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One of crowdfunding’s biggest gaming successes has seen its release date pushed back by a whole year. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which is being made by Koji Igarashi and is dubbed as a spiritual successor to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, had been due out in 2017. Now, however, …

Uppercut Games chooses 3D optimisation software for new iOS adventure

Pillars of Eternity studio’s art team share personal project of 17 people

Japanese publisher’s latest branch will focus on visual art production

The Professional eSports Association is the latest CS:GO league to be announced, featuring top North American teams and player ownership of the competition. The PEA CS:GO league will start in January of 2017 and will feature Team Solomid, Cloud9, Team Liquid, Counter Logic Gaming, Immortals, NRG eSports and compLexity Gaming, …

Project becomes first virtual reality movie Outstanding Original Interactive Program to win an Emmy

At this point, it’s hardly a secret that YouTube is a force to be reckoned with. The platform is a huge part of the media with personalities like PewDiePie attracting audiences that dwarf the biggest shows on traditional television. It’s a huge part of promoting pretty much anything new, with …

Xbox One owners may soon be able to play emulated versions of SNES, Mega Drive, Game Boy, GBA and NES games. That’s if claims from the team behind the Nesbox emulator are correct. As spotted by Videogamer, Nesbox has said that its app has been certified in the Windows Store …

Devs, journalists, academics and other members of the industry invited to assess games’ visuals, audio, narrative and more

Mobile games developer Gram Games is opening a new studio in London. The firm’s new outfit will create ‘midcore’ titles, the sort of games that sit between hardcore products and more casual fare. Gram Games is best known for making casual puzzle games, such as Merged! and, most recently, Six!. …