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The co-creator of hit indie game Virginia says he would love to see it become a TV show or film. The story-driven title, by developer Variable State, draws heavy inspiration from 1990s TV programmes such as Twin Peaks and The X-Files. Thus, co-creator Jonathan Burroughs says it makes ‘complete sense’ …
Read More »Read about the Games Media Awards winners in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV has seven pages dedicated to the Games Media Awards, as the UK games press celebrated the sector’s best journalism and personalities earlier this week. We also speak to anti-piracy firm Denuvo about its war against games pirates and to Trion Worlds’ CEO Scott Hartsman about his debut …
Read More »ERA: 77% of UK players prefer boxed games
Digital may be the biggest sector in video games, but research from the Entertainment Retailers Association says that 77.1 per cent of UK consumers prefer their games in boxes. Writing for MCV, ERA boss Kim Bayley explained that British gamers are hugely in favour of physical releases for a variety …
Read More »Robinson: The Journey will hit PSVR next month
Crytek’s upcoming dinosaur VR experience, Robinson: The Journey will launch on PSVR next month. While no date was ever given for the title before now many assumed that it would be a launch title for PSVR, which launched today. Instead it will miss the launch by a few weeks, hitting …
Read More »PC market down for eighth consecutive quarter
PC shipments have dropped 5.7 per cent, year-on-year.
Read More »Future’s purchase of Imagine is going ahead
The proposed acquisition of Imagine Publishing by Future has been given the green light. The Competition and Markets Authority has given the deal the go-ahead after wanting to take a closer look at its implications. Central to this investigation was a concern that the science fiction magazine market would take …
Read More »The Steam controller has almost hit the one million units sold mark
According to Valve the Steam controller is on course to hit the one million units sold milestone early next year. That would put the controller at one million units sold in just over 12 months, after having launched in November 2015. The Steam controller proved divisive upon its launch. Some …
Read More »A new controller for the HTC Vive was shown off at Steam Dev Days
At the Steam Dev Days event Valve demoed a new prototype controller for the HTC Vive. Information on the new controller is thin on the ground, as the event is only for developers and not press. The only real information that we have to go on is that players can …
Read More »Future Samsung TV’s will have the Steam Link built in
Valve’s Steam Link device will be built into future Samsung TV’s, removing the need to buy an extra piece of hardware to stream games to your living room. The Steam Link box allows you to stream PC games to a TV via your internal network, making it easy to play …
Read More »CCP cracks down on Eve Online gambling sites
The company behind Eve Online is latest firm to go on the attack against video game gambling sites. In a post on its development blog, CCP said it was making changes to Eve Online’s End User License Agreement (EULA), specifically the section about buying items and object. The firm has …
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