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A brand new development studio is being opened in San Francisco by Warner Bros. The studio will be tasked with making high-quality, free-to-play, mobile, social and browser-based games” and will be led by Warner Bros Entertainment’s senior VP of digital games Greg Ballard. It will also oversee publishing of all …
Read More »What does $330m get you? 40% of developer Epic
Chinese web giant Tencent paid $330 million for a 40 per cent stake in Epic Games in July last year, the company has revealed. Initially announced as acquiring a minority stake” in the Gears of War developer last July, Tencent has now disclosed the full details of the investment in …
Read More »Blizzard unveils cross-platform card battler Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Free-to-play card battler Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has been announced by Blizzard.The game will be cross platform across PC, Mac and iPad. It takes the established card battle format and injects it with a dose of the popular Warcraft IP. It will be debuted this weekend at US event PAX …
Read More »Tencent acquired 40% of Epic Games for $330m
Investment enables Chinese firm to nominate directors to the board
Read More »International Factfile: UAE
The United Arab Emirates is one of the richest regions in the Middle East, and one that is home to a promising video games market. An avid gaming community is catered for by several specialist games retailers. The passion of this customer base can be seen at events like Metal …
Read More »UPDATED: Edge editor Wiltshire is leaving Future
Alex Wiltshire, the current editor of Future’s Edge magazine, is to leave the publication at the end of the month. The news comes from upcoming games conference Launch, which says Wiltshire is leaving to work as a freelance writer and consultant on video games for developers and institutions including the …
Read More »UPDATED: HMV slashes Wii U Premium to just £199.99
Nintendo’s Wii U is currently on sale for an all-time low price on the UK High Street. HMV is selling the Wii U Premium bundle including copies of both NintendoLand and Ubisoft’s ZombiU for just 199.99. That’s a 140 discount on the RRP. In-store POS confirming the price was spotted …
Read More »Read the definitive guide to Q2 new releases in the latest MCV
This latest MCV–which isnow available to view online– details all of the hottest releases coming in the next few months, including The Last of Us and Remember Me. We also discuss retail’s fears for Wii U and how Nintendo plans to calm them, as well as the rise of indie …
Read More »PS4 gets Unity game engine support
Unity has sign a new partnership with Sony to bring its game engine to the PS4 and all other Sony PlayStation platforms. As well as supporting the home console, the deal means that developers will now be able to use Unity for the PS Vita, PlayStation Mobile and Sony’s upcoming …
Read More »Quantic Dream "categorically refused" to put gun-touting Ellen Page on cover
Beyond: Two Souls developer Quantic Dream has admitted it was asked to depict the game’s female star holding a gun on the cover of the game. Such a depiction would betray the game’s real content, the studio felt, and as a result it rebutted the request and fortunately emerged triumphant. …
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