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UK studio Rebellion has lifted the lid on the fourth instalment in the Sniper Elite series. Sniper Elite 4 will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC some time this year. The series has to date sold over 10m units worldwide. 1080p is promised on both console platforms. The …
Read More »‘The eSports bubble isn’t going to burst’ – Intel
In 2015 the electronic entertainment market reached $91 billion in terms of revenues, and is expected to reach about $107 billion in 2017, according to Newzoo data. The PC segment constitutes as much as 37 per cent of this market, or about $34 billion. Intel estimates that the amounts spent …
Read More »Sold Out to publish physical version of Carmageddon: Max Damage
Carmageddon: Max Damage’s physical release will be handled by Sold Out, it has been announced. The game will arrive at retail on June 3rd alongside its digital release. It will cost 29.99 on both PS4 and Xbox One. Carmageddon has an infamous 19 year legacy, it’s a one-of-a-kind franchise, and …
Read More »Lionhead ceases Fable Legends development, considering closure
Microsoft announces that Danish Project Knoxville studio Press Play has already been shuttered
Read More »Lionhead Studios to close, Fable Legends cancelled
Microsoft has announced that famous UK Fable developer Lionhead Studios is likely to close. The platform holder announced this in a post on Xbox Wire, which also stated that development of Fable Legends has been terminated. Furthermore, Xbox has revealed that Denmark-based Press Play Studios is also set to close, …
Read More »Dev of successful Kickstarter quits game due to ‘drama’
In 2014 Bear Simulator raised $100k on Kickstarter. The game itself was released on Steam last month. But backers and buyers have been told that future development of the title has been canned. Well the game didn’t have a great reception, has a stigma against its name and there’s plenty …
Read More »Adam Johnson cut from Football Manager and PES, EA working to do the same
Disgraced Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson is being expunged from the world of games. 28-year old Johnson faces a prison sentence after being found guilty of sexual activity with an underage girl. Due to the nature of his crime football game publishers are currently working to remove him from their titles. …
Read More »Now Spencer calms Xbox console upgrade talk
Having distanced himself from comments made about the further merging of Xbox and PC, Phil Spencer has now watered down his stance about possible console hardware upgrading. Spencer last week said that he wanted console hardware to be both backwards and forwards compatible, with Microsoft releasing new hardware capabilities during …
Read More »MAME emulation goes open-source
Long-running emulation project MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) has transitioned to open-source availability after nearly two decades of existence. Popular among video game archivists and retro enthusiasts for its ability to emulate titles from the 1970s up until the modern day, the software was previously released under a modified BSD …
Read More »£250m being invested into Nintendo’s Universal Studios attraction
The planned Nintendo expansion to the Universal Studios theme park in Japan will boast a budget to rival other big-named projects, it has been claimed. The Telegraph reports that the Japanese press are reporting that some 250m is being invested into the project after details were finalised last week. This …
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