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Free-to-play eSports hit Smite is now available through Valve’s Steam service. The Steam version of Hi-Rez’s third person MOBA, which is also available on Xbox One, is no different to the SKU that has for a while already been available on PC bar for the added potential of tapping into …
Read More »Apple is promoting SteelSeries Nimbus controller for Apple TV
The new Apple TV may not be offering the gaming dream that was expected, but a new controller intends to deliver console-style gaming to those who do invest. The Bluetooth Nimbus controller from SteelSeries is not only being promoted on the Apple TV page, but Polygon reports that the device …
Read More »BBC announces Doctor Who Game Maker educational tool
Doctor Who is again being used as an educational vehicle, this time to encourage kids to learn how to design games. The Doctor Who Game Maker will go live next week on September 15th (just a few days before the Timelord’s return to our TV screens on September 19th). It’s …
Read More »VIDEO: Live-action Destiny trailer arrives ahead of The Taken King
The Taken King is very nearly upon us, so of course it’s time for a big promotional push from Activision. This new Destiny live-action short maintains the tradition of using Led Zeppelin tracks, this time featuring ‘Black Dog’, much like the game’s most recent trailer. This new video is directed …
Read More »BBC opens up Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing to aspiring game makers
New Maker Kits to be published over the coming weeks
Read More »Soul Axiom dev: ‘Popular’ YouTuber wanted $22k for one video
Developer Wales Interactive has said that it was asked for a payment of $22,000 when it approached a YouTuber about possible coverage for its game. Ben Tester, the PR man for the Soul Axiom creators, said that the YouTuber in question had a few million subscribers”. He was told that …
Read More »Scottish game industry employs over 1,000 full-time game devs
Scotland is home to 97 studios, with over half developing for mobile and tablet
Read More »$3m worth of Infinity Blade assets now free to UE4 developers
Epic has made 7,600 Infinity Blade assets free on the Unreal Engine marketplace. The content will ship in eight different packs that are available for any developer to access and use in their game. Most of the released assets come from the cancelled Infinity Blade: Dungeons. Assets available include audio …
Read More »Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture claims another charts No.1
Sony has revealed that Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture was the best-selling game on PSN in Europe in August. The platform holder added that The Chinses Room’s title racked up one of the highest week-one sales totals of any PS4 digital-only title to date”. MCV revealed last month that had …
Read More »Machine Zone and Kabam resolve legal dispute
Game of War company Machine Zone’s trade secret lawsuit against Star Wars: Rising developer Kabam has been settled. The two firms issued a joint statement, in which the free-to-play companies say that they have ‘amicably’ solved their differences. It was announced at the end of August that Machine Zone was …
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