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Ubisoft’s For Honor has debuted at No.1 in the UK All Formats Top 40. It’s the publisher’s first chart topper since The Division early last year. The game also boats the best new entry for a new IP since Sony’s No Man’s Sky. 57 per cent of sales went to …
Read More »Fallout 4 VR is already playable from start to finish
The VR version of Fallout 4 will very much include the full game, and is already at the point where it can be played in its entirety. "Fallout [VR] is going great,” Bethesda Game Studios executive producer Todd Howard told Glixel. There’s a lot of work to be done, but …
Read More »Valve fix decade-old Team Fortress 2 bug
Hitbox glitch had been in the game since launch
Read More »Gabe Newell: “At Valve, we don’t have a budgeting process”
Newell sheds light on how games get made at Valve
Read More »Starbreeze’s StarVR headset to enter mass production late 2017
Starbreeze is to begin mass producing its StarVR headsets later this year, the company revealed in its full year report for 2016. For now, the publisher will continue to distribute and prioritise development on the current version of the headset to its key partners, but there’s been interest from "multiple …
Read More »UPDATED: Snake Pass slithers onto Nintendo Switch on March 29th
UPDATED: Sumo Digital has confirmed that Snake Pass will be launching on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 29th in the UK, a day later than in the US. The game will also support Sony’s PS4 Pro at launch with enhanced, HDR visuals, a higher resolution …
Read More »Valve talk about “arms race” with CS:GO cheat makers
The fight against cheaters continues
Read More »Miniclip moves to console publishing with MX Nitro, but mobile’s still ‘extremely healthy’
After 15 years of publishing games on the web and mobile, Miniclip is now entering the console market. MCV speaks to CEO Rob Small (pictured) to find out more: The games industry has changed a lot since 2001. PlayStation 2 was little more than a year old; the first Xbox was …
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild to receive £17.99 DLC Expansion Pass
Nintendo has announced it will be releasing a season pass for Switch launch title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This is the first time DLC will be available for the main Legend of Zelda series, and it will be available for both the Switch and Wii U …
Read More »Paradox Interactive reports excellent Q4, bolstered by Stellaris and Cities: Skylines
Paradox Interactive has released its end of year report for 2016 and the Swedish games publisher is in rude health. Revenue for Q4 increased by 56 per cent year-on-year, reaching 198.4m Swedish Krona [17.8m], while operating profit for Q4 increased by 96 per cent year-on-year, reaching 85.9m Swedish Krona [7.7m]. …
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