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Virtual reality firm nDreams has secured a 2m investment round and has invested in senior hires. The company has received 2m from tech-centric investment outlet, Mercia Technologies. These funds are to be put to further expansion. This follows the company receiving 1.75 at the start of 2015. nDreams has also …
Read More »Record US sales for PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U in November – NPD
Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all saw record revenue for their current-gen console hardware last month, NPD has reported. Hardware sales for November 2015 reached $1.12bn. That’s up 11 per cent compared to the same period last year, driven by a 14 per cent increase in console hardware revenue – which …
Read More »Towerfall Ascension comes to Vita this week
TowerFall Ascension will arrive on PS Vita later this week, developer Matt Thorson has announced. A post on the PlayStation blogreveals both the base game and its Dark World Expansion will hit Sony’s handheld this Tuesday, November 15th. The Vita edition features an ad-hoc wireless co-op option to play against …
Read More »Gearbox opens new studio in Quebec
Gearbox Software has opened a new studio in Quebec, Canada. Ina post on its website, the studio announced Gearbox Studio Quebec is already developing its first title, aiming to grow it into full triple-A production capability through 2016.” The location is Gearbox’s first outside of Texas. We have already successfully …
Read More »Fils-Aime says that Nintendo smartphone games will be ‘different’ to the norm
The boss of Nintendo America has said warned that gamers shouldn’t be expecting traditional experiences from the company’s firs smartphone titles. Unfortunately there’s a simplistic mentality out there, that ‘Make a Mario game for smart devices’ is a recipe for printing money,” Reggie Fils-Aim told TIME. And it’s not. It …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2016: Five sleeps left till lobbying closes
Christmas presents sorted? Tree up? Ocado food delivery booked? MCV Awards nominations submitted…? If you’ve not contacted us yet to tell us why you, your team or your company should be in the running for an MCV Award, you need to act fast. And when we say fast, we mean …
Read More »Peter Moore heads up EA’s new eSports division
Industry veteran becomes EVP and Chief Competition Officer for the 'Competitive Gaming Division'
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 on track for pre-Christmas last-gen release
It looks as if the PS3 version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 will arrive in time for Christmas. Videogamer reports on word from the US PlayStation Blogcast that the PS3 iteration of the game is due for release in the US both digitally and physically next week (Tuesday December …
Read More »PaRappa the Rapper 2 coming to PlayStation 4
Another PlayStation 2 classic is set for release on PS4. 2002 PS2 game PaRappa the Rapper 2 is another game being updated for the PlayStation 4, according to the PlayStation Blogcast 189 (via Gematsu). The game will be available from Tuesday, December 15th. PlayStation 2 games came to the PS4 …
Read More »Xbox One Wireless Adapter no longer limited to Windows 10
Consumers can now use their Xbox One gamepad with their Windows 7 and 8.1. Previously the Xbox Wireless Adapter – which connects an Xbox One controller to a PC – was to be limited to Windows 10. This announcement comes via Xbox’s Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson), who revealed on …
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