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FIFA 15 has remained the UK’s biggest-selling game for a third week running, despite competition from Alien: Isolation. EA’s football game held offthe challenge posed by four new games in the Top Ten, according to the latest Ukie games charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track. The closest contender was Sega’s survival …
Read More »Death threats force another female games developer to flee home
Developer Brianna Wu was this weekend forced to leave her home after she received death threats on Twitter. Wu is the creator of smartphone title Revolution 60 and head of development at Boston studio Giant Spacekat. She was targeted by members of the #GamerGate campaign, who also posted her personal …
Read More »Driveclub struggles persist as Evolution says it is pondering compensation
Nearly a week on from the US launch and four days on from its UK release, Sony’s Driveclub is still crippled with severe online problems. Game update 1.03 went live on Saturday and was intended to implement several game-side fixes to reduce server load” and while there have been some …
Read More »Mojang confirms Minecraft: Pocket Edition for Windows Phone
Microsoft-owned Mojang has confirmed the mobile edition of its hit sandbox title Minecraft will see a release on Windows Phone. Yes, Minecraft: Pocket Edition *is* coming to the Windows Phone! The port runs already, but there’s still much to do before any release,” Minecraft lead developer Jens Bergensten announced on …
Read More »Telltale offers new hints into Game of Thrones adventure title
Telltale has teased a bit of new info regarding its upcoming adventure game take on the Game of Thrones franchise. The studio released a new still (in full below) during the ninth annual New York Comic Con event earlier this week, which references a quote from A Song of Ice …
Read More »PS4 Remote Play smartphone launches this month
A new Xperia smartphone with the ability to play PlayStation 4 games remotely is set to launch later this month, Sony has revealed. Polygon reports on the upcoming line of Z3 devices, which support PS4’s Remote Play feature. The Z3v – Verizon’s version of the phone – will go on …
Read More »Physical and next-gen release date for The Wolf Among Us confirmed
Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us is getting a physical release on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and Vita next month. The game is already available digitally on PS3 and Xbox 360, but this release – dated for November 7th in the UK – is the first time it has …
Read More »The Master Chief Collection ‘like binging on Netflix’
The executive producer of The Master Chief Collection has compared the upcoming Xbox One collection to how some people use Netflix. I liken it a lot to binging on Netflix before a next season of something comes out,” Dan Ayoub told GamesTM, saying the SKU is a great way for …
Read More »GMAs Journalists’ Journalist nominees: Who is Guy Cocker?
This year’s Games Media Awards on October 15th will see the games media vote on the night for their ‘Journalists’ Journalist’, from a shortlist of six industry standouts. Ahead of the big night, nominee Guy Cocker tells MCV about his work with the BBC, why rewarding the games media is …
Read More »Microsoft’s indie parity clause is flexible, designed to make Xbox One owners feel ‘first class’
The policy which demands that indie games for Xbox One do not arrive on other platforms first isn’t concrete. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has told the Inner Circle podcast, as reported by Eurogamer, that developers whose resources don’t stretch to making games for assorted platforms simultaneously can often be accommodated. …
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