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The proposed acquisition of Imagine at the hands of Future has hit a stumbling block. The Competition and Markets Authority has found that the 14.2m deal, which was revealed in June, could damage the science fiction magazine market, as titles from other publishers offer only a limited competition constraint” to …
Read More »The Unity Awards 2016 finalists have been announced
Nominees include Valve, Google, Campo Santo and others
Read More »Reclaim the game: Clamping down on bullying and harassment among your players
Legal experts from Harbottle & Lewis suggest how developers can help stamp out bad and inappropriate behaviour
Read More »Oculus Touch controllers cost $199, will launch on December 6th
The Oculus Touch controllers will add a significant amount to the overall cost of Facebook’s VR system. Coming in at $199 and launching on December 6th the Oculus Touch controllers will finally allow the Rift to do room scale VR and have a more interactive input method. Pre orders for …
Read More »The Big Question: Choosing the right engine and middleware
Recruitment agency Amiqus asks devs how they decide which tech they plan to build their games on
Read More »Oculus offer to cover royalty fees for Unreal Engine VR development
Your first $5m is on Oculus
Read More »Palmer Luckey conspicuously absent from Oculus Connect 3 keynote
Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey was not seen on stage at the Oculus Connect 3 keynote, probably due to his support of pro Trump memes. Luckey is usually a regular at Oculus keynotes, as you would expect, but at yesterday’s Oculus Connect 3 he was nowhere to be seen, he didn’t …
Read More »Milestone talks Ride 2, the state of the racing genre and the studio’s future plans
The CEO of developer Milestone, Luisa Bixio, talks to MCV about the Ride series’ performance so far, what the current racing market looks like and the studio’s growth How would you assess the performance of the original Ride? The game did well commercially. As with every new IP we faced …
Read More »Oculus Rift system requirements lowered thanks to new tech
The system requirements for the Oculus Rift have been lowered, making VR a little cheaper as a result. Previously the Oculus required an Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics card or better, an Intel i5-4590 CPU or better, and a minimum of 8GB of RAM. However …
Read More »SimBin Studios re-forms two years after bankruptcy
Racing game specialist SimBin Studios is back in business just over two years after filing for bankruptcy, and looking to get back on the track. SimBin studios are well known in the racing world, producing franchises like GTR and Race. They’ll now be calling the North West of England home …
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