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The crowdfunded spiritual successor to adventure titles Myst and Riven has attracted the original composer for those games. Robyn Miller confirmed on Twitter that he will score the soundtrack for Obduction, adding that the game looks amazing”. Obduction was crowdfunded via Kickstarter back in 2013, with a launch this year …
Read More »Testronic backs Develop 100
Testronic Labs has signed on as the headline sponsor of this year’s Develop 100. First published in 2005, The Develop 100 celebrates its tenth anniversary this year and returns to print for the first time since 2011, included with the upcoming December/January issue of Develop magazine. This year, we will …
Read More »Can Yo-Kai Watch repeat Pokémon’s success in the West?
A kids game for handhelds that involves capturing fantastical creatures, then battling them against rival monsters. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. No, it’s not Pokmon we speak of, but newcomer Yo-Kai Watch. Like Nintendo’s critter-catcher, the ghost-hunting series has taken Japan by storm, crossing from 3DS into …
Read More »Is Hearthstone Actually an eSport? We Ask Blizzard
Upstairs and out of the way at BlizzCon were a series of rooms where Blizzard developers from a variety of teams were hidden away. Inside one of these rooms was Hamilton Chu, Executive Producer for Hearthstone, and we took the opportunity to have a frank discussion about the nature of …
Read More »DeNA’s Nintendo Q&A now available in English
Japanese mobile giant DeNA has been discussing details of its Nintendo partnership with investors. The answers came at the end of DeNA’s Q2 investor briefing last week, from which MCV has previously reported that the company has confirmed that all of its in-development Nintendo titles are free-to-play, but at least …
Read More »StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void sells over 1m units in first 24 hours
Blizzard has revealed that the latest expansion to its sci-fi RTS StarCraft II has shifted over one million units since it launched last Friday (November 13th). The publisher announced this via its StarCraft Twitter account on Friday at 8:35pm UK time (below). Legacy of the Void debuted at No.23 in …
Read More »eSports streamer DingIt.tv hits 11m monthly visitors
Since launching in beta in February, the platform has grown at a rate of 132% month-on-month. Real demand exists for premium eSport events broadcast in true HD at 60 frames per second. In addition to this achievement, the number of returning users has also increased to more than 31%. It’s …
Read More »Games performing far worse on SteamOS than Windows
Steam machines are finally upon us, but a new report paints a grim picture of their actual gaming performance. Ars Technica has found that 3D games are in terms of frames per second typically performing between 21 per cent and 58 per cent worse on Valve’s custom Linux-based SteamOS than …
Read More »Koch Media and Codemasters partner for global distribution deal
Koch Media and Codemasters have inked a new distribution and co-publishing deal to cover the western games market. Beginning in 2016, the former firm will replace Bandai Namco as the sole distributor for Codemasters titles in EMEA. The collaboration also means that Koch Media will exclusively co-publish Codemasters games in …
Read More »Infiltration signs with Team Razer
The biggest free agent in fighting games is a free agent no longer. Team Razer has signed Seonwoo Infiltration” Lee of South Korea. The deal was made public during Capcom’sStreet Fighter Vpresentation at this weekend’s GameStart 2015 in Singapore. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Team Razertweeted out …
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