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Sales of virtual reality hardware has almost ground to a halt, according to a new survey. The study, spotted byVentureBeat, shows the number of Steam users that acquired a HTC Vive only grew 0.3 per cent in July and was flat in August. Similarly, growth from Oculus Rift’s Steam userbase …
Read More »Epsilon eSports replace Natus Vincere in ECS Development League
Epsilon eSports has replaced Natus Vincere in the ECS CS:GO Developmental League as the latter pulled out of the competition at the last minute. Epsilon will now play in the developmental league portion of the ECS Season 2 competition, competing against seven other European CS:GO team to try and book …
Read More »Tokyo 42 goes multiplatform
UPDATE: Mode 7 has confirmed that the game will be multiplatform, including Xbox One, with a simultaneous release. The headline has been amended accordingly. ORIGINAL STORY: Isometric action title Tokyo 42 will arrive on PS4 as well as PC, Mode 7 has announced. It has a release date of early …
Read More »Uncharted film delayed once again
The film adaptation of Sony’s Uncharted series has hit development trouble once more. Forbes reports that production of the movie has now been ongoing for eight years, with plans first unveiled back in early 2008, shortly after the release of the first game. In 2014, a summer 2016 release date …
Read More »Titanfall 2 won’t be on EA Access
Respawn’s upcoming multiplayer shooter Titanfall 2 won’t be included in the usual EA Access or Origin Access promotions. It has become customary for EA’s titles to arrive first for service subscribers, and also at a discount. That’s all alongside the free trial, too. However, GameReactor has confirmed what appeared to …
Read More »50 Bravia Smart TVs are losing YouTube access
Owners of a number of Sony Bravia Smart TVs released throughout 2012 will see the in-built YouTube app vanish at the end of the month. 9to5Google reports that a recent change to the YouTube HTTPS encryption API has rendered it incompatible with a number of Bravia models, with owners complaining …
Read More »40 jobs lost in Wooga restructure
Germany-based games firm Wooga has been struck by a series of layoffs that see 40 staff dismissed from the company. The layoffs were part of an internal restructure,GamesIndustryreports, chipping away at the mobile firm’s previous headcount of 300 people. Following these job cuts, Wooga will now be formed from three …
Read More »IGDA launches Career Center
New website designed to help devs find employment and new opportunities
Read More »No Man’s Sky dev confirms community and support team appointment
A player-facing community team has been installed at No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games. The long-awaited title had a tremendously successful launch but has since been beset by a vocal and at time quite vicious reaction from the community, parts of which feel that the game has failed to live …
Read More »Endemol explains its video games push
Endemol Shine making video games is not entirely new. The firm, famous for Masterchef, Big Brother and a whole lot more, has been making games for a long time. It’s recently developed titles based on Pointless, Mr Bean and even created its own IP, the ninja brawler Black & White …
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