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The Legend of Zelda for Wii U was not shown at E3 this week as Nintendo didn’t want to frustrate people who hoped it might be released this year. Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto has already had to assure fans that the already delayed game is still in development for Wii …
Read More »The racing game renaissance
The racing genre can be incredibly difficult to keep up with. One moment it is among the biggest sectors and everyone is releasing their own driving game; the next moment, the bubble bursts, titles start underperforming, the big publishers lose interest in the sector and declare it dead. Repeat ad …
Read More »Hidden Path cancels Early Access game Windborne
Studio unable to raise extra funds to complete title; No refunds for players
Read More »Hitman’s Io Interactive: Season Passes are wrong
Danish developer Io Interactive has said that the freshly announced Hitman won’t have a Season pass as the studio isn’t a fan of the model. "Everything we ship on December 8th will be completely finished, it will be a very polished experience,” Io boss Hannes Seifert told VideoGamer. There are …
Read More »Ubisoft: We will be a VR industry leader
Publisher Ubisoft is the first major third-party publisher to back virtual reality. The firm is developing multiple VR projects with an aim of becoming an ‘industry leader’ in the technology. Ubisoft’s stance comes in contrast to some of its rivals, who have decided to wait and see before investing significantly …
Read More »Fallout Shelter generating more money than Candy Crush Saga on App Store
Surprise release gets early success in US and UK
Read More »Fils-Aime: Iwata did not apologise for E3 show
The boss of Nintendo America has said that CEO Satoru Iwata did not tweet an apology for fans following the reaction to the company’s E3 Digital Event on Tuesday. An online translation of a tweet sent by the exec said: "Thank you for watching. We take opinions of this year’s …
Read More »Fallout 4 ‘must not miss 2015 release date’
Bethesda’s Fallout 4 must arrive this side of Christmas as promised, say UK retailers. Triple-A titles have continued to slip out of 2015, including the likes of Uncharted 4, Dead Island 2, Zelda, Quantum Break, The Division and more, weakening what had once promised to be a blockbuster end to …
Read More »Shenmue 3’s budget will be a lot bigger than $2m
Kickstarter is far from the only source of funding for Shenmue 3. The original Shenmue famously cost $47m to make, which has played a big part in Sega (or indeed any other publisher) stepping forward to make a new entry in the series. That’s also the reason why, once the …
Read More »DayZ dev Dean Hall working on VR game
The creator of DayZ Dean Hall is developing a virtual reality title for Valve’s SteamVR. That’s according to Eurogamer, who says that Hall told the site that the game in question is not the previously-announced space-simulation title Ion. "My studio RocketWerkz is [looking at VR],” Hall said. Not for [Ion].” …
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