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Director Uwe Boll has released an expletive-laden video criticising… well, everyone, for his failed attempt to Kickstart Rampage 3. Boll has previously made movie adaptations of House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, Dungeon Siege, Postal, Far Cry and, perhaps most infamously, Alone in the Dark. His latest crowdfunding effort is a …
Read More »Alternative Vices – why media giant Vice is turning its attention to video games
If you’re not a ‘hip’, ‘cool’ millennial, you might not have heard of Vice. Founded in Canada in 1994, the media brand has gone on to become an online juggernaut that operates across 36 countries. It has become famous for its iconoclastic and edgy reporting that touches everything from investigative …
Read More »Vive VR developer kits now shipping
Valve confirms its sending its virtual reality headset out into the wild
Read More »Twitch and ESL to host $250,000 Dota 2 tournament at Madison Square Garden
The largest eSports tournament ever held on America’s East Coast will take place this October. Organised in collaboration between streaming giant Twitch, eSports body the ESL and New York Super Week organisers ReedPOP, ESL One will see eight Dota 2 teams battle for $250,000 in prize money. Like last year’s …
Read More »GAME announces Batman and Elder Scrolls Online midnight launches
High Street retailer GAME has detailed a series of midnight events planned for the launches of Batman: Arkham Knight and The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited. 76 stores will be opening their doors on June 8th at 11:59pm for the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online. Meanwhile on June 22nd …
Read More »DayZ is losing players as full release remains a distant prospect
With an exist from Steam Early Access still a long way off, players seem to be abandoning online zombie game DayZ. The game came form nowhere to emerge as the big success of Christmas 2013 – despite being incomplete and receiving zero marketing. However, while it went on to sell …
Read More »New VR studio set up by former Evolution devs
Several members of Driveclub and Motorstorm developer Evolution Studios have departed in order to set up their own venture. The new company Secret Sorcery is based in St Helens in the North West of England, and will be focused entirely on virtual reality games, according toGamesIndustry. The team is led …
Read More »Amazon hiring for ‘ambitious PC game’
Fire TV looks as if it may not be the final frontier for Amazon Game Studios. A job listing from the company on Gamasutra suggests that the developer is working on a new PC title. The team is made of former Portal, World of Warcraft and BioShock creators, and we’re …
Read More »SimCity BuildIt becomes the most played SimCity ever
EA Mobile has said that mobile title SimCity BuildIt has become the most played title in the series’ 26-year long history. BuildIt, which is a reinterpretation of the first game re-worked for mobiles, was released in December last year – since when nearly 40m people have played the game. Those …
Read More »The Witcher 3 claims a third UK No.1 as GTA V knocks Splatoon down the charts
It seems the UK remains bewitched by Bandai Namco’s latest effort. The Witcher 3 was once again the biggest-selling game of last week, according to the latest UK retail charts from Ukie and GfK Chart-Track. This is despite the title, which saw the largest game launch of 2015 upon release, …
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