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Romania might not be known for its gaming scene, yet it’s actually behind one of the biggest franchises of all time. FIFA is (in part) being developed by EA Bucharest, alongside the firm’s flagship studio in Canada. And it’s not the only triple-A developer in the country, as mobile giant …
Read More »Profits fall 81 per cent at GAME
GAME Digital has seen profits for the year fall to 4.9m, down 81 per cent the 25.8m reported in the previous year. Sales dropped from 866.6m to 822.5m, a 5.1 per cent decline. Adjusted profit fell 56.8 per cent to 16.4m. The board has approved a final share dividend of …
Read More »FC Schalke 04 hosting 5 day League of Legends scouting event
FC Schalke 04 will host the Schalke 04 Scouting Days 2016, aiming to discover talent for its League of Legends team. The five day event will take place at the Gelsenkirchen’s VELTINS Arena, with Shackle scouts watching players’ every move. The five best performers over the week will be sent …
Read More »Oculus removes GearVR support for the defective Galaxy Note 7
Oculus: "Customer safety is Oculus' top priority."
Read More »Valve’s SteamVR Tracking technology now has 300 licensees
Royalty-free technology has had a successful first two months
Read More »Carmack says VR can’t rely on novelty for long
Virtual reality developers will need to step up and start offering titles that offer more than just a novelty appeal. That’s according to Oculus CTO and industry veteran John Carmack, who told an audience at Oculus Connect that the appeal of the new cannot be the sole selling point of …
Read More »Facebook hire EA’s Rachel Rubin Franklin for social VR team
Franklin has been with EA since 2011 before departing for new Facebook role
Read More »Samsung is reportedly unable to recreate the exploding Note 7 issue
Samsung has not been able to get any of its Note 7 devices to catch fire and explode, despite hundreds of people working on the issue. A source working on the project told the New York Times that Samsung urged hundreds of employees to quickly diagnose the problem,” once they …
Read More »There are now over 10,000 games on Steam
Valve has announced that there is now over 10,000 games on its Steam distribution platform. Valve announced the figure at its Steam Dev Days event, saying that over the last 10 years more than 10,000 games have hit the PC, Mac and Linux. While this news is great for Valve, …
Read More »Cuphead has been delayed until mid 2017
Cuphead, the upcoming platformer that looks like a 1930’s cartoon, has been delayed into 2017, after originally being set for a 2016 launch. The title will now appear on Xbox One, Windows 10 and Steam in mid 2017. Hey everyone, we wanted to finish our game 80 years after 1936 …
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