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It may be the biggest name in movies, but Disney’s failure in video games is now complete. Despite some initial video game investment back in 2007/2008 (resulting in the poor selling Turok and Split/Second), Disney has struggled to match the success of rival Warner Bros. It cancelled most of its …
Read More »Framerate fixes roll out for Windows 10 UWP
Microsoft has at last added some key framerate functionality to Universal Windows Platform games on Windows 10. UWP has come under intense fire for a host of missing functionality in games supplied via the Windows Store. The company had previously promised to work to narrow the gap between these titles …
Read More »Wipeout co-creator Nick Burcombe wants the licence to make another one
The co-creator of Wipeout Nick Burcombe has said he would make another entry in the sci-fi racing franchise, if Sony would let him. Wipeout, developed by Psygnosis, was released in 1995 as a launch title for the PlayStation. The most recent game in the series was released in January 2012. …
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Charts: Dark Souls III sends From Software soaring in April
EA Canada follows in second place thanks to EA Sports UFC 2, while Remedy Entertainment manages just fifth despite the success of Quantum Break
Read More »Street Fighter V has sold 1.4m units
Capcom has revealed that Street Fighter V has sold 1.4 million copies since its February launch. That’s according to a listing on the firm’s finance website, which lists the sales performance of various games – flick through to the fourth page to find Street Fighter V. That figure includes both …
Read More »LucasArts, Eidos and Secret Level artist Clarence Johnson passes away
Colleagues and friends remember former Star Wars: Starfighter, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct and Ghostbusters: The Video Game developer as ‘the guy you wanted to have around’
Read More »2K’s Battleborn scores UK No.1
Battleborn narrowly beat Call of Duty: Black Ops III to take the UK Top Spot this week. It achieved the feat by just 100 units, although these charts do not factor in digital sales, and so the real gap was likely much wider. Battleborn was the fourth best-selling game on …
Read More »Next Battlefield title called Battlefield 1, set in World War One
The next entry in EA’s Battlefield series is taking the franchise to World War One and will be hitting shelves this October. The new title – Battlefield 1 – is set for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC (via Origin) on October 21st. Players will be able to fight …
Read More »Epic will avoid developing single-player games in order to maintain its independence
'The economics of those games forces developers to work with major publishers to succeed, and that seems to be irreversible,' says Tim Sweeney
Read More »#FollowFriday all of the Develop Awards 2016 Finalists here
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