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Graphics card maker Nvidia has teamed up with CD Projekt for a new game giveaway. Those who buy either a GeForce GTX 980, 970 or 960 graphics cards, or a GTX 970M or above notebook, will for a limited period also get a free copy of upcoming RPG The Witcher …
Read More »Disney: We want to see how devs use our IP to improve lives
Disney Interactive's Matt Carroll discusses the firm's new funding initiative for games studios and tech start-ups
Read More »Helldivers is wiping save data if your controller runs out of power
The PS4 and PS3 versions of Helldivers suffer from a bug that wipes a user’s save data should their controller run out of battery mid-game. Fortunately, developer Arrowhead has identified the cause and is working on a fix for the quite unique bug. We found an issue related to the …
Read More »Creative Europe offering grants of up to €150,000
Annual initiative seeking narrative-led video games holding free London workshop tomorrow
Read More »Valve admits it needs to communicate with fans more
Steam owner Valve has said that it must improve the way in which it communicates with its passionate fan base. While companies such as Microsoft have enjoyed great success recently by opening up its channels of communication with the Xbox fan base, Valve has typically taken a more Apple-like approach, …
Read More »Apple Watch to arrive in April
Three models due for release, ranging from $350 to $10,000
Read More »Record 26,000 attended GDC 2015 last week
More than 26,000 games industry professionals were in San Francisco for last week’s Game Developers Conference. The attendance figure marks a new record for the annual event, with visitors sitting in on more than 650 sessions and checking out the wares of almost 350 companies exhibiting in the GDC Expo …
Read More »What next for indies?
The indie revolution is hitting its next phase. Develop asks what the future holds for gaming’s most creative element
Read More »Remember Me 2 is ready to go, awaiting Capcom greenlight
Life Is Strange developer Dontnod has already finished the story for Remember Me 2. Remember Me was released in 2013 to a mixed critical reception, with the developer subsequently moving on to Square Enix’s episodic title Life Is Strange. A return to its first release, however, could be on the …
Read More »Kudo Tsunoda given greater control of Xbox development teams
Microsoft has confirmed a promotion for Kinect and Hololens creator Kudo Tsunoda. The company says Tsunoda will expand his charter on the Xbox leadership team” but has fallen short of saying that he has stepped up to fill the role that is widely presumed to have been vacated by Phil …
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