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Broken Age developer Double Fine has laid off 12 staff in the wake of losing a publishing deal for an announced project. Double Fine founder Tim Schafer informed Gamasutra of the bad news regarding the San Francisco-based independent studio. "One of our unannounced projects was unexpectedly cancelled by its publisher, …
Read More »Nintendo exhibiting ‘must-have’ Wii U, 3DS games at select US malls
Nintendo is readying playable displays of several popular Wii U and 3DS games at multiple US malls this holiday season. The visits will begin tomorrow and run all the way up to the Sunday before Christmas. A total of 16 malls around the country will play host to Mario, Luigi, …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 16-22
Far Cry 4 has proclaimed victory on the latest Steam weekly top ten sellers chart. The latest installment in the Far Cry franchise beat out surprise indie hit This War of Mine for peak position, with Ubisoft’s discounted Far Cry Franchise Pack making its mark yet again in fifth. Call …
Read More »MCV Pacific Industry News Issue #5
The MCV Pacific Industry News E-Zine covers all the stories you should not have missed. Issue #5 covers November 17-21 , 2014. You can view this natively on your iPad via the JooMag App.
Read More »GAME plans GAMEtronics bays and GAME Marketplace for 2015
A national rollout for GAMEtronics and a new online marketplace called GAME Marketplace are two of the initiatives planned for GAME in the coming year. In June 2013 we launched a trial of our ‘GAMEtronics’ concept, enabling customers to trade-in and purchase preowned smartphones, tablets and other technology products through …
Read More »Xbox One owners offered Sunset Overdrive for free for one day
Microsoft is offering one of its latest titles for free to celebrate Xbox One’s first birthday. Major Nelson says that Xbox Live Gold subscribers will tomorrow be able to download Insomniac’s Sunset Overdrive for free and play it for as long as they like until it is removed from the …
Read More »App Game Kit 2 launching today on Steam
Tool supports development for iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Mac
Read More »3DS hacker insists he wants no part in piracy as Cubic Ninja prices rocket
The man at the centre of a new 3DS exploit has said that he doesn’t want the method to open the door to new piracy on the machine. Illegal flashcards that allow for the playing of pirated games are already available online for 3DS, but homebrew software has until now …
Read More »Titanfall Deluxe Edition out now on PC, next week on Xbox One
A new all-you-can eat edition of Titanfall has been announced by EA. Titanfall Deluxe Edition includes the original game and all three of its DLC releases – Expedition, Frontier’s Edge and IMC Rising. The game is already available on PC, via Origin, for 33.99. An Xbox One version will be …
Read More »VIDEO: Peter Dinklage and Lena Heady confirmed for Telltale’s Game of Thrones
The first bit of footage from Telltale’s hotly anticipated Game of Thrones series has been released. The studio has also confirmed that a number of the HBO show’s stars will feature in the first episode – Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Lena Heady (Cersei Lannister), Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), and Iwan …
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