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The creator of Monkey Island Ron Gilbert has publicly asked Disney for the rights to some of his gaming IP. Taking to Twitter (below), Gilbert specifically is after the Monkey Island and Maniac Mansionproperties – franchises that he created during his time at LucasArts. He even goes as far as …
Read More »Sony reckons it can sell 20m PS4s this financial year
PS4 exceeded even Sony’s own expectations last year, but the platform holder has predicted that the machine will do even better next year. 17.7m PS4s were sold in Sony’s last financial year, ahead of the 17.5m it had forecast. Now the company has said that PS4 will shift a further …
Read More »Payne, Livingstone and Yusuf named GamesAid patrons
Andy Payne, Ian Livingstone and Imran Yusuf are the first three patrons of GamesAid. The trio were voted in by the trustees and will represent the games industry charity within the games community. When we set up GamesAid back in 2007, we never realised it would raise over 2m to …
Read More »Doctor Who: Legacy devs move to the UK to join brewery
The team behind Doctor Who: Legacy has moved from the United States to the UK. Tiny Rebel Games has traded the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles for a new office in Newport, South Wales. The studio’s creative director Lee Cummings grew up in the region, and his family owns …
Read More »Battleborn price dropped as Overwatch arrives worldwide
UK High Street retailers have dropped the price of 2K shooter Battleborn just in time for the arrival of Blizzard’s rival team shooter Overwatch. Supermarkets such as Sainsburys and Tesco have dropped the game to 30. Online retailers such as Amazon, GAME, ShopTo, Gameseek and GameStop have all dropped their …
Read More »‘Final Fantasy Disease’ threatened series’ future, director says
Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy XV, has admitted that he had a fight on his hands to implement the sort of modernisation needed to secure the RPG series’ future. Speaking to 4Gamer in an interview translated by Kotaku, Tabata talked of what he calls a ‘Final Fantasy disease’ …
Read More »Week one sales of Uncharted 4 reach 2.7m worldwide
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End looks on track to be a fitting commercial send off for the series. Sony has said that combined physical Blu-ray and digital sell-through of the game worldwide since its launch last week has hit 2.7m units. The game is the fastest selling first party PS4 …
Read More »Ubisoft UK promotes key PR and marketing staff
The Division publisher has announced four promotions within its UK marketing team. PR executive David Burroughs has been promoted to junior PR manager. He will be taking the lead on the Just Dance franchise over the next year. After spending over a year as marketing exec, Will Buck is now …
Read More »Why Jagex, PlayStation and more are supporting students through Brains Eden
The organisers of the upcoming games festival discuss why these events are vital to finding future talent for the industry
Read More »Avanquest now ‘100% focused on games’ after name change
Publisher Avanquest is now entirely dedicated to video games. The UK firm used to publish a number of non-game software, but that has now changed following the firm’s acquisition by US publisher Maximum Games. Avanquest will now be called Maximum Games, and its line-up for the year includes PS4 and …
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