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Folk are en masse bemoaning the huge day one patch that will bring with it a wipe of No Man’s Sky’s servers, but launch patches are a side-effect of the modern console games industry. That’s according to Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail, who has in a lengthy blog post explained the structures …

Code includes solution files for Microsoft Visual C++ 2010

It sounds as if Dark Souls 3 has done the business for Bandai Namco. The company has in its most recent financial report said that sales of From Software’s action RPG were favourable” and have contributed to its raising of forecasts for the company’s second quarter. It has previously predicted …

Capcom’s mysterious free-to-play action outing Deep Down still appears to be in the works after a trademark extension was filed in the US. VG247 reports that this is the fifth trademark extension Capcom has filed for the game, with the publisher this time requesting a six-month extension. Could this possibly …

The prize pool for The International 6 has passed the $20,000,000 mark just hours before the main event is due to start. At the time of writing the prize pool sits at $20,063,190, thanks to 25% of certain in game item purchases being added to the prize pool. This makes …

Three teams will compete for BAFTA award early next year as Dare To Be Digital 2016 draws to a close

Microsoft won’t be releasing any more stock of the 2TB Xbox One S, it has been claimed. The high-capacity version of Microsoft’s slimmed-down console went on sale last week, but stock quickly dried up, leading to prices rocketing from third party sellers online. Now Eurogamer reports that Microsoft supposedly has …

Plugin for Unreal due for release through Unity by the end of the year

Sony is planning to officially detail the PlayStation Neo at a New York Event on September 7th, if reports are to be believed. French site Gameblog is carrying the date. It points out that the PS4 was also revealed in New York, and also mentions rumours of a possible Nintendo …

In April, one of the UK’s most iconic developers closed its doors for the last time. After almost 20 years and the creation of beloved series including Fable, Black & White and The Movies, Lionhead was no more. Four months on, we catch up with some of the studio's ex-employees