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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 …
Read More »iOS developers can now implement paid app subscriptions
Auto-renewal, tiers and up to 85 per cent revenue among the offerings for mobile creators
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved paid DLC rustles feathers
Early Access title Ark: Survival Evolved is currently bearing the brunt of a player backlash after developer Studio Wildcard announced plans for the game’s first premium expansion. The game arrived in Early Access in June 2015, where it remains. Despite being officially pre-release, however, the developer has in the meantime …
Read More »Director of localisation firm 8-4 joins Mizuguchi’s Enhance Games
Mark MacDonald will lead business development and production at Rez creator’s studio
Read More »Sony boss: Pokemon Go is a game-changer
PlayStation is to renew its focus on mobile gaming. Having not long ago abandoned what can probably fairly be described as its half-hearted PlayStation Mobile venture, Sony bozz Kaz Hirai has now told The Financial Times that the success of Pokemon Go has led to a change of heart at …
Read More »Bance is our MVP of Call of Duty XP
Call of Duty XP had it all. There was the outstanding stage setup, excellent production with some of the top broadcasting talent in the world, even a performance from Snoop Dogg, but the real highlight was the in-game action itself, which threw up some incredible stories. Read more on Red …
Read More »Opinion: Crowdfunding is key to growing the FGC
Some esports made it big financially through support from their game developers or from third parties like sponsors. The fighting game community (FGC) is looking in a different direction: crowdfunding. Read more on ESPN >>>
Read More »A look back at League of Legends revolutionaries CJ Entus
Last week, Korean League of Legends lost one of its stalwarts. With their loss to ESC Ever in the 2017 Spring LCK Promotion tournament, CJ Entus has bit the final bullet. The original great Korean squad is gone. Let’s honor them with a trip down memory lane, to a time …
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