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Xbox One owners will soon be able to access an EA subscription service. EA Access costs $4.99 per month. For that members get unlimited access to select titles in what is being called The Vault – which currently contains FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, Madden NFL 25 and Peggle 2 – …
Read More »Tekken X Street Fighter ‘still in development’
Bandai Namco has insisted that development of Tekken X Street Fighter is continuing. The game was announced all the way back in July 2010, although two years later Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada was having to assert that it was not only still in development. Tekken X Street Fighter is still …
Read More »Last of Us: Remastered will accelerate arrival of Uncharted 4
The tricks and lessons learnt during the development of The Last of Us: Remastered will mean that the next game from Naughty Dog will arrive sooner than it would have done. That next game, lest you forget, will most likely be Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. "Every single one of …
Read More »Newman defends Rust developer after Rift-Light reveal
Facepunch Studios has revealed a new title – and that seems to have upset the internet. Some fans are unhappy with the news of arcade space shooter Rift-Light because Facepunch’s other title, mega hit Rust, is still in ongoing development via Steam’s Early Access program. They argue that the studio …
Read More »Devolver swoops in to save GaymerX after NIS America withdraws funding
LGBT-focused video games convention GaymerX2 looks to have been saved by publisher Devolver Digital. Joystiq reports that the event’s founder Matt Conn said that he felt awful and betrayed” after Disgaea and Atelier Iris publisher NIS America withdrew $3,000 of funding for the expo. "We were already in dire straits, …
Read More »Romero: PC is decimating consoles and free-to-play is killing triple-A
While PS4 and Xbox One win the majority of the headlines, it’s the PC that’s actually bossing the games market. That’s according to Doom creator John Romero, who told Games Industry: "With PC you have free-to-play and Steam games for five bucks. The PC is decimating console, just through price. …
Read More »Square Enix CTO quits
Yoshihisa Hashimoto leaves after five years at Final Fantasy developer and publisher
Read More »One week left for ME’s Top 50 Mobile Innovators nominations
The fourth annual ME Top 50 Mobile Innovators project is currently in the hide and seek stage of the campaign as we’re in the midst of unearthing the country’s finest talent. So, if your company is working in the business of mobile apps and games and has something impressive to …
Read More »Early Access game Robocraft reaches 1m players
Free-to-play multiplayer shooter Robocraft has surpassed one million registered players. The game, described as a mash-up between Minecraft and World of Tanks, is still in alpha and has just been released on Steam Early Access. Though the title has been available prior to its Steam release, Freejam game director Mark …
Read More »Why indie devs should consider physical retail
The digital age has given rise to thousands of games developers releasing titles on Steam, mobile and consoles. Sold Out sales director James Cato believes there’s room at retail for these studios, too… An MCV article (May 23rd, 2014) set industry tongues wagging by suggesting that over two-thirds (72 per …
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