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Another ‘fest’ will take place at August’s Insomnia58 event, organiser Multiplayhas announced. League Fest will take over a 6,500 square metre hall at Birmingham’s NEC and run from August 26th to 29th. The festival will feature live tournaments featuring former pro players, merchandise, cosplay and ‘special guests’. Tickets will start …
Read More »New God of War game influenced by cancelled Star Wars TV show
Sony’s new God of War title appears to have been influenced by stories from a galaxy far, far away. Speaking to GamesBeat, the game’s creative director Cory Barlog said that the new God of War’s more thoughtful and quiet tone was influenced by a cancelled Star Wars TV series. Barlog …
Read More »VR needs a defining title, Warner Interactive president says
The industry is still waiting for the game that will set the VR pulse racing with consumers. That’s according to Warner Bros Interactive president David Haddad, who hopes that VR’s first big hit is just around the corner. If you look at platforms and how they scale and when they …
Read More »Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival is a PlayStation exclusive for six months
The new version of Kick Off is only exclusive to PlayStation platforms for six months, it has been confirmed. The PlayStation exclusivity was announced back in October, but the six-month period was only confirmed yesterday toVideogamerby a spokesperson for the game. Publisher Maximum Games did not specify any release date …
Read More »Rez Infinite will be a PlayStation VR launch title
The launch of PlayStation VR will be bolstered by the day one presence of a fan favourite. Developer Enhance Games has confirmed that Rez Infinite will be a launch title for the device on October 13th. Rez Infinite was announced last December. It’s a reworking of the original running at …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: South Korea
The South Korean market is mainly driven by digital sales and online PC titles, the two being obviously closely linked. Data firm Euromonitor reports that, in 2014, online PC games accounted for 65 per cent of the overall $2.2bn (1.5bn) digital sales. Revenues generated by PC games increased by 16.9 …
Read More »The Last Guardian dev Fumito Ueda on maintaining a consistent vision for a decade
'I always take a point of reminding myself periodically: ‘What was the game I wanted to play?'' says creator of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus
Read More »Microsoft cuts Xbox One to £199.99
One particular Xbox One SKU can be had for the tidy sum of just 199.99 on the Xbox.com store right now. The FIFA 16 bundle, which includes EA’s game and the 500GB version of the console, is currently the same price as the Xbox 360 on Microsoft’s store. It has …
Read More »TinyBuild and G2A row escalates as both sides issue ultimatums
G2A calls for publisher to share suspicious keys, TinyBuild calls for digital retailer to offer better cuts from sales
Read More »G2A accuses TinyBuild of ‘unjustified demands’
The war of words between TinyBuild and G2A.com has significantly intensified, with the retailer rebutting the studio’s recent accusations. TinyBuild this week claimed that it had lost in the region of $450k worth of revenue to keys illicitly sold through the G2A marketplace. Before TinyBuild reached out to G2A, we …
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