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Metacritic may be increasing falling out of favour, but Satoru Iwata is having none of it. The Nintendo boss dedicated a significant part of his investor briefing to talking up the reviews aggregator, highlighting the success that Nintendo is currently enjoying with the critics. Foreign website Metacritic.com is well known …
Read More »The Last Guardian IS still in development, Sony insists
Sony has said that The Last Guardian is still in development, despite its US trademark expiration. It was reported this morning that Sony has allowed the US trademark for the game to expire. However, the platform holder has told Videogamer, GameSpot and GameBlog that the game has not been cancelled, …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Lidia Rumley
When I first set foot in the games industry back in the mid-1990s, I had no idea what an amazing path I was going to travel,” says Rumley. Since then, Rumley has worked with some of the biggest names in games, including EA, UbisoftandEidos – and some of the most …
Read More »Ready at Dawn concedes to pressure and clarifies The Order: 1886 gameplay length
Having said that it would not discuss rumours about the length of The Order: 1886’s campaign, developer Ready at Dawn has moved to address the concerns. A gameplay video posted online yesterday showed the game being played from beginning to end in five and half hours. Prior to its release …
Read More »Fortress Fallout forced to change name after ZeniMax legal threat
Mobile games developer Jordan Maron has said he is changing the name of his next game following a legal threat from Bethesda owner ZeniMax. Maron, better known as YouTube personality Captain Sparklez, is currently developing a title that has until now been known as Fortress Fallout. ZeniMax, however, is unhappy …
Read More »5.7m Amiibos have been shipped, with Link the most popular
Nintendo has now shipped 5.7m of its Amiibo toys worldwide since their release last year. 63 per cent of them have ended up in the US and Canada with just 23 per cent making their way to Europe. 11 per cent went to Japan and three per cent to Australia. …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Debbie Rawlings
Rawlings is currently the director of operations for development studio and consultancy firm Auroch Digital. Multi-talented, Rawlings’ responsibilies at the outlet include HR, marketing and publicity, games production, business development and finance. Keenly involved with the community in Bristol and the South West, Rawlings is the director and co-founder of …
Read More »New 3DS sells 335k in US/Europe in week one
Nintendo has revealed that 335k units of the new 3DS and New 3DS XL were sold in the West in the week of release. The console launched in both Europe and America last week. Of that number, 175k were sold in the US and 160k in Europe. Launch sales of …
Read More »GameMaker: Studio creator YoYo Games purchased by PlayTech
Online gaming and sports betting software company PlayTech has purchased GameMaker creator YoYo Games for $16.4m. The deal also includes an earn out clause that carries up to an additional $5.25m if certain, unspecified performance goals are met. PlayTech states the acquisition is part of the firm’s plans to expand …
Read More »Sony fails to renew The Last Guardian US trademark
Sony had chosen not to renew its trademark for The Last Guardian in the US. VG247 reports on the US office of patent and trademark website listing, which shows Sony has allowed the current trademark to expire. What this means, if anything at all, is anyone’s guess. Sony abandoned the …
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