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SoftBank to relinquish stake in Clash of Clans developer, now valued at $10.2bn
Read More »Crowdfunded survival game ReRoll cancelled
Another crowdfunded game has fallen before the final hurdle, leaving backers out of pocket. ReRoll was the creation of former Ubisoft Montreal devs Julien Cuny and Louis-Pierre Pharand’s studio Pixyl. It’s hook was that it was to use drones and existing data to recreate an accurate map of the entire …
Read More »Tencent to buy Clash of Clans maker Supercell for $8.6bn
Chinese games giant Tencent has just spent big to buy Clash of Clans developer Supercell. The $8.6bn purchase was confirmed by the studio itself following a report by the Wall Street Journal. For that sum, the media giant will purchase a 84.3 per cent state in the Finnish developer. The …
Read More »Indie toys-to-life game Fabulous Beasts changes name to avoid Harry Potter confusion
Kickstarted title Fabulous Beasts has had a change of name following trademark issues with Warner Bros. The latter claimed that the toys-to-life game’s title was too similar to that of the upcoming Harry Potter spin-off movie, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’. Developer Sensible Object thus decided to rename …
Read More »Lovable Hat Cult talks about sex and Apple
Denmark’s Lovable Hat Cult has always made experiences that deal with taboo subjects. The studio rose out of a group of local developers called Copenhagen Game Collective. The projects coming out of this initiative deal with risqu subject matter. One multiplayer title, Dark Room Sex Game, had no visuals. The …
Read More »History Lesson: The story of Burnout
Back in the late ‘90s, Gran Turismo was the No.1 racing game. Although there was a number of unique driving titles, it felt like everyone was following the GT template. But a studio called Criterion wanted to shake up the genre with its new game, Burnout. The title was going …
Read More »NetherRealm will be ‘more aggressive’ with Injustice 2 DLC
Upcoming fighter Injustice 2 will be supported for a longer period with a greater amount of DLC than its predecessor. "One of the things we’ve been doing, trying to do more and more with every game… is to support it for a longer period of time," NetherRealm creative director Ed …
Read More »Northway updates Fantastic Contraption with social VR features
Latest release includes Twitch chat integration, director mode and mixed reality support
Read More »One third of Valve is now developing VR and AR projects
More than 100 staff at PC giant Valve are working on augmented and virtual reality. That’s according to a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) – as reported by Kotaku – with Valve employee Alan Yates, who said that one third of the company is dedicated to its AR and VR …
Read More »A third of Valve’s staff are working on VR – and it’s looking for more
‘I can't imagine working on something of more significance right now,’ says firm’s Alan Yates on importance of headsets such as the Vive
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