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After years of decline, the number of physical shops selling games increased in 2014. 5,665 stores sold video game products last year, according to the Entertainment Retailer’s Association’s Yearbook. That’s an increase of 1.3 per cent year-on-year. And that number does not include every indie retailer, either. The surprise growth …
Read More »GamesLab opens regional funds for devs in South West and West Midlands
Grants introduced as Creative England receives £8m to invest in emerging businesses across the country
Read More »Second Life Is Strange episode delayed
The second instalment in Dontnod’s Life Is Strange series has been delayed. Destructoid reports that Square Enix has confirmed the delay but not commented on when the game will now likely arrive. The first episode was released on January 30th and the developer had previously said it planned to release …
Read More »Capcom offers Resident Evil Revelations 2 PC refunds
The omission of local co-op multiplayer in recent PC release Resident Evil Revelations 2 has led to the promise of refunds for those who want them on Steam. The feature was listed as one of the game’s features in pre-release marketing material. However, while its present and correct in the …
Read More »Fable Legends is going to be free-to-play
The rumours were true – Lionhead’s Xbox One and PC multiplayer title Fable Legends will be free-to-play. That’s not just on PC, either, with the Xbox version also confirmed by Kotaku as being F2P. The free game will come with a story’s worth of free quests, with more to be …
Read More »Another $250k pumped into Superhot dev
The developers of promising indie shooter Superhot has secured an extra $250,000 in funding. The new funds were revealed by Polish news siteGazeta Wyborcza, although Superhot co-creator Tomasz Kaczmarczyk toldPolygonthe team can’t release full details on the source of this finance due to non-disclosure agreeements. "I really can’t say much …
Read More »Superhot dev receives a further $250,000 in funding
Polish indie says additional finance removes worry about production budget
Read More »Telltale unveils Super Show project, using original IP
After a week of big changes at Telltale Games, the studio has revealed plans to develop what it describes as a Super Show based on its first original IP. Following news of a big investment from Lionsgate and the appointment of former EA boss and Unity CEO John Riccitiello this …
Read More »HumaNature Studios turns to Kickstarter for new Toejam & Earl
Founder Greg Johnson promises "to go old school with this one"
Read More »Unreal Engine 4.7 adds foliage lighting and automatic asset importing
Epic Games claims this is the biggest point release yet for high-end engine
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