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By his own standards, the past few years have been quiet for Ian Livingstone. The man who founded Games Workshop, co-authored the Fighting Fantasy series and launched Tomb Raider, has spent the last five years transforming the UK games market. He was instrumental in introducing the Games Tax Relief, and …
Read More »Setting up your room for SteamVR Vive is no easy task
And you thought making room for Kinect was tough? VentureBeat has spotted a Vive instruction manual uploaded by HTC that reveals the true extent of the effort needed by owners to set up their playing space for the full VR experience. The setup described is the one that is designed …
Read More »TV presenter Julia Hardy to host the Women in Games Awards
Popular games presenter and media personality Julia Hardy will host this year’s MCV’s Women in Games Awards. Hardy has just been announced as the presenter of Radio 1’s new monthly video games show and has a great deal of experience in hosting TV shows and events. Her CV includes presenting …
Read More »PS4 Uncharted 4 bundle announced
Sony has revealed a PlayStation 4 and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End hardware bundle. The package (pictured) features grey blue shading, and the console itself is adorned with a decal of Nathan Drake from the artwork for A Thief’s End. It will be released alongside the game on April 29th …
Read More »DayZ forums hacked, users urged to change passwords
Developer Bohemia Interactive has said that a recent forum hack has led to a security breach of user data. While users’ passwords were not stored in plain text, they, along with all usernames and passwords, were illicitly accessed and downloaded. While the passwords were not stored in plain text, but …
Read More »Ian Livingstone to open two STEAM-focused schools
Industry veteran working with Aspirations Academy Trust to offer 3,000 students base knowledge to work in games
Read More »Ian Livingstone is opening two schools
Industry veteran Ian Livingstone is opening two academies in Tower Hamlets and Bournemouth. The Livingstone Academies will provide 3,000 students a ‘rigorous education’ based in the STEAM subjects. That’s science, technology, engineering, arts and maths. These institutions will be opening under the Aspirations Academy Trust. As a part of the …
Read More »New 505 Games IP Portal Knights debuts on Early Access this month
Publisher 505 Games has announced a brand new franchise called Portal Knights. And what’s more – consumers can play the title from February 25th, when the title launches onto Steam’s Early Access. The title is a 3D sandbox role-playing game and has a magical setting. Consumers can play as one …
Read More »Free-to-play PES 2016 kicks off on PC today
Konami’s F2P version of its football release PES 2016 is now available on PC. Having arrived on PS4 and PS3 last month, the trimmed-down version of last year’s full-blooded premium release offers seven teams and three game modes – Exhibition, Training and MyClub, which is Konami’s answer to EA’s lucrative …
Read More »‘Extremely humbling’ H2 2015 leads to 50 job cuts at Glu
Glu has admitted that Katy Perry Pop has failed to replicate the success of its Kim Kardashian Hollywood title. Games Industry reports that CEO Niccolo de Masi has admitted that the second half of last year was extremely humbling” for the company, having failed to capitalise on its colossal Kardashian …
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