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Read More »Skybound commences work on Telltale’s The Walking Dead
US charts – Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 beats Red Dead Redemption 2 to No.1
Following its strong October debut, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 instantly became the best-selling game of the year in the US
Read More »InXile CEO: ‘In order for us to survive we’ve got to do good games’
"The deck is more stacked in our favour than it ever has been"
Read More »Valve responds to players angered by Artifact’s ‘pay for everything’ monetisation model
"I'm just so saddened by the greed Valve is showing"
Read More »Remedy and Wargaming alumni unite to form new Helsinki studio, Redhill Games
"I'm confident our best games are still ahead of us"
Read More »A game is for life, not just Christmas: managing the lifecycle of your release
For good reason, Christmas continues to dominate the gaming year. But it’s not the only opportunity around. MCV talks to the experts at Sold Out about how they manage the lifecycle of a game throughout the year across both physical and digital channels
Read More »Oculus becomes a division of ‘Facebook Technologies’
There’s "no change or impact" on the Oculus brand or business
Read More »Activision defends deliberate decision not to subtitle cutscenes in Spyro Reignited Collection
Activision has responded to criticism that Spyro Reignited Collection lacks subtitled cutscenes by stating there is "no industry standard for subtitles". Gaming blog GamePitt (via GamesIndustry.biz) reported that while there are instructional subtitles when you’re talking to NPCs, "when you enter any of the newly created pre-rendered cutscenes, there are …
Read More »Microsoft rumoured to be releasing a disc-less Xbox One console in 2019
A "disc-to-digital" program will permit players to exchange physical games for digital codes
Read More »Star Citizen crowdfund hits $200 million
"It's beyond anything I could have imagined in my wildest dreams"
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