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Next month will see developers finally get their hands on Microsoft’s augmented reality platform, HoloLens. An announcement accidentally posted ahead of embargo on Fortune (since pulled, viaReddit) revealed that the HoloLens Development Edition will open for pre-orders later today (February 29th) ahead of a March 30th release date. The kit …
Read More »Industry pays tribute to Fergus McGovern
The UK games industry has paid tribute to Fergus McGovern, who tragically passed away at the weekend at just 50. An influential man in the business, Fergus has many friends at the top end of the games industry. In fact, he had given many of them their first jobs. A …
Read More »HoloLens Development Edition to launch next month
Microsoft’s AR glasses will cost $3,000 and include Young Conker, Fragments and RoboRaid as games demos
Read More »Interview: Take-Two’s work in progress
2015 was not a big year for Take-Two. There was multiplayer shooter Evolve in February, GTA V was released on PC in April and, of course, the annual big hitters of NBA and WWE. But outside of that, it was an unusually quiet year for the publisher. And that’s a …
Read More »Naughty Dog apologises for using Assassin’s Creed art in Uncharted trailer
Copied art from 2013’s Black Flag in A Thief’s End teaser spotted by Ubisoft head of content
Read More »Assetto Corsa delayed on PS4 and Xbox One
The console version of cult PC racing sim Assetto Corsa has been delayed beyond its April release date. Publisher 505 Games has now said the game will arrive on June 3rd, saying that additional development time [has been] allowed to ensure the console release delivers the most polished experience for …
Read More »Activision completes $5.9bn King acquisition
Call of Duty publisher claims it is now "the largest game network in the world"
Read More »Bethesda: We use internal game jams to create Fallout and Elder Scrolls DLC
'When we've finished our vertical slice preproduction build, we do one for a week then. We do another at the end, which is focused on mining ideas for DLC.'
Read More »Bill Gates sides with FBI in Apple hack debate
Former Microsoft boss Bill Gates has potentially isolated himself from his tech contemporaries by saying that Apple should abide by a government ruling forcing it to share encrypted data. This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. They are not asking for some general …
Read More »6.4 million people played The Division beta
Ubisoft has revealed that the beta for its new online shooter IP The Division was played by a record-breaking 6.4 million gamers. It is the biggest beta for a new IP on ‘current generation platforms’. That’s PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to you and me. In doing so it beats …
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