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Paradox Interactive says 2016 was a record-breaker following the smash sales of PC hits Cities: Skylines and Stellaris. Sim title Cities: Skylines sold over 2m copies since it debuted in March 2015, while newly released space strategy title Stellaris shifted 200,000 units in just one day. The past 12 months …
Read More »Dream Games claims it has fired MD after anti-LGBT outburst
Developer Dream Games says it has parted company with both its MD and editor after the studio directed an online anti-LGBT at a fan. Kotaku reports that following an offer of free keys for shooter Operation Caucasus, the studio refused one request from a gamer whose profile picture had a …
Read More »Gameloft’s Guillemot stepping down to help protect Ubisoft from Vivendi
Michel Guillemot intends to quit Gameloft after its shareholders backed the hostile takeover at the hands of Vivendi. That’s according to Bloomberg, which says that Vivendi now controls 56 per cent of Gameloft voting rights and will appoint a director majority at the company’s AGM at the end of the …
Read More »Microsoft: ‘We are betting on the Universal Windows Platform’
Company pledges ‘openness’ in controversial platform, says HoloLens ‘built with UWP in mind’ and hints at further connectivity between PC and Xbox
Read More »Mojang doesn’t want companies to use Minecraft as a marketing tool
Minecraft creator Mojang has laid out a new set of rules designed to clamp down on the commercial use of Minecraft servers for advertising. Essentially the rules prohibit companies, charities, ad agencies or politicians from making mods or running servers designed to promote products that are not related to Minecraft. …
Read More »Atari’s next reinvention revolves around The Internet of Things
The Internet of Things. Remember that? The term’s been around for over a decade and a half and now Atari has decided to embrace the idea for its latest reinvention. The company’s latest venture will see it develop a range of connected home smart devices in partnership with Sigfox, whose …
Read More »Streaming tech firm Polystream raises $1.5m in seed funding
Funding led by London Venture Partners and Initial Capital
Read More »Sascha Dikiciyan to score Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Artist will work alongside Human Revolution composer Michael McCann
Read More »Xbox One VR announcement tipped for E3
Microsoft may have yet another surprise announcement up its sleeve for E3. It has already been suggested that the company will announce a new Xbox One Slim, an upgraded Xbox One and possibly even a streaming device (or two). Now is being suggested that Microsoft will also use E3 to …
Read More »ELEAGUE debuts on TBS, brings in over 500,000 viewers
ELEAGUE, the $1.4 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition, hit US TV network TBS for the first time on Friday and averaged 509,000 total viewers. According to ELEAGUE’S official stats, the show was the second most discussed program of the night on Twitter, with over 710 million impressions on the social …
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