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The For Honor leaves to be director of design for the Guild Wars 2 developer
Read More »Jason VandenBerghe leaves Ubisoft for ArenaNet
Dion DiMucci goes legal with Bethesda over Fallout 4 ad
Singer Dion DiMucci is taking Bethesda to court over the use of his song ‘The Wanderer’ in an ad for Fallout 4. Kotaku reports that DiMucci believes the game depicts repugnant and morally indefensible images” of violence that offer no redeeming value”. As a result, he has taken exception to …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot reboot grabs second No.1
Nostalgic platforming remake Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy is the UK’s No.1 for the second week in a row. Activision’s title remains immovable despite week two sales dropping by over three quarters. In doing so it becomes the first PS4 exclusive to hold onto successive chart top spots since Uncharted 4 …
Read More »Oculus Rift price drops to £399 with Touch for six weeks
Oculus has announced another price drop for its virtual reality headset as part of its Summer of Rift sale, taking the cost of a headset and Touch controller bundle to just 399. That’s another 200 off its initial price cut, and puts it within just 50 of Sony’s PlayStation VR …
Read More »Develop Awards 2017 Partner Spotlight: Testronic
COO of the QA specialist Testronic, Keith Ramsdale, reflects on the impact VR, AR, esports and the rise of freemium have had on the QA sector.
Read More »Ubisoft to appoint two new directors, giving board independent majority
Ubisoft has revealed its intention to expand its board of directors with two new members, the publisher announced yesterday, taking the total number of board members to 11 should they get approved. Crucially, the appointments of Corinne Fernandez-Handelsman and Virginie Haas will both be as independent directors, meaning Ubisoft’s board …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Origins is getting a comic series and novel
Ubisoft has revealed an extensive number of publishing ventures that will arrive alongside its upcoming Assassin’s Creed Origins later this year. The game will be accompanied by a novel, a comic miniseries, and official guide and an art book. The book, written by Oliver Bowden, is called Assassin’s Creed Origins …
Read More »Outright partners with Cartoon Network for Adventure Time and Ben 10 games
Oh my glob! Publisher Outright Games has announced that it is to release games based on Adventure Time and Ben 10 after signing a partnership with Cartoon Network. Few specifics are known about the games. The Adventure Time outing appears to be a mystery game of some sort, and the …
Read More »Rocket League boosts to 33 million players
Psyonix release new stats to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the breakout hit
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has Early Access period extended
2017’s biggest surprise hit will spend a bit longer in Early Access than had been previously expected. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was released in March and from the off developer Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene has insisted that the title would exit Early Access within six months. That target is now going to be …
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