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Kuju has announced it will be adding new virtual and augmented reality services to the company, as well as ramping up its work-for-hire division. Under the leadership of former SIEE London Studio producer Brynley Gibson, Kuju will be expanding its VR and AR projects to help brands and enterprises beyond …
Read More »1-2-Switch strong enough to warrant standalone release, says Nintendo’s Takahashi
Switch director and general manager Shinya Takahashi has defended Nintendo’s decision to keep Switch launch title 1-2-Switch as a separate piece of software rather than tie-in bundle title. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, he said the quality of the title was good enough for it to stand apart …
Read More »Steam Direct to replace Steam Greenlight this spring
Valve has announced it will be replacing its Steam Greenlight service with a new distribution system known as Steam Direct this spring. Steam Direct will completely replace Steam Greenlight, but Valve has said it will still allow Greenlight titles to be added up to two weeks before Steam Direct goes …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V reclaims UK No.1, Nioh debuts at No.2
Grand Theft Auto V has shot back to the top of the UK games charts, ending the reign of Capcom’s Resident Evil VII to claim its twelfth UK No.1. Sales of Take-Two’s mega hit rose 1 per cent week-on-week, and it’s now one of just five titles to claim at …
Read More »EA okays fan revival of shuttered RTS Battleforge entitled Skylords Reborn
fans to strip out microtransactions, claim title will never be pay to play or pay to win
Read More »Do we need a British Games Institute?
In the last few years, video games have come a long way in terms of working with government. Thanks to the tireless work of certain members of our industry, UK video games have received tax relief (VGTR) since 2014. And thanks to the Livingstone-Hope report, we now have coding on …
Read More »Splatoon 2 to receive global testfire on Switch from March 24th
Nintendo’s inky online shooter Splatoon 2 is getting an early demo on Switch at the end of March. The game itself isn’t due to launch until sometime this summer, but Nintendo will be holding its first ‘global testfire’ for the game between March 24th and March 26th, giving players another …
Read More »Valve boss Newell decries Trump immigration ban, talks future of International esports event
""We have people who work at Valve who can’t go home. They've been here for years."
Read More »Twitch’s new Communities to help aid discoverability
Twitch has launched its new Communities feature, an open beta directory that allows creators and viewers to discover and share content based on their interests more easily. The service, which starts today, will supplement Twitch’s existing directory, but will also allow users to organise their profiles into interest or activity-based …
Read More »Humble Bundle announces move into publishing
Seven titles already on Humble's slate
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