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Developers will be able to use SteamVR beta to develop for the platform using an external GPU
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Why Studio Wildcard is bringing Ark: Survival Evolved to retail
As Ark: Survival Evolved gets ready to leave Early Access, Katharine Byrne speaks with Wildcard Studio’s co-founder Jeremy Stieglitz about its upcoming retail release, which is being distributed in the UK by Exertis. Ark’s seen a huge amount of success since it first launched in 2015 – how does the …
Read More »Bethesda is working on a ‘bleeding-edge triple-A freemium game’
The terms ‘triple-A’ and ‘freemium’ still don’t often go hand-in-hand, but it looks like that’s a route Bethesda is intent on exploring. IGN reports that a job listing for Bethesda’s Montreal studio is advertising for a game performance manager… to join the team that is pushing the bleeding-edge AAA freemium …
Read More »YouTube outlines monetisation restrictions on violent content
Videos that show montages of gratuitous violence” face an advertising block on YouTube. Creators of content focusing on titles such as Call of Duty recently claimed to have suffered huge revenue dips, and a lack of transparency from Google – which is in the midst of an advertiser crisis – …
Read More »Sony talks PS4 vs Xbox: "Europe is fortress PlayStation"
The PS4 has sold three times the amount of the Xbox One in Europe, according to Sony exec Jim Ryan. "It’s been pleasing that in North America, we’ve been 2-to-1 against Xbox," he told Time. "But in Europe, it’s really been fortress PlayStation by at least 3-to-1 in unit sales. …
Read More »Apple finally goes big on VR
The Mac has become the latest big platform to support virtual reality, with Apple confirming a new partnership with HTC Vive and SteamVR. While SteamVR was the headline name at Apple’s WWDC showcase last night, compatibility with Oculus Rift and OSVR HDK 2.0 has also been confirmed. Other upcoming PC …
Read More »Facebook to hold first public activation at E3 2017
For the first time ever, Facebook will have a public presence at E3, the company has announced. Taking place between June 13th and 15th, the company will be hosting a public consumer activation in West Hall to celebrate Facebook’s worldwide gaming community. Dubbed ‘Raise Your Game,’ Facebook’s E3 activation will …
Read More »PSVR hits 1m sales worldwide
Sony’s global game development chief Shawn Layden has confirmed the company’s sold more than one million PlayStation VR units worldwide, according to a new interview with Time. The virtual reality headset, which launched globally last November, reached 90,000 units in February, but limited supply has constrained sales ever since Day …
Read More »PCGamesN: ‘We want to be No.1 in PC games’
What a difference five years makes. When PCGamesN first launched in June 2012, traffic figures were “just dreadful,” creative director Tim Edwards (pictured right, with editorial director Joel Gregory) tells MCV. “It was really hard, like, just, incredibly hard,” he says. “We had a pretty good E3, but then the …
Read More »Loading and Checkpoint: A new dawn for games magazines?
We’ve been told for ages that magazines aren’t relevant anymore, that the internet is killing print. And yet, despite all the odds, games magazines are still here, fighting against the online invaders. Whether it’s Edge, Retro Gamer, GamesMaster, GamesTM, or even MCV, every one of them has been challenging the …
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