to an …
Read More »How to create native iOS apps using Java without losing the benefits of Xcode
Intel Developer Blog: Check out these tips for building native code for iOS and Android simultaneously by using Java
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