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A new ClayFighter game is in development for Windows PC, Interplay has revealed. The publisher and developer Drip Drop Games made the announcement earlier this week, stating that Clayfighter Remastered is scheduled to launch in 2016. The game will include remastered audio and high-resolution visuals, as well as introduce double …
Read More »Epic makes Unreal Engine 4 free for all users
Epic Games has made Unreal Engine 4 free for anyone to download and use. Epic announced the news earlier this week in a post on the official Unreal Engine blog. The $19/month subscription service the company debuted last year is no more, and former subscribers will receive a $30 credit …
Read More »Mad Max gets September release date, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions cancelled
Avalanche’s take on the Mad Max series has been dated for this September. The PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and SteamOS versions of the game will be hitting stores on September 4th. And according to Game Informer, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions have been cancelled, a move that …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain set for September
The latest outing for Hideo Kojima’s stealth-action Metal Gear Solid franchise is set for the beginning of September. That’s according to a video leaked ahead of time from IGN, which had been originally been set for an exclusive reveal at 2pm tomorrow, March 4th. In the video[UPDATE: The file now …
Read More »Agent Alice breaks Wooga download record
Smartphone game maker Wooga has reached new heights with its most recent release Agent Alice. Games Industry reports that the hidden object title has been downloaded 3m times in just four days and is currently tracking at 800k sales per day. That beats the numbers of its previous best performer, …
Read More »Tablet ownership ahead of games consoles among UK children
A retail-led survey has found that UK children under the age of 12 are now more likely to own a tablet than a games console. 46 per cent owned a tablet and 43 per cent a games console. These were followed by mobile phones (30%), laptops (28%) and MP3 players …
Read More »Dean Hall outlines plans for game ‘nobody would dare make’
DayZ creator Dean Hall says that the zombie simulator chapter of his life is closed and that his attention has now fully shifted to work on a brand new title. He has teamed up with Improbable, who have produced the tech behind Bossa Studios’ Worlds Adrift. My first meeting with …
Read More »HTC ‘hopes’ for VR Half-life title while chatter again turns to Half-life 3 reveal
The chairwomen of HTC, which is making Valve’s VR headset, has hinted at a possible virtual reality version of Half-life. We are co-operating with Half-life,” Cher Wang told the BBC when asked if a Half-life game would be made for the system. I think… I hope, you know, it will …
Read More »Unreal Engine goes free: The Developers’ Reaction
Leading game-makers and more ponder Epic Games’ surprise decision to drop subscriptions for its technology
Read More »World of Warcraft introducing gold and game time swapping
Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft is to offer a new mechanic that will allow players to trade gold and game time between one another. Players will soon be able to purchase WoW Tokens for real money and subsequently sell them through the in-game store for in-game gold. Buying a Token …
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