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Indie studio Chucklefish has announced that Starbound has reached a new milestone, having sold more than 2.5 million copies over the Christmas break, six months after it officially launch. The title previously spent two and a half years in Early Access, so there’s a good chance this figure also includes …
Read More »Here’s your first look at Nintendo Switch’s touch screen
Despite reports doing the rounds prior to its reveal, and it being in fact confirmed by Nintendo, we still don’t know much about the touch screen functionality of Switch. But now we have had our first look at how this is handled thanks to footage captured by All Games Beta …
Read More »Former Harmonix COO Florian Hunziker joins Sony
Becomes PlayStation of America's VP of third party relations and developer technology group
Read More »Livingstone and Gibson call for UK government to create British Games Institute
Some of the biggest names in the UK games industry have called for a new organisation, founded with government money, to fund UK games production, culture and education. Industry veteran Ian Livingstone and investment consultant Rick Gibson have announced their blueprint for a new body called the British Games Institute. …
Read More »Livingstone and Gibson call for new UK games investment fund
Both UKIE and TIGA will back the newly proposed British Games Institute scheme to promote cultural, creative and economic impact of games.
Read More »Tekken 7 release date confirmed for June 2nd
Tekken 7 is launching on June 2nd on PS4, Xbox One and PC, Bandai Namco has announced, and will come in multiple editions at retail. The standard Day One version of the game will come with a physical copy of the game and the Eliza character DLC, but there will …
Read More »Halo Wars 2 and Forza Horizon 3 headline new Xbox One S bundles
Microsoft has announced two new Xbox One consoles for the UK: the Xbox One S Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition Bundle (1TB) and the Xbox One S Forza Horizon 3 Bundle. The latter comes in both 1TB and 500GB configurations. The Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition Bundle launches on February …
Read More »Dr Jo Twist: How PM’s ‘industrial pillars’ will play out for the games sector
Response to today’s government announcement on industrial strategy by Dr Jo Twist, OBE, CEO of Ukie. Prime Minister Theresa May today launched the modern Industrial Strategy, a plan of action for a competitive UK that will see the government invest in and review support for innovative “new sectors” and a …
Read More »Ukie’s Jo Twist responds to PM’s ‘Modern Industrial Strategy’
This morning, the Prime Minister Theresa May, will announce proposals for a new industrial strategy, designed to ‘build on Britain’s strengths and tackle its underlying weaknesses’. It will allow businesses to strike new ‘Sector Deals’ to address their specific challenges and opportunities. That means the games industry could request a …
Read More »More SteamVR headsets are on the way, Valve says
Following the release of Valve’s first VR headset in 2016, the company has said that more virtual reality headsets using its Lighthouse tracking tech are in the works. In reply to a question on a Reddit AMA, Valve’s Joe Ludwig outlined progress being made in licensing the firm’s SteamVR Tracking …
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