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Read More »Games Media Awards Past Winners: Eurogamer
As we head towards the GMA 2016 Awards on October 10th MCV looks back on some of the key highlights of the event. Here we speak to Eurogamer editor Oli Welsh. His team has been a regular on the stage at the Games Media Awards over the past 10 year… …
Read More »Nintendo buys distribution network JESNET ahead of NX launch
Platform holder Nintendo announced yesterday that it has purchased a 70 per cent share in Japan Entertainment Software Sales Network for $46.5m (35.2m). JESNET is a production and distribution network, which has already been working with Nintendo for the past few years. As part of this acquisition move, Nintendo will …
Read More »Another game using Denuvo anti-piracy technology has been cracked
After years of being famously secure, one of the most famous PC anti-piracy systems Denuvo may be in trouble. Torrent Freak reports that Inside, which uses the software, was cracked just six weeks after its launch by piracy group CONSPIR4CY. Until recently, Denuvo was seen as breakable with Chinese piracy …
Read More »Free Russian version of Halo has been cancelled
Halo Online has not made it to release. This free-to-play PC multiplayer version of Halo was set to be released exclusively for the Russian market later this year. A member of Halo Online’s social media team says on Russian social network VK that they were waiting for news from Halo …
Read More »CryEngine 5.2 adds FBX import, simplifies project creation
Latest version of Crytek’s tools available to download now
Read More »Digital to physical: the rise of video games-themed board games
Bloodborne, XCOM, Minecraft, Civilization, Street Fighter, Doom, This War of Mine, The Witcher, Plague Inc… The list is quite endless: board games based on video games are unquestionably on the rise. And we’re not even talking about all the Monopoly editions. It seems that every single successful game out there …
Read More »THQ Nordic explains its rebrand
THQ has been heavily tied to Nordic Games’ growth. Before the European publisher bought a number of IPs from the bankrupt THQ, no-one really knew who it was. The day we announced we were making acquisitions from THQ, there were a number of headlines like: ‘Who the fuck is Nordic …
Read More »Xbox One S, Windows 10 and FIFA: Microsoft’s battle for Europe
Aaron Greenberg, head of Xbox Games Marketing, talks new hardware, FIFA 17, eSports and Pokmon Go. Xbox One S 2TB has sold out in most markets now. Can we read much into this? We had a massive briefing at E3 where we revealed two new consoles, a lot of games …
Read More »Steam Spy restores sales data removed after developer requests
The owner of unofficial data tracker Steam Spy has re-added sales information for games that developers had previously requested it remove. That’s according to a series of posts on Twitter (below) from the service’s official account in which owner Sergey Galvonkin asked whether he should stop honouring requests by developers …
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