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Nintendo will again travel to over a dozen malls scattered throughout the US to showcase its latest wares available for the holiday season. Running from November 23rd through December 20th, the company will have demo kiosks set up in 16 locations. Games that will be on display include Super Mario …
Read More »The Banner Saga 2 will miss 2015 release window
The sequel to last year’s hit tactical RPG The Banner Saga won’t make its 2015 release window, Versus Evil has announced. The publisher confirmed the delay toEurogamer, though it didn’t give a reason and wouldn’t state if the game would get a simultaneous release across PC, PS4 and Xbox One …
Read More »Steam top ten: November 8-14
Fallout 4 continues to top Steam’s weekly best sellers chart, taking the number one spot again during its launch week. Fallout 4’s Season Pass also found a place in the top five, finishing in fourth ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Football Manager 2016 has stormed up the chart into second, …
Read More »‘There’s a reason we’re not calling it Homefront 2’
Homefront is dead; long live Homefront. The 2011 shooter came to market with lofty aspirations, positioned from the off as THQ’s attempt to steal a slice of the market dominated by Battlefield and Call of Duty. It tried to present a more grounded narrative, centred on resistance fighters in a …
Read More »Bethesda touts 12m unit launch figure for Fallout 4
Bethesda has said that Fallout 4 sold-in 12m units of Fallout 4 for this week’s launch day. Now, as is always the way nowadays, this requires some interpretation. This is not a launch sales number in the vein of Modern Warfare 3’s 6.5m day one unit sales. Instead, Bethesda has …
Read More »Interface: The day in pictures
MCV and Develop’s content marketplace Interface returned for another successful outing yesterday – and you can now see some pictures from the day. As well as the expo, which was attended by more than 100 indie developers and small studios eager to see the latest independent titles and speak with …
Read More »Engine Room Games acquired by Unity
Unity has announced it has acquired one of its partner studios, which was previously contracted to handle the engine’s development for PlayStation platforms. UK developer Engine Room Games will now become an official Unity studio, continuing its work on Unity support for PlayStation VR, according to the tech firm’sofficial blog. …
Read More »Machine Zone has hired another celebrity – Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Terminator and former Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has become the latest celebrity to be recruited by Game of War dev Machine Zone. VentureBeat reports that he is to be the face of a new title called Mobile Strike, which is being published by a new Machine Zone division called …
Read More »Missed Interface? Here are the top tips that emerged from the indie dev event
Over 100 indie developers and small studios packed into St Mary’s Church in London yesterday to get invaluable advice on funding, marketing and more – and to pitch their games to publishers looking for new IP. Interface returned to London for its second outing, with each conference session packed out. …
Read More »Blood Bowl 2 update accidentally hides free items behind paywall
Focus Home Interactive’s Blood Bowl 2 caused a temporary stir yesterday when a price tag was attached to much of its free content. An update for the game saw a number of free in-game items suddenly vanish and then reappear in the game’s store, complete with a cash price to …
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