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The GMAs return on October 14th, with new prizes for video leaders and mainstream writers. 2015 marks the ninth annual outing of the always-talked-about event which champions the best in games editorial. After a successful revamp last year – which saw almost every category improved, a new voting system and …
Read More »The Grand Tournament expansion confirmed for Hearthstone next month
Blizzard has detailed the next big expansion on the way to its World of Warcraft themed card battler Hearthstone. It’s called The Grand Tournament and will feature 132 new cards. The main new mechanic to be introduced sees tweaks and alterations to how players use their Hero power. Some cards …
Read More »Sony: VR devs are not trying to change the world overnight
VR creators don’t expect to change the world overnight, says the head of Sony’s London studio. David Ranyard, who is currently building games for PlayStation’s Morpheus headset, likens the VR shift to when silent movies were replaced by ‘talkies’ – which took several years to take place. VR is such …
Read More »Nokia could be the next firm to launch a VR headset
Next week could see another big player join the ever-intensifying virtual reality fray. Former mobile manufacturer Nokia is set to take the wraps off its very own VR product at a big reveal event in LA, according to sources ‘familiar with the company’s plans’ talking to Recode. The company sold …
Read More »Are ad-blockers legal?
Ad-blockers charging websites to have their advertising ‘unblocked’ is not illegal. Two leading legal firms say that although ad-blocker’s practices are dubious, it’s currently allowed under law. AdBlock Plus andits‘white list’ business model was recently held by the German courts tobe perfectly legal. It seems likely thata court here in …
Read More »VR collapse is a ‘very real threat’
VR headsets could go the way of defunct game streaming services like OnLive. That’s the warning from Network’s Neil Young, a senior games industry veteran and founder of mobile games publisher Ngmoco. Young predicts that VR headsets will become a popular item, but not for another ‘three to five’ years, …
Read More »Smedley steps down as Daybreak Games president
The company formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment is getting a new boss. VentureBeat reports that John Smedley is leaving his position at the H1Z1 and Everquest developer, with current COO Russell Shanks to take on the role. It appears that he intends to stay with the company. I can …
Read More »Nintendo wins lawsuit regarding handheld patent
Nintendo has emerged victorious after a company claimed that the platform holder’s handheld consoles infringed on its patent. The Quintal Research Group nailed down a patent in 2008 for a ‘computerized information retrieval system’. Such a system, the patent proposes, is described as having a generally rectangular shape, with a …
Read More »Get ready for Gamescom with this week’s issue of MCV
This week, MCV has asked people from around the games industry for their tips on surviving Gamescom. Publishers, PRs and developers have shared their survival advice for the show, as well as sharing where is good to eat and drink, and what their predictions for the show are. And we …
Read More »‘Ad-blocking is the biggest external threat to online games journalism’
Ad-blockers are costing jobs and seriously harming the games press, say leading media execs. Tech-savvy gamers are more prone to using ad-blockers than any other audience, says IGN, Videogamer and Eurogamer. These websites can pay to have their ads unblocked, as long as they only use ‘acceptable advertising’. But one …
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