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Custom controller manufacturer Scuf Gaming has received investment from H.I.G. Growth Partners. Scuf is known for making controllers that feature paddles on the back to make certain actions easier. These controllers have become the standard in many console based eSports, such as Call of Duty, with almost every pro player …
Read More »InnoGames increased revenue by 25 per cent in 2016
German mobile and browser game studio InnoGames increased its revenue by 25 per cent last year, taking it to a record high of €130m (around 112m), the company revealed today in its 2016 financial report. In its mobile business, InnoGames beat last year’s revenue results by 68 per cent, stating …
Read More »Fun, Freedom and Beauty – Inside Playground Games
Sean Cleaver sat down with Playground Games’ Ralph Fulton to talk about the history of the studio, the mindset to their development and their future.
Read More »YouTuber NepentheZ pleads guilty to FIFA gambling accusations
FIFA YouTuber Craig ‘NepentheZ’ Douglas and business partner Dylan Rugby have pleaded guilty to charges of gambling they previously rejected, the BBC reported yesterday. After the BBC broke the news, Douglas took some time to explain the situation on Twitter (see below), saying he’ll upload a video in due course …
Read More »Koch Media and Milestone sign distribution partnership
Koch Media has announced a new distribution partnership with Italian developer and publisher Milestone. The partnership will begin with the release of the next entry in Milestone’s MXGP franchise, MXGP3 – The Official Motocross Videogame, and will see Koch Media being the exclusive distributor of all Milestone’s 2017 titles. After …
Read More »Nintendo has "mastered" the Unreal Engine, says Miyamoto
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has said the company’s internal development teams have "mastered" the Unreal Engine, according to VentureBeat. Speaking at a Q&A session with investors in Kyoto, Miyamoto reportedly spoke at length about how the team had been experimenting with the popular game engine and how the Switch had been …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 update available now
Ubisoft has announced that the first free update from Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 is now available for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Year 2 pass holders can download the Operation Velvet Shell update from today, but non-season pass holders will have to wait until February 14th before they can …
Read More »Fire Emblem Heroes made $2.9m on Day One, says new report
Fire Emblem Heroes, Nintendo’s latest mobile game, made $2.9m on its first day, according to mobile data firm Sensor Tower, after being downloaded over 2m times on Android and iOS. That’s still some way behind Nintendo’s first app, Super Mario Run, which Sensor Tower estimates grossed $8.4m in revenue on …
Read More »Cultural Diversity’s Positive Impact
SuperData’s Stephanie Llamas investigates the reasons racial and ethnic diversity are underrepresented in games, and the effects that this has on their audiences
Read More »Mass Effect Andromeda: Everything you need to know, release date, free trial, price, pre-order deals, season pass, PS4 Pro support and official merchandise
Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy was one of the most popular sci-fi series of the last generation. Now the Canadian studio’s finally bringing its grand space opera to PS4, Xbox One and PC. Dubbed Mass Effect Andromeda, the latest entry in its intergalactic RPG series promises a world four times the …
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