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Nintendo has announced that the next wave of Animal Crossing Amiibo figures will be coming to stores in UK very early into 2016. Via the Animal Crossing Twitter account (below), the platform holder revealed that the toys-to-life figures would be launching on Friday, January 29th. Four figures have been confirmed …
Read More »CCP has given EVE’s ship browser ‘ISIS’ a new name
Until now the ship browser tool within MMO title EVE Online has been known as the ‘Interbus Ship Identification System’. The acronym for which is very unfortunate. That’s all changed, however, with players recently discovering that an update to the game has given the ISIS screen a new name – …
Read More »Cracking the Asian mobile games market
Jae Chan Shin, CEO of mobile game developer InnoSpark, shares key insights into this lucrative
Read More »Resident Evil 0 HD set for January release date
Capcom has given its upcoming HD remaster of 2003 survival horror title a release date. The publisher announced via its Capcom Unity blog that Resident Evil 0 HD will be hitting shelves on January 22nd in the UK. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given that the Resident …
Read More »The Game Awards watched by 2.3m people
Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards drew in a crowd of no less than 2.3 million people. Speaking to Polygon, Keighley said that the success of this year’s show means that the likelihood of them returning next year is high. The 2015 Game Awards brought in 15 per cent more viewers …
Read More »Apple names Lara Croft Go as iPhone Game of the Year
Square Enix’s isometric puzzle platformer Lara Croft Go has been named by Apple as the best iPhone game of 2015. Note that the award has nothing to do with commercial performance – it’s the game Apple’s games editorial team has chosen as their favourite. Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter and 1Button’s Mr …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved is coming to Xbox One this month
Steam Early Access darling Ark: Survival Evolved is making its move to Xbox One next week. Studio Wildcard has told IGN it’s bringing Ark to the platform on December 16th and it will set consumers back $34.99. It’s coming to Xbox One courtesy of the the platforms Game Preview program, …
Read More »New Isle of Man publisher Gamesco scoops up Hollywood IP
A new UK games publisher has been founded that hopes to take a different approach to developer partnerships. Gamesco, based in the Isle of Man, will specialise in online and massively multiplayer games for PC and consoles. The firm has secured rights to a mix of iconic brands and original …
Read More »$1m Kickstarter Project Phoenix delayed to 2018, no refunds offered
Developer Creative Intelligence Arts has said that its successfully crowdfunded RPG Project Phoenix now won’t arrive until 2018. Furthermore, the studio has said that displeased backers won’t be refunded. Current estimates place dev at about 2.5 years out from completion,” the studio said. This is 2.5 years from the time …
Read More »SGN acquires two indie studios
US mobile firm dips into $130m for new acquisitions
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