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SoftBank to relinquish stake in Clash of Clans developer, now valued at $10.2bn
Read More »Crowdfunded survival game ReRoll cancelled
Another crowdfunded game has fallen before the final hurdle, leaving backers out of pocket. ReRoll was the creation of former Ubisoft Montreal devs Julien Cuny and Louis-Pierre Pharand’s studio Pixyl. It’s hook was that it was to use drones and existing data to recreate an accurate map of the entire …
Read More »A third of Valve’s staff are working on VR – and it’s looking for more
‘I can't imagine working on something of more significance right now,’ says firm’s Alan Yates on importance of headsets such as the Vive
Read More »Inafune says launch version of Mighty No.9 ‘is better than nothing’
It’s better than nothing”. That’s the assessment of Keiji Inafune following the damning critical reception of his new platformer Mighty No.9. The reviews for the game have not been kind, with the title currently carrying a Metacritic rating of 60 per cent. There has also been some frustration about the …
Read More »Develop Awards 2016: The Finalists – New IP: Console/PC
As the countdown begins to this year's event, we run through the hopeful studios and the games that could earn them our coveted awards
Read More »RELEASE DATE ROUNDUP: E3 2016’s biggest announcements
E3 2016 was packed with release dates revelations. Microsoft put the stress on hardware with the announcement of the new Xbox One S, which will launch as soon as this August. It also revealed that Project Scorpio – the new, more powerful Xbox One – is due at the end …
Read More »PS4 Neo WILL launch this year, report claims
Well this is a surprise – one report has claimed that PS4 Neo WILL be released in 2016, despite its E3 no-show. Eurogamer reports that several sources have indicated that Neo launches this year”, regardless of the machine’s total absence from E3. The site also questions if 4K will be …
Read More »Bethesda makes it harder to rip off Fallout 4 mods on consoles
A Steam-linked account is now required to upload Fallout 4 mods onto Bethesda’s website. The publisher has faced a bit of a problem since mod support was introduced to the Xbox One version of the RPG, with some users taking mods created by others and available on sites such as …
Read More »Overwatch servers down following potential Lizard Squad DDoS attack
Blizzard has once again come under attack from hacking group Lizard Squad. The collective appears to have DDoS’d the publisher’s servers for its new online shooter Overwatch. One member of Lizard Squad, AppleJ4ck has claimed alluded to being responsible for the outage (below). DDoS, or a Distributed Denial of Service, …
Read More »Rantmedia wins top honour at BAFTA Cymru Games Awards
Studio scores big prize with TV Sports Soccer, three commendations awarded to Thud Media
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