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Some Sony TVs will next week begin offering direct access to the PlayStation Now beta. CVG reports that the rollout is only scheduled for the US and will only support a limited number of Bravia TV sets, including some 1080p models and all 4k displays. Those wishing to try the …
Read More »Testology triumphs at MCV Games 5s
The games industry shed blood, sweat and tears yesterday at the PlayStation MCV Games 5s tournament. And it was Testology that took away the top prize, besting Sports Interactive in the day’s tense finale 8-2. The QA firm’s team left with glory, replica Jules Rimet trophies and goodie bags from …
Read More »Report: Crytek cancels Ryse 2
Further details emerge on developer's financial woes as Crytek UK staff reportedly go unpaid
Read More »Metro Redux hits PC, PS4 and Xbox One in August
Metro Redux will launch in late August in both North America and Europe, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The remastered edition of the first two games in 4A’s budding Metro franchise releases on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One August 26thin North America and August 29th in Europe. Metro Redux …
Read More »MachineGames ‘would love to’ make another Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein: The New Order 2 could yet become reality, should developer MachineGames get its way. Publisher ZeniMax must have been delighted with the game’s critical reception, and if the sales numbers match the review scores then MachineGames creative director Jens Matthies says his studio will be ready and waiting. We …
Read More »Develop Awards Partner Spotlight: Wales Interactive
MD David Banner tells us how the firm is putting Wales on the map
Read More »Develop Awards 2014 – The Finalists: Use of a Licence or IP
Continuing our round-up of this year's potential winners, we look at some of the great work developers have down with third-party brands in the last year
Read More »Some players wrongly banned from Battlefield 3 multiplayer
Anti-cheat system Punkbuster has incorrectly banned some innocent players of Battlefield 3. The third party software is designed to automatically identify players who are cheating and ban them automatically. As the software isn’t owned or operated by EA, overturning the bans is proving tricky. We are investigating an issue of …
Read More »Civilization Revolution 2 is a mobile-only game
2K Games has confirmed that the successor to Civilization Revolution will not be released on consoles. Civilization Revolution 2 will instead be released for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch on July 2nd, with an Android release to follow at a later date. Civilization Revolution 2 is the first Civilization game …
Read More »Nintendo: Wii U has ‘long life ahead of it’
'It's got great content coming that will help define the platform,' says Reggie Fils-Aime
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