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A new version of Guitar Hero featuring a brand new peripheral has been leaked online. Yahoo France names the game as Guitar Hero Live, as spotted by Eurogamer. The report says that it will comer with a redesigned guitar controller featuring six buttons, divided into two rows of three. Another …
Read More »MCV Pacific unveils first ever Women in Games list for the region
The first ever Women in Games list for the Pacific region has been revealed byMCV Pacific. The list, which can be seen below, highlights the 75 most influential women, across all facets of the Australian and New Zealand Games Industries. These women are now eligible for the2015 MCV Pacific Women …
Read More »Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate ships 1m in the West
Capcom is celebrating a milestone achievement for its Monster Hunter series in the European and American market. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, which was released on February 13th, has now shipped 1m units in the West. This makes it the fastest selling game in the series in the region. Capcom notes …
Read More »Keywords revenues more than doubles to €37.3m
Acquisitions fuel growth of company’s expanding services empire
Read More »Mortal Kombat X launches with $50+ of microtransactions, including ‘Easy Fatalities’
Players of Mortal Kombat are able to buy simplified versions of the game’s iconic fatalities via the title’s in-game store. IGN reports that the game arrived yesterday with a number of optional purchases including the $29.99 Kombat Pack, which unlocks four additional characters including The Predator and Friday the 13th’s …
Read More »Bigpoint: ‘If you’re in free-to-play you should be targeting China’
CEO Khaled Helioui discusses why spending time to designing your game for the Chinese market may be worthwhile
Read More »Don’t forget: Gamescom roadshow this Thursday before the MCV Awards
There’s still time to register to for the London leg of the Gamescom tour, which showcases plans for the 2015 event. Organisers of the big summer trade and consumer games show Gamescom are once again outlining plans for the trade and consumer event on a world tour over the next …
Read More »Apple Watch approaching 1m US pre-orders after first day – report
Digital shopping research firm Slice Intelligence estimates the Apple Watch moved 957,000 pre-orders on its first day offered in the US. Games Industry reports on Slice’s results, which are based on the company’s panel of more than 2m online shoppers who anonymously provide e-receiptsof digital purchases on a daily basis. …
Read More »Destiny’s House of Wolves launches in May
Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion will arrive next month, Activision has announced. The game’s second expansion will release May 19th for $20, or alternatively is included in the Destiny Expansion Pass. House of Wolves is said to carry an exclusive Raid, a new Awoken storyline, a new Fallen Strike, new …
Read More »Unity now supports New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL
Unity has rolled out support for Nintendo 3DS XL and New Nintendo 3DS. Unity confirmed the news in a blog post, which states the announcement was made during the keynote speech at Unity’s Unite 2015 Tokyo event. Unity announced engine support for Nintendo’s Wii U console back in 2012, but …
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