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New Fall Creators update allows support for MR headsets with the hardware due to lsunch on the same day
Read More »Windows 10 Mixed Reality update due October 17
Community Centre: Chris Roberts and Blue Byte say Gamescom is all about community
While E3 has started experimenting with letting consumers onto its show floor, with inevitable teething problems around the most popular stands, Gamescom has long had a model that works well – giving trade a dedicated space to strike deals, while allowing game creators to really get to grips with their communities …
Read More »Shadow of War DLC character to raise money for developers family
WB Games to donate $3.50 of every purchase to the family through to December 31st, 2019
Read More »Developing Beyond: The Finalists
Epic Games’ Developing Beyond competition has now entered its final phase and the final three games have been chosen. Jem Alexander speaks to the finalists to find out how the process has been, and discover what it’s like to collaborate with a scientific researcher on their projects
Read More »A torrent of video: IGN and Facebook on Gamescom 2017
Video is now the lingua franca of gaming coverage – and at this year’s Gamescom it came, as ever, in a myriad of forms: studio-style news coverage and interviews, game preview footage, live gameplay streams, esports coverage, or the numerous chattier, personality-driven formats that proliferate on YouTube and Twitch. Of course, …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Green Man Gaming, Sold Out, PlayStack and more
In this week’s roundup: Green Man Gaming hires new performance marketing EVP, Ukie’s Blackwell becomes theMayor of London’s first chief digital officer, a new marketing director arrives at Sold Out, PlayStack gets new COO and board director,Koch Media’s Scarborough joins Improbable and Ukie welcomes three new members. Green Man Gaming …
Read More »Gamescom review, Golden Joysticks, Oculus and Merge Games headline this week’s MCV
After a record-breaking Gamescom, we look at the core drivers of its success in this week’s issue of MCV. The potential resurgence of Xbox, the importance of video and using events to strengthen community relations were all key to this year’s edition. We talk to Xbox, IGN, Facebook and more …
Read More »Koch Media and Codemasters extend publishing and distribution partnership
A year and a half after the beginning of their collaboration, distributor Koch Media and racing games developer and publisher Codemasters announced the renewal of their partnership. The new deal will see the collaboration carry on for another two years. The details of the agreement will remain the same: this …
Read More »FIFA 17 tops monthly UK console digital charts again
Another month, another No.1 for FIFA 17. Once again, EA’s football behemoth has topped the monthly console digital charts in the UK, generating 6.92m in revenue in July. Sales for the title were down 16 per cent month-on-month though, as other titles in the Top Ten grew. Rockstar’s Grand Theft …
Read More »Super Meat Boy Forever and No More Heroes headline Nintendo’s Switch indie showcase
Nintendo broadcast its summer Nindies Showcase last night and announced 20 new titles coming to the Switch. Among the announcements, a sequel to indie hit Super Meat Boy (pictured) was unveiled, simply entitled Super Meat Boy Forever. It will launch on the Switch in 2018 as a timed-exclusive, before releasing …
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