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Warner Bros has confirmed that the PC version of the upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight will not be released in a box in the UK. This follows reports earlier in the week from retailer ShopTo that the latest entry in Rocksteady’s Batman Arkham series would be a digital-only release for PC …
Read More »How to make intuitive gesture-controlled apps using Intel RealSense
Intel Developer Blog: A look at the firm's RealSense technology and free SDK
Read More »Layoffs hit Perfect World’s Cryptic Studios
Perfect World Entertainment has laid off an unknown number of staff, with reports suggesting a significant portion of its workforce has been affected. MMO siteMassively Overpoweredreports the "potentially massive" layoffs were first revealed via a tweet by Ben PerLee, former PR for Perfect World. The original tweet, and a second …
Read More »Valve’s Newell: ‘iPhone should be more like the PC’
The rest of the games industry should follow the lead of PC and tear down their walled gardens, argues Valve boss Gabe Newell. Speaking to MCV at GDC, Newell said that the firm’s latest projects, including the Steam Machines, streaming box Steam Link, Steam Controller and games engine Source 2, …
Read More »YouTube videos featuring Minecraft hit 4.3bn views last month
Minecraft has once again taken the top spot on Newzoo and Octoly’s monthly chart tracking the top 20 game franchises on YouTube. Games Industry reports on the latest research by Newzoo and Octoly, and the order of things hasn’t changed much from January’s findings. Minecraft’s dominance over the other franchises …
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online switches to subscription-free model
Elder Scrolls Online’s mandatory subscription fee has at last been dropped, Bethesda has announced. Bethesda’s MMO can now be picked up with just a single purchase and no ongoing monthly fee required. To counter the subscription’s removal, the developer will add an in-game shop offering a variety of purchasing options. …
Read More »Raptr to stop tracking console data, become PC-only service
Games-centric tracking and social network Raptr has ditched console support. Until now Raptr has kept track of its members game time across Xbox, PlayStation and PC but in the future it will only track PC activity. When Raptr started out, we offered Steam and XBL achievements and PSN trophy tracking, …
Read More »Windows 10 launching this summer
Chinese games giant Tencent one of several partners helping to roll out new OS in the East
Read More »Steam purchases now refundable in EU
But users waive rights after download and installation
Read More »Cities: Skylines surpasses 500,000 sales
Cities: Skylines has run past 500,000 sales in less than a week. The game became Paradox Interactive’s fastest-selling title thanks to it moving 250,000 copies on launch day. The company revealed yesterday that number has now doubled: "Looks like we broke the 500k barrier, HUGE thanks to every single Chirpy …
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