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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth will arrive on Xbox One, Wii U and New 3DS later this month, developer Edmund McMillen has announced. The editions will hit on July 23rd, making good on McMillen’s statement in April that the revamped re-release was coming soon” to Microsoft and Nintendo platforms. McMillen …
Read More »Halo franchise surpasses 65m sales
Halo has sold more than 65m units as a franchise, Microsoft has announced. Gamasutra reports the published revealed the figure as part of a panel description at San Diego Comic-Con that featured Halo Mega Blok construction toys. Microsoft stated the series had sold over 60m copies ahead of Halo: The …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to video game movies
The summer movie season is in full swing, meaning cinephilic gamers will be settling down with popcorn and the latest flick. MCV checks out the games that made it to the silver screen No longer are video games merely described as having ‘cinematic qualities’ – many of the industry’s biggest …
Read More »O2 customers can get free Skylanders from GAME
A Skylanders figure triple-pack is now available for free for O2 customers. GAME has teamed up with the company to give away the goodies to those with the O2 Priority app. Users can use the app to generate a code that will net them the figures from any GAME store. …
Read More »Reddit CEO Ellen Pao resigns
Ellen Pao is no longer the CEO of Reddit. The news of her departure follows recent disruption across the site as moderators rebelled against what they saw as the unfair sacking of its AMA coordinator. Pao’s apology was seemingly not enough to quall the site’s fury. Ellen Pao resigned from …
Read More »Oculus is funding development of over 20 VR games
Virtual reality company Oculus is funding development of about two dozen” virtual reality games via its Oculus Studios program. We have a pretty big investment into Oculus Studios’ triple-A, high production value games,” Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe told Gamasutra. Oculus VR is a gaming-built, owned and operated company. We’re developers …
Read More »Jade Raymond heading up EA’s new Motive Studio
Former Ubisoft Toronto MD also overseeing Visceral Games
Read More »Jade Raymond joins new EA studio Motive
Former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond has joined EA to open a new studio. It’s called Motive and is based in Montreal. The studio will work in close quarters” with BioWare and is described as a creative-driven team, incubating entirely new IP and taking on some amazing projects”. Its first …
Read More »Henderson joins Messi on FIFA 16 cover
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will feature on the cover of EA’s FIFA 16 in the UK. He will be joined by Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, who will grace the cover in all regions alongside a representative more likely to appeal to fans in each territory. Henderson was perhaps a surprise …
Read More »VIDEO: Watch Iwata’s famous 2005 GDC keynote
On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.” So starts one of Satoru Iwata’s most famous speeches, which was delivered – in English – at GDC in 2005. The president of Nintendo died …
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