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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]. …
Read More »Sony: Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy is the ‘PlayStation icon of the future’
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
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