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Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Premier appoints new senior publicist
Bradley makes the leap to PR, Supermassive Gamesstrengthens its VR team and Wargaming hires a new head of marketing. Premier hires new senior publicist Former journalist Lee Bradley has joined Premier PR as a senior publicist. He previously worked for the likes of Xbox Achievements and PlayStation Trophies. Dom Peppiattis …
Read More »Overwatch servers down following potential Lizard Squad DDoS attack
Blizzard has once again come under attack from hacking group Lizard Squad. The collective appears to have DDoS’d the publisher’s servers for its new online shooter Overwatch. One member of Lizard Squad, AppleJ4ck has claimed alluded to being responsible for the outage (below). DDoS, or a Distributed Denial of Service, …
Read More »Team17 on becoming more than just ‘that Worms studio’
For decades, the name ‘Team17” would inevitably conjure up memories of exploding sheep, that infectious theme song and a series of squeaky voiced invertebrates screaming ‘incoming’. Worms defined the UK studio for two decades, a period in which over 20 Worms titles were released. Today, Team17 is becoming better known …
Read More »Warcraft is now the highest-grossing video game film ever
Duncan Jones’ Warcraft may not have been a critical darling, but it is now the most successful game movie of all time. According to Box Office Mojo, the film has generated $377.6m globally since its debut. This is more successful than Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time which made …
Read More »Rantmedia wins top honour at BAFTA Cymru Games Awards
Studio scores big prize with TV Sports Soccer, three commendations awarded to Thud Media
Read More »Team 17 responds to Allison Road cancellation
Publisher Team 17 has had its say on the cancellation of Allison Road, although nothing new is revealed in the statement. After a long consideration between Lilith owner Chris Kesler and ourselves, we have reached a mutual agreement to end our collaboration on publishing Allison Road under Team17’s Games label,” …
Read More »Bethesda combats Fallout 4 console mod piracy with mandatory Steam login
PC creators had complained their work was being plagiarised on Xbox One
Read More »Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft helping make Zelda
Nintendo’s new Zelda Breath of the Wild is being made with the help of Xenoblade Chronicles X studio Monolith Soft. That’s according to Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto who, speaking to Game Informer, said that over 100 people are helping make the new Zelda title for Wii U and NX. The long-awaited …
Read More »No Man’s Sky keeps its name after legal tussle with Sky TV
Upcoming space sim No man’s Sky has avoided the need to change its name. Hello Games boss Sean Murray has revealed that the studio has settled a three-year legal dispute with BskyB, which felt it had ownership of the term ‘Sky’. Indeed, so protective is it of the word the …
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