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Techland’s fantasy battler Hellraid has officially gone next-gen. The game was announced last year for PS3 and Xbox 360 but has now been confirmed instead for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC some time later this year. It’s powered by the same engine behind Techland’s other upcoming first person …
Read More »Glu Mobile acquires PlayFirst
Free-to-play mobile game developer and publisher Glu Mobile has acquired Diner Dash studio PlayFirst. As part of the deal Glu will take on Playfirst’s debts of $3.55m. The acquisition is expected to be officially completed by the end of May. The casual game studio’s Dash series of titles, which includes …
Read More »McGee: Xbox One will fail in China
Developer American McGee has described Microsoft’s decision to release Xbox in China as a ‘blunder’. China-based McGee, the creator of titles such as Alice: Madness Returns and Bad Day LA, is the second vocal critic of the strategy after analyst Piers Harding-Rolls said yesterday that success was not guaranteed” in …
Read More »The UK download chart is dead
The UK PC download chart has collapsed, MCV understands. It officially launched in May last year, but hasn’t been seen since MCV published the statistics for Q2 2013 last October. The chart was put together by UKIE and stat giant IPSOS. To build it they would receive data from publishers …
Read More »Hitman Go and Spider-Man top UK App Store charts
Square Enix’s bald killer made it to the top of the UK iPhone paid chart last week. This is Hitman Go’s first week at No.1 – it debuted last week at No.2 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 leads the way in the iPad paid charts, no doubt helped by the film …
Read More »Unreal Engine 4.1: Building up a behemoth
Epic Games' Ray Davis, general manager for UE, talks us through the improvements to the high-end engine
Read More »Ten cars and five tracks included in free PS+ DriveClub edition; 1080p/30fps confirmed
Evolution Studios has detailed exactly what gamers will get in the free version of DriveClub that will be available to PlayStation Plus subscribers. The PS Plus Edition of the game will be available on the same day as the full release," game director Paul Rustchynsky said on the PlayStation Blog. …
Read More »Mario Kart 8 Wii U (including extra game) is £200 at Tesco
A Premium Wii U with two games for 200 is exactly what Nintendo should be talking about. And that’s what is available right now from Tesco for those who use a (likely limited time) discount code. Tesco Direct is offering the Mario Kart 8 Premium Wii U bundle for 219.99. …
Read More »Over 1,000 developers self-publish on PlayStation
More than 100 indie games in the works for PS4 and Vita
Read More »Exclusive IP remains a key strategy for Xbox
With a decent line-up of exclusive games both already available and on the way, it’s perhaps no surprise, of course. But Xbox boss Phil Spencer has stressed once again that the development, publishing and availability of exclusive games on Xbox One is an actively pursued strategy at Microsoft. Exclusive games …
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