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The eSports Advertising Bureau has been founded to help brands enter the world of eSports sponsorship and advertisement. The group will offer tools to marketers that will help them understand eSports and it’s potential marketing opportunities, as well as help eSports companies with direct advertising issues. Elsewhere it will coordinate …
Read More »3×2 metre play space needed for PlayStation VR
PlayStation VR will need a fairly large clear space, according to documents that have cropped up online. Videogamer reports that a PS VR document uploaded to Reddit states a required area of 3 x 1.9 metres. Users are also required to be 0.6m back from the PlayStation Camera. This seems …
Read More »Sony has now shipped 43.5m PS4s
Over 43.5m PS4 have now been shipped to retailers worldwide, Sony has revealed. That’s not the same as PS4’s sold, the most recent update for which was 40m+ at the end of May. The company still expects to sell 20m units of its console in its current financial year at …
Read More »Develop Awards 2016: Watch the video highlights here
See the reactions of Hideo Kojima, Sam Barlow and all of this year's winners
Read More »Keywords acquires Volta Creation for £3m
Visual development studio adds to services empire’s art outsourcing offering
Read More »Ubisoft confirms Just Sing for PS4 and Xbox One
The talent behind the blockbuster Just Dance series has revealed a new karaoke arm for the brand. Just Sing will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on September 6th. It’s being developed by Elite Beat Agents and Lips developer iNiS. Players will not be required to fork out for …
Read More »Life is Strange developer announces spin-off studio Dontnod Eleven
Parisian outlet was previously known as Hesaw and is working on debut multiplayer shooter Battlecrew Space Pirates
Read More »War Child charity games bundle is now out on Steam
Charity outing Help: The Game, which gathers 12 original titles from some of Europe’s biggest studios, is now available. The bundle, published by Sega, is available on Steam for 9.99. The games were created in six days during a worldwide game jam. All profits are being donated to charity War …
Read More »Sweeney thinks Microsoft is planning to slowly break Steam
Microsoft’s plan to close off the open PC market will manifest itself in a slow and gradual attack on Steam, Epic co-founder Tim Sweeney believes. Sweeney already stands as the most outspoken critic of Windows 10 and Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform. Now PC Gamer reports that he has told Edge …
Read More »Unreal Engine team launches public bug tracker
UE Issues will help devs keep track of Epic Games’ progress in fixing and improving its award-winning engine
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