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DayZ creator Dean Hall has opened his own development house in Duedin, New Zealand – and the new studio is hiring. Hall announced back in February of this year that he intended to move on from Bohemia Interactive and DayZ’s development entirely. Hall’s stated mission at the time was to …
Read More »King’s Quest launches fall 2015 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox platforms
The recently announced update to classic adventure series King’s Quest will arrive on multiple platforms next year, publisher Sierra and developer The Odd Gentlemen announced during The Game Awards event last week. The title has been scheduled for a fall 2015 release on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and …
Read More »Destiny locks multiplayer event behind a paywall
The first paid expansion to Destiny has been released – and with it comes a punishment for non-DLC buying players. Destiny each week offers players the chance to take part in an Heroic Strike event that offers high-level gear rewards for top players. However, Polygon reports that this week’s offering …
Read More »Charity that refused GamerGate associated donation receives death threats, suffers DDoS attack
A charity that helps the physically disabled play video games has received death threats after refusing a donation from a charity event associated with GamerGate. We received an email requesting permission for a charity event from an associate of Mercedes Carrera,” the organisation said. Our immediate response was ‘absolutely, we …
Read More »No sex please, we’re Facebook
Why are so many consumers reacting badly to video game Facebook advertising? The social network’s global director of gaming sales, Rick Kelley, tells MCV why publishers ought to cover up their salacious stars… At London Games Conference, you described Facebook as being a personal newspaper. What did you mean? Your …
Read More »Microsoft is publishing Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider will be published by Microsoft, presumably on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. That’s according to Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg. Square Enix’s game rocked Gamescom in 2014 after it was unveiled as an Xbox exclusive. In the hours and days that followed non-Xbox owners …
Read More »UK veterans Baverstock and Newth open new digital games publisher
Chilled Mouse will release its first game this month
Read More »You can now negotiate with sellers on Amazon
Amazon has added a ‘Make An Offer’ option to some items that allows potential buyers to haggle with sellers. Reuters reports that the option is currently limited to 150,000 items in Amazon’s collectibles and fine art section on its US site. Users can submit an offers with sellers then able …
Read More »New 2K Shanghai team bringing Borderlands Online to China
Over-the-top shooter franchise coming to both PC and mobile in the East
Read More »Tekken and Soul Calibur bundle out next week
Bandai Namco is bundling three of its fighting titles into a single PS3 release. The SKU, called Fighting Edition, will include Tekken 6, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur V and will be released on December 19th. MCV has asked Bandai Namco how much it is going to cost. …
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