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Studio design director David Vonderhaar talks to us about the eSports features and multiplayer infrastructure in place forCall of Duty: Black Ops 3. In particular he discuss the Ban and Protect system, CoDcasting, and Arena play (that replaces league play from Black Ops 2) in depth. "Call of Duty eSports …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight patch arrives, goes… but offers big fixes
A patch for the troubled PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum was temporarily released last night, and seemed to bring with it big fixes to the game. Kotaku reports that those who had tinkered with the settings on the game’s listing in Steam to enable beta access last night received …
Read More »Devs can now disassemble Epic’s UE4 VR Showdown demo
All assets used in video available at no cost
Read More »Gaming festival Insomnia expands to UK’s biggest expo space
Britishgamingfestival Insomnia is moving on up…the road, as it relocates future events from Coventry’s Ricoh Arena to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. The move comes as demand and attendance for the homegrown event, which merges elements of LAN parties, esports and a convention, has exceeded the capacity of …
Read More »Dovetail Games Fishing set to officially launch in October
UK publisher Dovetail will launch its fishing game this Q4. Due to arrive in late October, Dovetail Games Fishing has been built using Unreal Engine 4. It was made available via Steam Early Access in November 2014, and will be removed from the platform on September 8th. Players can still …
Read More »Clash of Clans the highest grossing App Store game ever
Supercell’s three games ranked in top ten all-time highest revenue generators
Read More »Trion doubts it’ll ever do another subscription game
At the time of writing, six titles in the top 20 most played games on Steam are free-to-play. One of those games is Trion Worlds’ voxel MMO Trove, which clearly takes inspiration from one of the world’s biggest ever games, Minecraft. Speaking toDevelopat Gamescom, Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman said …
Read More »We are on the verge of PC gaming’s second golden age
Right now I believe we are on the verge of PC gaming’s second golden age. You might remember the first – the arrival of Doom in the mid ‘90s through to huge hits such as Half-Life and StarCraft in the late ‘90s. Then came the slow transition to digital downloads …
Read More »‘No excuse’ for lack of diversity in games, Payne says
Games veteran Andy Payne says there is "no excuse" for the lack of diversity within the industry workforce. Delivering the opening keynote at today’s European Women In Games Conference, the UKIE chairman addressed the difference between the gender split in the games industry compared to other sectors. Creative Skillset research …
Read More »FTC rules Machinima ‘deceived’ viewers with Xbox One ads
The murky side of YouTube games coverage has been dragged into the light with the confirmation that Machinima paid video makers to make positive Xbox One content without disclosing the deal. The Federal Trade Commission found that the network paid some YouTubers up to $30k to produce Xbox One videos …
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