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Chip maker and graphics card specialist AMD has launched another scathing attack on its rival Nvidia. AMD’s gaming scientist Richard Huddy has said that his rivals Gameworks functionality – which offers a range of in-game visual extras such as detailed hair and physics – is detrimental to the performance of …
Read More »EA posts revenues of $1.2bn for last quarter
Net revenue drops slightly from last year but beats expectations
Read More »How did the games media cover E3? We ask PC Gamer
PC Gamer’s Tom Senior talks about bringing the platform back to E3 The PC can lose out in the tumult of E3, to the extent that publishers occasionally forget to mention their PC editions entirely when announcing new games. This year, we launched the PC Gaming Show at the Belasco …
Read More »Digital sales accounted for 77% of EA’s Q1 revenue
Anyone who doubts the transition from physical to digital need only look to EA’s most recent financials for evidence. Of the $693m revenue generated by EA in the last quarter, $532m came from digital – which is up ten per cent year-on-year. The bulk of it came from digital mobile …
Read More »HTC invests $10m in open VR tech platform WEVR
Mobile firm gearing up for release of Vive headset
Read More »The hunt for the next big indie game is on
Everyone wanted Yooka-Laylee. The game is what some publishers have coined an ‘indie-A’. That’s an indie title that has more in common with triple-A blockbusters than low-budget, lower-fi efforts. (We used to call them ‘B-grade’ titles, but the industry loves a new label). Games like Yooka-Laylee don’t come around very …
Read More »SCE UK boss Fergal Gara has resigned
Fergal Gara, the VP and MD of Sony Computer Entertainment UK, has resigned. Sony says he has left to pursue a new professional venture”. SCEE’s GM of Nordics, East & South East Europe Warwick Light will replace him, with his tenure to start on August 10th. Gara will remain at …
Read More »War Thunder producer takes down YouTuber channel in act of vengeance
A Gaijin Entertainment gameplay producer has been suspended after abusing his DMCA powers to wrongfully bringing the channel of a leading Russian YouTuber to a halt. Polygon reports that Pavel Kulikov issued multiple Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against a YouTube channel owned by Kirill ‘alconafter’ Fyodorov, who has in …
Read More »What the hell does ‘indie’ even mean anymore?
Indie. It’s a word that instantly conjures visions of 2D platformers, retro graphics and quirky gameplay, of bedroom designers and nervous-looking developers showing their life’s work in the corner of games industry events. Today, the term also brings to mind some of the most innovative, influential and talked-about titles ever …
Read More »Final Fantasy Explorers heading to Europe, North America
A western release of 3DS action RPG Final Fantasy Explorers is in the works for Europe and North America, Square Enix has confirmed. The game will launch in both territories for Nintendo’s handheld in January 2016 – validating the two trademarks filed by Square Enix in US and Europe that …
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