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As well and hunting down a new game engine, Hideo Kojima’s recent world studio tour has also provided the inspiration for the new-look Kojima Productions. Speaking to Eurogamer, Kojima has stressed that he’s keen to get away from the typical Japanese corporate structure and build a studio that more closely …
Read More »Focus Home Interactive expects sci-fi video game saturation
Focus Home Interactive’s boss Cdric Lagarrigue believes that sci-fi games will flood the market over the next two to three years. His prediction comes ahead of the launch of his new game The Technomancer. It also follows the announcement of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which is set in space, …
Read More »Payne, Livingstone and Yusuf named GamesAid patrons
Andy Payne, Ian Livingstone and Imran Yusuf are the first three patrons of GamesAid. The trio were voted in by the trustees and will represent the games industry charity within the games community. When we set up GamesAid back in 2007, we never realised it would raise over 2m to …
Read More »OpTic Gaming’s CEO speaks on Turtle Beach, the Call of Duty World League and his team’s future
OpTic Gaming is one of the biggest names in console eSports. The OpTic Call of Duty team has always been one of the best in the world, and recent expansions into games such as CS:GO are starting to bear fruit for the green wall. Of course, being one of the …
Read More »Doctor Who: Legacy devs move to the UK to join brewery
The team behind Doctor Who: Legacy has moved from the United States to the UK. Tiny Rebel Games has traded the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles for a new office in Newport, South Wales. The studio’s creative director Lee Cummings grew up in the region, and his family owns …
Read More »Share price tumbles as GAME suffers credit insurance blow
The share price of GAME Digital is currently at its lowest ever point. The stock is currently trading at 81p, having fallen as low as 80p earlier today. GAME was trading for 360p back in December 31st 2014, although it fell below the 100p mark in January of this year. …
Read More »ESA announces free consumer E3 Live event
E3 is opening its doors to consumers… sort of. Organisers the ESA have announced a brand new event called E3 Live. This is a free event for consumers being held at LA Live – right next to the LA Convention Center, which is the location of E3. The event opens …
Read More »Dark Souls III was the No.1 UK game in April
Bandai Namco had the best-selling UK physical game of April in Dark Souls III. But it was a poor month overall for game sales. 1m boxed games were sold in total, a drop of 24 per cent over the same period a month before. 30.8m was generated from software sales, …
Read More »Minecraft’s retail price IS going up
The retail price of Minecraft is being increased in the UK, MCV can confirm. Mojang last week revealed that the price of the Java PC version was being increased in some territories – not including the UK – but gave no indication of price rises elsewhere. However, MCV has obtained …
Read More »$1.4 million CS:GO competition ELEAGUE starts tonight, prize distribution revealed
The $1.4 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition ELEAGUE starts later tonight, and the prize pool distribution has finally been announced. At the end of the 10 week season the winning team will walk away with a massive $390,000. Second place will grab $140,000 with third and fourth grabbing a still …
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