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Read More »Former Rare devs plan ‘spiritual successor’ to Banjo Kazooie
Ex-employees of veteran UK games studio Rare have come together to form a new developer, Playtonic Games. The new team is comprised of six artists, programmers and designers, all of who have worked on multiple classic Rare titles, such as the Donkey Kong Country and Banjo Kazooie franchises. "We’ve got …
Read More »Animin and InComm reach distribution deal
Animin has signed a distribution deal with leading gift-card distributors InComm Europe. The firm will distribute Animin gamecards across selected retailers over the coming year. The gamecards are integral to Animin’s gameplay, triggering the 3D animated Animin characters and minigames that come to life on a desktop. "Animin is an …
Read More »Know Your Friends is Ubisoft’s unreleased Wii U game, report claims
The identity of Ubisoft’s completed but unreleased Wii U game has apparently been revealed. NintendoWorldReport says that Unseen64 has named the title as Know Your Friends. Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot admitted last year that the publisher had a completed game ready to go for Wii U, but that it was …
Read More »Valve tells developers: Stop exchanging game keys for Greenlight votes
‘You put us in a really uncomfortable position’
Read More »Atari ‘re-imagines’ Asteroids with new open-world PC survival game
Not shy of reinvention, Atari is taking one of its classic arcade IPs and doing something different. Very different. Asteroids shot to fame when it hit arcades in 1979 as a 2D vector arcade shooter. Asteroids: Outpost, however, is looking to capitalise on the recent trend for survival games set …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Giselle Stewart
Having overseen Newcastle-based studio Reflections as general manager for 19 years, Giselle Stewart is now leading Ubisoft’s corporate affairs in the UK. In her roles as director of trade body TIGA, chair of the Creative Skillset Council for Video Games and an Advisory Board member for Next Gen Skills AcademyStewartplays …
Read More »Valve urges Greenlight devs to stop trading keys for votes
Valve has requested developers with games listed on Steam Greenlight to cease the practice of trading game keys for votes. IGN reports on Steam’s message sent to participating devs, which points out how these votes skew the true customer interest in the Greenlight submission. "We do not think these votes …
Read More »Bossa Studios reveals Worlds Adrift
Surgeon Simulator developer Bossa Studios has unveiled its atmospheric open-world adventure game, Worlds Adrift. Bossa made news earlier this month, when its debut title Surgeon Simulator reached 2m sales. The team – which is also in the midst of developing its Steam Early Access release and upcoming mobile effort I …
Read More »Dying Light DLC Cuisine & Cargo arrives
Techland has detailed DLC plans for Dying Light, with the game’s first content drop Cuisine & Cargo launching today across all platforms. The studio has provided content descriptions and release window info for all three pieces of DLC that make up Dying Light’s $19.99 Season Pass. The just released Cuisine …
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