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Read More »King chairman Melvyn Morris resigns
The chairman of the company behind Candy Crush Saga has quit the company. King says that Melvyn Morris, who is its second largest shareholder, has left for personal reasons”, just days after the release of the company’s release of Candy Crush Soda Saga. Morris has been replaced by board member …
Read More »DayZ not expected to leave Steam Early Access until 2016
Bohemia Interactive has outlined its forward plans for DayZ, indicating that the game won’t exit Steam Early Access until the first half of 2016. The former Arma mod entered Early Access in December 2013 but is not even expected to enter its beta phase until Q4 2015. Furthermore, the price …
Read More »Metal Gear Online is returning
A new iteration of Metal Gear Online will be debuted at next week’s The Game Awards in Las Vegas. The game will be shown off by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, according to the event’s producer Geoff Keighley on Twitter. Metal Gear Solid 5 was also unveiled at one of …
Read More »Ubisoft withdraws Assassin’s Creed: Unity Season Pass, hands out DLC for free
The technical troubles that have plagued Assassin’s Creed: Unity have led to publisher Ubisoft scrapping future sales of the game’s lucrative Season Pass. The Pass is no longer available and those who have already purchased it are being offered a free game from the following selection – The Crew, Far …
Read More »‘Games should be the battleground for diversity’
A panel held at the first BFI Video Games Day has called on the games industry to foster more diversity in the sector, or risk being overrun by hostility. Discussing diversity, culture and representation,Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris, developer at The Tiniest Shark;Shahid Ahmad, strategic content, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and video game …
Read More »EA scoops LGBT equality award for third year running
Publisher EA has yet again been awarded top marks for its corporate equality culture. It’s the third year in a row that EA has scored a 100/100 in the annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates businesses based on their corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender …
Read More »Publisher Gamevil acquires developer Waplesoft
Gamevil has acquired South Korean mobile studio Waplesoft. The mobile publisher picked up the dev for an undisclosed amount, and has already announced the first game to be released under the partnership: Elune Saga, an RPG and card collection title. Gamevil acquired multiple mobile developers last year, andopened a new …
Read More »Broken Sword creator: Kickstarter will suffer ‘catastrophic’ game funding campaigns in 2015
The creator of Broken Sword and CEO of Revolution has warned that crowdfunding platform Kickstarter will suffer ‘catastrophic’ game funding failures within the next year. Charles Cecil was speaking as part of a panel on game funding at the BFI Video Games Day. Cecil, who utilised the crowdfunding platform to …
Read More »GameStop hikes price of 3DS hack title Cubic Ninja in US
US retailer has responded to the increased demand for 3DS title Cubic Ninja by ramping up the game’s price. The 2011 Ubisoft platformer has enjoyed a surge in popularity after a hacker detailed an exploit that gets homebrew software running on Nintendo’s 3DS – for which a copy of the …
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