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Read More »Rocket League revenues nearing $50m
Developer Psyonix has revealed the staggering success of 2015 hit Rocket League. The game has since its launch in July raised almost $50m in revenue, The Wall Street Journal reports. It also now has over 8m registered players, up from the 6m reported in September. The studio also reiterated that …
Read More »Kojima banned from discussing Konami split
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has revealed that he is ‘contractually forbidden’ from discussing his split with Konami. However, in an interview with The New Yorker, the developer was able to discuss the difficulties of being accountable to a large publisher and the opportunities that going independent will afford …
Read More »Revenue for Kickstarter games recovers in 2015 – report
Kickstarter games revenue has rebounded from its crash in 2014, according to a new report – though that hasn’t equated to more developers seeing success on the crowdfunding platform. A recent analysis by consultant Thomas Bidaux posted on Games Industry finds projects under Kickstarter’s games category brought in $41.6m thus …
Read More »The Banner Saga hits consoles next month
The PS4 and Xbox One editions of The Banner Saga are due out next month, Versus Evil has announced. The warmly-received tactical RPG will debut on Sony and Microsoft’s current-gen consoles on January 12th. It originally launched for PC, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS back in January 2014. The developer …
Read More »PlayStation’s Murray Pannell joins 2K as VP of publishing
2K Games has hired PlayStation’s UK marketing director. Murray Pannell, who has held senior marketing roles at Ubisoft, Xbox and Electronic Arts, will be the firm’s new VP of publishing. He takes the role ahead of the departure of 2K International’s general manager Neil Ralley. Ralley has led the 2K …
Read More »PlayStation VR requires near ‘Wii size’ processing unit
Update: The external processing unit has actually been part of the PlayStation VR demo set since the device was first unveiled to the world. Original Story: Sony’s VR revolution will require additional hardware alongside the PlayStation VR headset and the PS4. Polygon reports that the headset will in face plug …
Read More »GameDev Market launches charity asset bundle
Site selling $356 of assets for $29, funds raised go to Child’s Play and AbleGamers
Read More »World Cyber Arena tournament suffers issues within opening hours, again
The Chinese multi-eSport event World Cyber Arena has suffered massive production delays within the opening hours in a repeat of last year’s fiasco. The tournament, organised by a division of the Yinchuan municipal government, began the group stages of 11 different games shortly before 6am GMT. However, after five hours …
Read More »Now Call of Duty: Black Ops III adds upgrade microtransactions
Online shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops III has become the latest premium title to offer in-game upgrades for cash. This follows yesterday’s news that fellow Activision title Destiny has done a similar thing. Starting some time this week, Black Ops III will start allowing players to obtain the game’s …
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