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Read More »Ubisoft bringing Tetris to PS4 and Xbox One this summer
Tetris is coming to both PS4 and Xbox One some time this summer, thanks to new publisher Ubisoft. The company acquired the Tetris license back in January. The new game is called Tetris Ultimate. It offers solo or multiplayer play for up to four gamers. Confirmed game modes include Marathon, …
Read More »Former Valve exec Jason Holtman joins Oculus
Valve’s former director of business is the latest industry veteran to join the virtual reality revolution at Oculus. Jason Holtman will be spearheading Oculus’ business development and developer relations for its Rift headset, much like he did at Valve with Steam. He’ll work with head of platform engineering Marshall Cline …
Read More »FIFA 14 predicts German victory at Brazil World Cup
Germany will win the 2014 World Cup, if EA’s licensed PS3 and Xbox 360 World Cup game is anything to go by. EA simulated the entire tournament in 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, which saw the Germans topple hosts Brazil 2-1 in extra time in the final. Even more astonishingly, …
Read More »Don’t miss out – Games 5s nearly all booked up
Hurry up if you want to take part in the June 24th MCV Games 5s event – there’s just a few spaces left. Book now, by contacting Jess.Farnan@intentmedia.co.uk or call her on 01992 535 646 to join teams including GAME, Koch Media, Bandai Namco, Sega, Creative Assembly, 2K and many …
Read More »Ubisoft and Nvidia confirm Assassin’s Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, The Division and The Crew tie-up
Four of the biggest games heading to PC may well perform better on Nvidia hardware than on AMD. Ubisoft and Nvidia have extended their strategic partnership” that sees the latter’s GameWorks Team work closely with Ubisoft’s developers to maximise the use of GeForce-focused graphics tech such as TXAA antialiasing, HBAO+ …
Read More »VIDEO: Dark Souls II to receive Lost Crowns Trilogy DLC and season pass
Bandai Namco has announced a trio of DLCs for Dark Souls II called The Lost Crowns Trilogy. The content will be released for all three platforms – PS3, Xbox 360 and PC – and offers entirely original areas” with new bosses and loot. Crown of the Sunken King will be …
Read More »Devs get 10% Xbox One GPU boost following Kinect’s disconnect
The latest Xbox One development kits afford programmers in the region of ten per cent additional processing power. That’s because Microsoft’s decision to make Kinect an optional Xbox One peripheral has freed up processing time formerly required to be left aside for system operations associated wit the camera. The additional …
Read More »New mobile game gives money to industry charities
Red Kite Games is launching a free game called Firefly Runner tomorrow (June 5th) for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire. While it will be free, the game is ad-supported. One in-app purchase of 69p will turn the ads off. 15 per cent of money made from the mobile title will …
Read More »First Vine TV app heading to Xbox One
Xbox One users will soon be able to upload video clips to Vine. It’s the first time the short-form video service has been adapted for a TV platform. The console’s Vine app will be able to both upload clips (via the Upload Studio) and view other Vine videos. In total …
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