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Developers from around the world came to Brighton tonight to honour the winners of this year’s Develop Awards. More than 170 companies were in attendance, ranging from one-man indie studios to leading publishers and platform holders, as 21 prizes were handing to the triumphant developers. Creative Assembly were the big …
Read More »This War of Mine arrives for iPad, Android tablets
11 Bit Studios’ wartime survival game This War of Mine is now available for iPads and Android tablets. The mobile edition of the strategy title carries a standard price of $14.99, but is on sale for $9.99 during launch week on both the App Store and Google Play. The Windows, …
Read More »Professional Counter-Strike player: ‘We were all on Adderall’
North American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Kory Semphis” Friesen has admitted to taking Adderall during tournaments, claiming the drug is pervasive among competitors at eSports events. Motherboard reports on an interview with Friesen by Youtube Channel Launders Cstrike. Friesen states bluntly that everyone participating in the Counter-Strike competitions he’s …
Read More »Goat Simulator hits PlayStation consoles next month
Goat Simulator is heading to PS4 and PS3 consoles this August, the game’s console port developer Double Eleven has announced. The PlayStation US Blog reveals Coffee Stain Studios’ absurd affair will arrive August 11th for Sony’s current and last-gen console hardware. Aside from including the features from previous platform releases, …
Read More »Develop Awards 2015: The winners revealed
Creative Assembly and Dontnod Entertainment clean up, Legend winner Stamper launches new game
Read More »VIDEO: Shenmue 3 Kickstarter nears $5m as new in-game footage arrives
The 14-year wait for Shenmue fans has been a long one, but finally there is some (very early) in-game footage of Shenmue 3. The project is approaching its final two days on Kickstarter. It currently stands at $4,972,983, meaning it has every chance of hitting the $5m village expansion and …
Read More »Naughty Dog was worried The Last of Us was going to tank
The Last of Us was one of the biggest new IP successes of the last generation – but its developers feared the game was going to be a big flop. "We thought it was going to tank," co-director Bruce Straley said in the Conversations With Creators video below, as reported …
Read More »67 games were granted tax breaks in year one
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has updated the industry on figures surrounding the long-awaited tax breaks. Finally introduced last year, the video games tax relief enables studios to recoup some of the costs of development through help from the government. Speaking at Develop: Brighton this morning, Vaizey revealed a few statistics …
Read More »Gearbox wants another studio to make new Duke Nukem
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has suggested he would be open to working with another studio on the Duke Nukem franchise. Speaking at the Develop: Brighton conference, Pitchford was responding to a question about the future of the Duke Nukem IP, which his company acquired in 2010. He said the developer …
Read More »There’s a Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain strategy guide on the way
Players looking to explore every nook and cranny of the biggest game in the Metal Gear Solid series yet will be able to get a helping hand. That’s thanks to Piggyback Interactive, which has teamed up with Konami to release an official strategy guide to Metal Gear Solid V: The …
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