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Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans now exists purely to serve Godus. Founding a company, an entity, grounded by the thought that we aren’t just going to go and fill up one idea after another idea. We’re going to be centralizing all of our creativity on one entity, and that entity is Godus,” …
Read More »New Mind Candy mag aims to promote coding for young girls
It’s becoming a thankfully common trend for developers to target kids at a young age in order to teach them more about coding, but rarely is it focused specifically on girls. And yet that’s exactly the target audience for Mind Candy’s Poppet magazine, a new publication dedicated to teaching young …
Read More »Wolfenstein: The New Order brought forward a bit
Bethesda has announced a slight adjustment to the UK and European (and Australian) release date for Wolfenstein: The New Order. The game had originally been scheduled to arrive in our fair lands on May 23rd but will now settle on these shores at the same time it graces North America …
Read More »Warner Bros shines in quiet month: the February charts
February is not traditionally a big sales month, but this year was even quieter than usual. Where in 2013 there was a 1.9m decline in month-on-month sales between January and February, this decrease was to the tune of 16.4m in 2014. This is due to the lack of releases on …
Read More »Microsoft hints at Xbox One digital sharing comeback
The grand digital vision for Xbox One has not been forgotten. That’s the message from Xbox boss Phil Spencer who told GameSpot at GDC that the future for the company’s console remains very much digital-focused. "We believe in a digital future on our box," Spencer said. "I know when I …
Read More »Nvidia reveals the $2,999 GTX Titan Z
The high-end graphics card market has just been redefined. Nvidia has overnight announced the GTX Titan Z – effectively two Titan Black’s on a single card. The monster device houses an incredible 12GB of video RAM and is epcifically engineered for multi-monitor and 5K gaming thanks to its two GK110 …
Read More »Battlefield 4 Naval Strike DLC now delayed on Xbox One
DICE has followed news of a delay to Battlefield 4’s Naval Strike DLC on PC by announcing that it will also be late to Xbox One. The studio says that issues in the animation system that hinder players from engaging targets in set circumstances using popular weapon configurations” is the …
Read More »Zuckerberg: Oculus will be a platform for many other experiences
Once there were PCs. Then there were mobiles. Next there will be virtual reality. That’s the prediction of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who last night told investors following his acquisition of Oculus that the move was made with an eye on the long-term future of computing. [VR is] the next …
Read More »Mark Wood stepping down as Future CEO
Future CEO Mark Wood is to step down, with CFO Zillah Byng-Maddick taking his place. Byng-Maddick was only appointed CFO in November. Wood will remain on the board for the time being. Zillah has been a phenomenon since she came aboard, re-organising the Finance function and transforming the way we …
Read More »Free to Play documentary garners 5.5m viewers on opening weekend
Dota 2 documentary Free to Play had over 5.5m viewers over this past weekend, according to Valve. The company revealed the figure in a statement released this week, further claiming the numbers make it one of the largest debuts of any documentary film.” Free to Play – created internally at …
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