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Horizon Zero Dawn is easily one of the most anticipated games of the year, if not the most anticipated PS4-exclusive of 2017. Of course, it’s still early in the year and E3 could bring its own share of surprises, but so far the Guerrilla-developed title ranks very high on the …
Read More »EA okays fan revival of shuttered RTS Battleforge entitled Skylords Reborn
fans to strip out microtransactions, claim title will never be pay to play or pay to win
Read More »Valve boss Newell decries Trump immigration ban, talks future of International esports event
""We have people who work at Valve who can’t go home. They've been here for years."
Read More »Humble Bundle announces move into publishing
Seven titles already on Humble's slate
Read More »Comedian Rob Beckett to host the MCV Awards 2017
Comedian Rob Beckett will host this year’s MCV Awards. The 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain, plus regular guest on Mock the Week, Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo, has also appeared in sitcom Fresh Meat, Drunk Histories and co-hosted I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! The MCV …
Read More »Oculus and Best Buy close 200 demo units
200 of the 500 demo units to close
Read More »Nutaku launches crowdfunding site for X-rated games, Kimochi Red Light
100 per cent of the money raised from crowdfunding will go to the campaigning developers
Read More »TT Games acquires Golf Clash studio Playdemic
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment subsidiary TT Games has acquired UK mobile games company Playdemic to help bring new kinds of LEGO titles to smartphones. The Manchester-based studio has previously been responsible for mobile titles such as Golf Clash and Village Life, with the former becoming a top grossing title in …
Read More »Bird Song – The music of Eagle Flight
With a new kind of reality comes a new challenge in the world of games music. Sean Cleaver speaks to composer Inon Zur about his latest work on Ubisoft’s VR title, Eagle Flight
Read More »FIFA 18 coming to Switch, Moore confirms
EA’s FIFA title for the Nintendo Switch will be FIFA 18, EA’s chief competition officer Peter Moore has confirmed. Speaking to GameReactor at a FIFA event in Paris this weekend, Moore said that the custom-built Switch title will indeed be the next entry in EA’s long-running football franchise rather than …
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