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Having won plenty of admirers throughout its stint on Steam Early Access, Darkest Dungeon now has a full release date. The game, which earned Kickstarter backing of $313,337 and hit Early Access in February, will be released on January 19th. This community has grown beyond our expectations, and we’re both …
Read More »Discover how to engage with YouTubers, Twitch streamers and families at next month’s London Games Conference
This year’s London Games Conference is providing delegates with an insight into how video is being used to sell, share and promote games – and the initial line-up of speakers will discuss this from a variety of angles. The conference takes place on Thursday November 19th at the Congress Centre, …
Read More »Vivendi acquires stake in Ubisoft and Gameloft
Shares in both Ubisoft and Gameloft have lifted after former Activision parent Vivendi acquired a stake in the pair. Bloomberg reports that Vivendi has paid €140m for a 6.6 per cent share of Ubisoft and €19.7m for 6.2 per cent of Gameloft. Vivendi’s former interest in Activision was brought to …
Read More »Del Toro says killing Silent Hills ‘makes no f***ing sense’
Film director Guillermo del Toro has slammed Konami’s cancellation of his and Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills title. He also likened the project to Naughty Dog’s successful PlayStation title The Last of Us. It was curious,” he told Bloody Disgusting when asked about his experiences working on the title. We had …
Read More »Vivendi buys €145m Ubisoft, Gameloft stakes
Company now owns 6.6 per cent and 6.2 per cent of games firm stocks
Read More »Microsoft details massive ad campaign for biggest ever Xbox One launch
Microsoft says that over 80 per cent of UK gamers will have already seen an ad for Halo 5. The firm is splashing the cash on the launch of the sci-fi FPS, which it says will be the biggest Xbox One launch to-date. The campaign started back in January with …
Read More »‘We’re ready to move on’: CD Projekt Red on The Witcher, Hearts of Stone and Cyberpunk 2077
In 1986, Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski entered a short story titled Wiedzmin (‘The Witcher’) into a competition in the local magazine Fantastyka. It won third place. 29 years later, on May 19th 2015, the third in The Witcher series of video games was released. It sold six million copies in …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V made twice as much as Avengers: Age of Ultron on its launch day
Hideo Kojima’s video game swansong was twice as successful on its release day than the sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time. That’s according to a new Adobe Digital Index report (as reported by VentureBeat) which estimates that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain raked in …
Read More »What is next for CD Projekt RED? Find out in this week’s MCV
Now that Polish developer CD Projekt RED has finished The Witcher 3, we speak to the studio to find out it’s ready to say goodbye to its defining creation. Visual effects artist Jose Teixeira shares the story behind the blockbuster action RPG. We also speak to Nintendo’s Chandra Nair about …
Read More »Adjusted profits slip at GAME but new stores on the way
GAME saw a 4.5 per cent dip in pre-tax adjusted profit in the last financial year. The final number reached 38m, down from the 39.8m in the previous year. Adjusted EBITDA earning fell 8.6 per cent to 46.9m. Group revenue was up 0.6 per cent at 866.6m, however, with UK …
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