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Arc System’s BlazBlue series of fighting games is making its debut on the PS4 and Xbox One in Europe this year. Publisher PQube has announced that BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend will be coming to Europe at some point this year. The title comes with 28 playable characters, both the Calamity …
Read More »Project CARS Wii U cancelled
The troubled Wii U edition of Slightly Mad Studios’ Project CARS has been axed. The developer confirmed as such to Nintendo Life. The official line is that we’re awaiting an announcement from Nintendo on new hardware,” studio lead Ian Bell told Nintendo Life. As of now pCARS is simply too …
Read More »GameSpot’s VanOrd heads to Trion Worlds
The senior editor of consumer games giant GameSpot is leaving the site to join MMO developer Trion Worlds. He leaves for this new writing position having landed his first paid role with GameSpot in 2006. A lot has changed over the (almost) nine years I have been with GameSpot,” VanOrd …
Read More »Hearthstone mobile revenue overtakes PC
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft inspired card battler Hearthstone is for the first time making more on smartphones than it is on PC. SuperData Arcade data reveals that the game’s mobile revenue had remained fairly low since it was launched on iPad in April 2014. However, following the release of the …
Read More »Her Story creator wants truth to remain ambiguous
We may never know the truth behind the narrative played out in cult hit Her Story. Those who have experienced the bulk of the FMV-driven title seem to fall into two camps regarding the true nature of the characters involved, and many continue to clamour for a definitive answer to …
Read More »Marketing start-up SuperAwesome raises $7m in funding
UK-based marketing and ad start-up SuperAwesome has raised $7m in a new round of funding. That’s according to Venture Beat, who says that this new cash will be funding its AwesomeAds digital ad platform. The firm claims that this new platform is a safe way of targeting children with ads …
Read More »Going free doubled Threes! dev’s daily income
Indie developer Asher Vollmer shares stats following release of free version of his game
Read More »Female football stars get FIFA 16 cover role in US, Canada and Australia
US, Canadian and Australian copies of FIFA 16 will feature prominent female footballers on the cover. The women’s game features in EA’s title for the first time this year. Reflecting this, Portland Thorns pair Alex Morgan and Christine Sinclair will feature on the US and Canadian covers respectively while the …
Read More »Mod DB and Indie DB join Eurogamer parent Gamer Network
Gamer Network, the firm behind Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun and EGX, has added two sizable new brands to its portfolio. Mod DB and Indie DB will be familiar names to anyone involved in the PC gaming scene, with the former serving as one of the largest mod-focused outlets still in …
Read More »Odin Sphere remaster set for PS4, PS3 and Vita
2008 PlayStation 2 RPG title Odin Sphere is getting the HD remaster treatment. Entitled Odin Sphere: Leifdrasir, the HD remaster is set for a January 14th 2016 release in Japan. It is being published by Atlus. Odin Sphere was a PlayStation 2 RPG title made by Atlus of Persona fame. …
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