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Restructure follows consecutive months of financial woes as stocks and sales fall
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops III tops Black Friday in US – Infoscout
Infoscout has released its list of most popular Black Friday games in terms of revenue, with Call of Duty: Black Ops III coming out on top. Discounts on Walmart.com in particular gave the shooter a major boost, according to themarketing research firm. The news follows last month’sannouncement from Activisionthat retail …
Read More »How to fund your game
It’s easy to assume securing finances for your exciting new game project is prohibitively complex. But as numerous experts tell Will Freeman, there’s plenty you can do to find your way through the funding maze
Read More »Platinum might be making a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game
It seems that Platinum Games might be making a game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand. That’s a listing from the Australian Classification Board is to be believed. According to the ACB, the game is called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, it is multi-platform and being …
Read More »Portal DLC hits Rocket League tomorrow
Portal-themed downloadable content is coming to car-football title Rocket League tomorrow (Tuesday, December 1st). Developer Psyonix has said that this package will be free, and includes the likes of a cake hat (of course), as well as rocket trails based on the conversion, propulsion and repulsion gels from Portal 2. …
Read More »Vanishing of Ethan Carter studio developing ‘open-world action-adventure’ title
The Astronauts is following up its acclaimed mystery debut The Vanishing of Ethan Carter with something very different. The Polish studio was created by the former founders of Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly – which became Epic Games Poland for a brief period before reclaiming its independence earlier this year. …
Read More »Does Take-Two even need another Grand Theft Auto?
If you work in games retail, it will be hard to forget September 2013. Grand Theft Auto V launched to phenomenal critical acclaim, resulting in snaking queues outside stores and a level of commercial success that no other boxed game has attained before or since. A few weeks after the …
Read More »Fallout Shelter continues festive content drops with Thanksgiving update
Bethesda has released another holiday-themed update for Fallout Shelter. The Thanksgiving update – which went live on the App Store and Google Play this past week – adds outfits inspired by the holiday, as well as associated food and decorations. The festive update is the second in as many months, …
Read More »Naughty Dog on the end of Uncharted, learning from The Last of Us and what comes next
Naughty Dog is hardly being subtle with the subtitle of its fourth – and final – entry in the Uncharted franchise. ‘A Thief’s End’: the bell is tolling for PlayStation’s blockbuster series. For eight years (the first instalment launched shortly after the PS3 in 2007), the exploits of Nathan Drake …
Read More »Blizzard raises stakes on Hearthstone with $1.9m prize pool
Blizzard today announced their plans for Hearthstone eSports in 2016, including an inflated prize pool of $1.9m. The World Championship tour of Blizzard’s eSports card game will culminate next year in a $1m global final at BlizzCon 2016. Prior to that final stage, three seasons of $100,000 championships will be …
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