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Developer CD Projekt has said it would be unfair for the studio not to release a fourth game in the Witcher franchise. While this year’s big hit The Witcher 3 may have been the end of star Geralt’s story, it’s huge critical and commercial success means it almost certainly won’t …
Read More »Ubisoft Fun House’s Eagle Flight VR demo is now a full game
Fun House, the Ubisoft development arm founded to create more quirky titles, has revealed its first full game. Led by Child of Light creative director PatrickPlourde, Fun House was created as a spin-off of Ubisoft Montreal earlier this year in August and initially revealed Eagle’s Flight, an air-bound tech demo …
Read More »Why devs need digital charts
SuperData’s Joost van Dreunen discusses his new partnership with UKIE
Read More »Pokémon Go and Ingress developer Niantic opens Tokyo office
Google Japan veteran to head up location focused on new platform creation
Read More »Ubisoft Fun House’s Eagle Flight VR prototype becomes a fully-feathered release
Title features VR 'technology breakthrough' to combat motion sickness
Read More »Episodic business model for Final Fantasy VII Remake
The forthcoming remake of 1997 classic RPG Final Fantasy VII could be released over several episodes. That’s according to publisher Square Enix who said the game will be ‘told across a multi-part series, with each entry providing its own unique experience’. Final Fantasy VII Remake was announced during Sony’s E3 …
Read More »Ratchet and Clank is launching in April 2016
Insomniac’s remake of the original Ratchet and Clank title is going to be hitting stores in early 2016. The studio’s boss Ted Price took to the stage at PlayStation Experience and revealed the game would be coming out on April 12th, 2016. This is shortly ahead of the launch of …
Read More »Black Friday broke some Xbox records
Microsoft has said, without revealing any sales numbers, that Black Friday week was a record one for Xbox. VentureBeat reports that Xbox Store revenues were up 57 per cent year-on-year across Xbox One and Xbox 360 with total paid unique users up 55 per cent. On Xbox One that growth …
Read More »Konami prevents Kojima from receiving award
Publisher's lawyers told Metal Gear creator he would "not be allowed to travel to accept any awards"
Read More »Konami blocked Kojima from accepting Game Award prize
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima was blacked by Konami from accepting an award at last night’s Game Awards event. Instead, Metal Gear Solid V star Kiefer Sutherland took to the stage to accept the prize for Best Action/Adventure Game. "Hideo Kojima is not here with us tonight and I …
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