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Anonymous sources close to Crytek have confirmed a sequel to Ryse: Son of Rome has been canceled. Kotaku has statements (under anonymity) from ten current and former staff members that affirm reports that Crytek is suffering through financial woes – confirming that the firm’s most recent payroll was missed and …
Read More »Redbull planning ‘Top Gear for gamers’ TV show
‘Top Gear for gamers’ – that’s the pitch for a new video games based TV show in the planning stages at Redbull. The show, the press release for which is is already drawing criticism for its somewhat antiquated dudebro approach to gaming, currently goes under the name ‘Players’. It will …
Read More »MachineGames ‘would love to’ make another Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein: The New Order 2 could yet become reality, should developer MachineGames get its way. Publisher ZeniMax must have been delighted with the game’s critical reception, and if the sales numbers match the review scores then MachineGames creative director Jens Matthies says his studio will be ready and waiting. We …
Read More »Retailer lists The Last of Us: Remastered PS4 bundle
Sony is readying a The Last of Us: Remastered PS4 hardware bundle, according to one online retailer. Amazon France has the SKU listed for €429.99 (345) that includes a black console and controller as well as a copy of the game. Sony recently lowered the price of the title from …
Read More »Develop Awards Partner Spotlight: Wales Interactive
MD David Banner tells us how the firm is putting Wales on the map
Read More »Bungie vows to make sure Destiny works at launch
Battlefield 4, Grand Theft Auto Online, Final Fantasy XIV, SimCity, Half-Life 2, Diablo III – the list of online launch disasters is hardly a small one. But Bungie has said that it is already working on measures to ensure that Destiny is not added to any such list this September. …
Read More »Football Manager 2014 breaks PC record
Sports Interactive’s hugely successful Football Manager series has claimed another PC milestone. Football Manager 2014 has now broken the record for the most weeks spent at number one in the UK PC game chart, with 22 weeks at number one – 18 of those consecutively. The news comes as Sega’s …
Read More »Day one HD texture pack confirmed for Grid Autosport on PC
PC gamers will have the option of significantly ramping up Grid Autosport’s visuals compared to the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. If you play on PC you’ll have access to the first piece of additional content the moment GRID Autosport launches; an HD texture pack that will increase the visual …
Read More »Develop Awards 2014 – The Finalists: Use of a Licence or IP
Continuing our round-up of this year's potential winners, we look at some of the great work developers have down with third-party brands in the last year
Read More »Some players wrongly banned from Battlefield 3 multiplayer
Anti-cheat system Punkbuster has incorrectly banned some innocent players of Battlefield 3. The third party software is designed to automatically identify players who are cheating and ban them automatically. As the software isn’t owned or operated by EA, overturning the bans is proving tricky. We are investigating an issue of …
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