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With less than a month until its release, Bethesda has revealed its live-action trailer for post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 4. It’s called The Wanderer, not only due to the depicted wandering of the faceless protagonist but also due to its use of track ‘The Wanderer’ by Dion. Note that while there’s …
Read More »Nintendo, Pokemon Company and Google invest in Niantic Labs
Pokemon Go developer Niantic Labs has received investment from a trio of companies. Nintendo, The Pokemon Company and Google have between them ploughed $30m into the studio. The money will be put not only into Pokemon Go but also Niantic’s smartphone AR title Ingress, as well as in-development titles. The …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015: This year’s event in pictures
The industry once again gathered last night to celebrate the Games Media Awards, and you can take a look at the pictures from the night right now. Among the biggest winners of the night were VideoGamer for Video Team, Eurogamer for Online Editorial Team, PC Gamer for Print Editorial Team …
Read More »Channel 4’s publishing arm is heading to Interface
Channel 4 is hoping to find the next big moblle hit at the upcoming return of Interface, Develop and MCV’s successful content marketplace event. The broadcaster has recently launched a new publishing arm, All 4 Games, and will be hosting one-to-one meetings at Interface in order to meet developers with …
Read More »Darkest Dungeon’s full release coming in early 2016
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 …
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