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Steam’s Early Access program has paid off for yet another studio, as UK-based indie developer Chucklefish has announced its upcoming title Starbound has exceeded 1m copies sold. The studio’s Twitter account revealed the figure, which was gathered in just over a month of availability through the PC digital distribution giant. …
Read More »Halo’s first major Xbox One ‘journey’ still planned for 2014
The Halo franchise’s next major entry is still scheduled to land in 2014, Halo PR manager Rob Semsey has assured. Semsey took to Twitter to quell the noise made over the franchise’s absence from this week’s Xbox Wire post, which mentioned several other upcoming Xbox One titles scheduled to launch …
Read More »Far Cry 2 creative director leaves Valve
Industry veteran Clint Hocking is no longer working at Valve, according to the man’s LinkedIn page. Game Informer points to the former Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2 director’s recently updated profile, which reveals he has departed from his designer post at the firm. Hocking had previously worked for Ubisoft …
Read More »Xbox One sells 3m units worldwide
Microsoft’s Xbox One has surpassed 3m units sold. Xbox corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi revealed the figure yesterday as part of a press announcement, stating that the new console had sold through 3m units across 13 countries prior to the start of the new year. "It’s been incredible to see …
Read More »Standalone DayZ sells 800,000 copies in 18 days
The phenomenal success of the standalone alpha release of DayZ is showing no sign of letting up. Creator Dean Hall has revealed that the game was purchased over 800,000 between release and January 4th – that covers a period of just 18 days on the market. We (Bohemia and I) …
Read More »No Definitive Edition update for PC version of Tomb Raider
PC gamers will not be offered the chance to upgrade their copies of Tomb Raider to the upcoming Definitive Edition version of the game. Some gamers had hoped that the publisher would repeat the offer it laid out for owners of Deus Ex: Human Revolution on PC in allowing them …
Read More »Square Enix Montreal’s next-gen Hitman terminated
UPDATED: Canada studio working on smartphone game, next-gen outing in development at IO Interactive
Read More »AMD claims Mantle offers up to 45% performance boost over DirectX
Upcoming PC API Mantle could offer even bigger performance gains over DirectX than previously thought. WCCFtech reports that when tested on hardware running AMD’s new A8-7600 APU EA shooter Battlefield 4 saw a massive 45 per cent performance boost using Mantle compared to Microsoft’s DirectX. Of course it’s unlikely that …
Read More »UPDATED: Next-gen Hitman cancelled, but series lives on
The online profile of a developer working on IO’s next-gen Hitman game claims the game has been cancelled. Videogamer spotted the news on the LinkedIn profile of senior game designer lists the game as having been cancelled last year. The profile of a second IO member now suggests that an …
Read More »Nintendo dominates Japan’s Christmas software sales
It was certainly a Merry Christmas for Nintendo in Japan. NintendoLife reports that Famitsu figures show that eight of the country’s Top Ten best selling games for the period between December 23rd and December 29th were games for Nintendo systems, with 3DS outing The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds …
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