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Yakuza 5 will launch in the west next month, Sega has confirmed Ablog posttitled Top 5 Movies to Get Hyped for Yakuza 5” buries the lede of the PS3 title’s planned mid-November release for western territories. The new window is the result of a delay caused by "a few weird …
Read More »Nvidia to restrict driver updates to GeForce Experience users
Come December Nvidia graphics card users will need to sign up to and install the company’s GeForce Experience software to update their graphics drivers. While GeForce experience has been an easy way to install driver updates for some time, users currently are also free to obtain drivers from Nvidia’s website …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Russia
When the West thinks of the Russian games market, PC and piracy may come to mind. That couldn’t be further from the truth. For one, consoles are beginning to rival PC for players’ affections. Gamers love PlayStation,” says Sergey Amirdjanov, marketing director at Russian distributor SoftClub. Xbox did a very …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Assassin’s Creed merchandise
Assassin’s Creed is one for the history books. Launched in 2007 as one of the first flagship titles for the PS3 and Xbox 360, Ubisoft’s time-hopping stealth-action franchise clocks up its ninth core entry this month as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate eagle-dives onto shelves. Altogether, Assassin’s Creed has sold over 73 …
Read More »Mobile livestreaming and subscription fees come to YouTube Gaming
Mobile gamers looking to show off what they are playing are in luck as YouTube Gaming is introducing streaming for mobile devices. At the moment this is limited to Android devices, not iOS, according to a post on the official YouTube blog. In an article on Polygon, Google’s global head …
Read More »Nintendo begins sending NX development kit to devs
The first software development kits for Nintendo’s new NX console have been sent out to development partners. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which cites people familiar with the matter” and says that the news means the console is indeed on track for a 2016 launch. The site adds …
Read More »Testronic has a new CEO
QA and localisation firm Testronic Laboratories has hired Brett Morris as its new chief exec. Morris leaves his previous role as CFO for Catalis Group, the organisation that owns Testronic and UK developer Kuju Entertainment. He has worked at Catalis for four years, alongside CEO Dominic Wheatley. Prior to this, …
Read More »Retail: Are you ready for the busiest five weeks of the year?
If you work in games retail, you might want to take a deep breath before looking at the release schedule for the next month. From next week onwards, there are multiple major launches every few days for the next five weeks. And after that, there’s the onslaught of Black Friday, …
Read More »Adverts on Steam? No thanks, says Valve
Valve’s PC platform Steam looks to remain out-of-bounds for advertising partners for the foreseeable future. One of the key ways Steam differs from the likes of PSN and Xbox Live is that partners are not able to pay for advertising space within the interface. That seems unlikely to change, too. …
Read More »Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo now coming out in January
The brand new rally IP from Milan-based Milestone is now set for a January release. This was announced via the game’s official site. The title was originally slated for an October launch, but was pushed back to early 2016, with developer Milestone saying that this was in the interest of …
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