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Read More »Social casino game developer Plumbee raises $13m
London start-up now valued at $40m
Read More »Trip Hawkins’ new UK studio If You Can reveals first game
Educational title IF to teach children about social and emotional development
Read More »Ubisoft starts over on Rainbow Six: Patriots
Revamped game will benefit from new consoles, says Laurent Detoc
Read More »Ubisoft admits it started over with Rainbow Six: Patriots
It’s not often that all work on a game is binned and the project is started over, but that’s exactly what happened with Rainbow Six: Patriots. The game was first announced in 2011 We had a core team. They had a good vision. They got started, and then the game …
Read More »PS4 on sale in South Africa and 15 other nations
Sony’s next-gen console arrives in more EMEA territories bringing global total to 48
Read More »Oculus VR raises $75m series B funding
Netscape founder Marc Andreessen joins company board
Read More »Oculus Rift secures additional $75m for consumer model
Oculus Rift has secured an additional $75m from investors to help bring the VR headset to market. VentureBeat reports investment firm Andreessen Horowitz provided the funding in a deal which offers an Oculus Rift board seat for the company’s co-founder Mark Andreessen. The capital will be put toward the completion …
Read More »Nival secures £3.6m for further expansion
Russian studio with credentials on Heroes of Might and Magic gets a funding boost
Read More »Xbox One sells 2m units in 18 days
Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox One has sold 2m units on its first 18 days of availability. That equates to a daily average of 111,111 unit sales, which represents a new record for the Xbox brand. We continue to be humbled and overwhelmed by the positive response from our fans,” …
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