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Dota 2’s annual exhibition match during The International has played host to another surprise for fans as the 5v5 game turned into a 10v10. The All-Star, usually played as a mix of fan favourite pros on each team, was used to showcase Dota’s newest hero, Techies, during last year’s tournament. …
Read More »Time’s VR cover leads to outpouring of disappointment… and genius
If you haven’t seen it already, look below to see how Time chose to depict its cover feature on virtual reality. That’s Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey doing… something, on a (presumably virtual) beach, wearing a VR headset. It’s not an inspiring image, is it? In fact, it’s utterly absurd. …
Read More »Gree: Don’t build studios, buy them
Mobile games giant Gree believes that establishing a new studio from scratch is more costly in the long run than acquiring them. Speaking to MCV @ Gamescom, COO Andrew Sheppard said that it’s tough to find success in the free-to-play market with a brand new team. The general belief at …
Read More »eSports needs better regulation, says Mount & Blade studio Taleworlds
The world of eSports needs to improve its regulations to cut down on abusive and offensive behaviour from certain pro-gamers. That’s according to Frank Elliott, community and PR manager at Mount & Blade: Warband studio Taleworlds Entertainment. Speaking to MCV @ Gamescom about what is driving the growth of the …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved dev: ‘Putting feathers on dinosaurs is stressful’
Scientists propose that dinosaurs likely had feathers – but Studio Wildcard says it will continue to focus on scaly lizards because feathers are ‘really hard to do’. In its dinosaur adventure game, Ark: Survival Evolved, players hunt and tame dinosaurs. But despite recent scientific discoveries, and countless messages from hardcore …
Read More »‘They originally pitched a different game’: how Square Enix discovered Life Is Strange
Developer Dontnod was trying to sell Square Enix a different game before deciding to show them Life Is Strange as an afterthought. The episodic game has achieved over 1m sales and has picked up multiple critical plaudits, including two prizes at last month’s Develop Awards. But it almost didn’t happen, …
Read More »Dovetail Games announces Xbox partnership
Train Simulator firm Dovetail Games has announced a deal with Microsoft to bring some of its future games to Xbox One and Windows 10. The UK developer plans to bring its new Train Simulator title, Dovetail Games Fishing and Dovetail Games Flight Simulator to Microsoft’s platforms as a part of …
Read More »Capcom wants Street Fighter V to be No.1 in eSports
Street Fighter V is set to become the biggest title in the eSports fighting scene, if Capcom has its way. Marketing director Antoine Molant told MCV @ Gamescom that the firm plans to have a presence at a number of leading eSports events in an attempt to make Street Fighter …
Read More »Halo Wars 2 ‘will not be Total War: Halo’
Creative Assembly’s Halo strategy game will not resemble its smash-hit Total War franchise, the developer has told MCV @ Gamescom. Halo Wars 2 was the shock announcement at Microsoft’s pre-Gamescom press briefing. Creative Assembly says it is paying closer attention to the original Halo Wars (created by now defunct studio …
Read More »Steam offers unconditional refunds for Journey of the Light amid accusations of deception
It dubs itself as one of the hardest puzzle games on Steam, but it’s starting to look as if indie title Journey of the Light is nothing more than an elaborate scam. The game’s description says that it has eight chapters, including the bonus one, but one disgruntled buyer has …
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