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Expo on November 8th in Lagos, Nigeria will mark the first time devs on the continent can be certified
Read More »PaperSeven on Blackwood Crossing, Gamescom 2016’s UK Game of the Show
A rabbit-headed man and a traumatic life experience: that could sum up Donnie Darko. Or even Alice in Wonderland. But now it also summarises an equally unusual game: Blackwood Crossing. The title, which features its own weird and intriguing rabbit character, won UKIE’s Game of the Show at Gamescom — …
Read More »Switch Galaxy dev Atomicom and JCB team up to take diggers to Mars
Liverpudlian studio working on free-to-play PC title JCB Pioneer: Mars
Read More »‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 is a really big turning point for us’
Recently Pro Evolution Soccer has been growing in popularity – critically at least – and no where was that more apparent than last year’s PES 2016. The game reviewed pretty well, with some critics saying it was better than rival football title, FIFA 16. But, by Konami’s own admission, the …
Read More »Game Connection Europe breaks down makeup of 2016 attendees
Mobile and console look set to be the platform choices for both devs and publishers, with a roughly equal split across casual and hardcore
Read More »EA: No longer the most evil company in games
About a year ago, MCV ran an interview with EA’s then-COO Peter Moore. The piece talked about the firm’s ‘player first’ mantra; a way of thinking that saw the publishing giant put its fans at the centre of everything that it did. EA isn’t the first company to adopt the …
Read More »Huma banned from all of Riot’s leagues
Huma, a Challenger Series League of Legends team, has been banned from all Riot sanctioned leagues after failing to pay its players. A ruling from Riot reveals that Huma has been “chronically late in paying its players the League-mandated Minimum Player Compensation” throughout the year. At the start of August …
Read More »Almost 600 Game Jolt titles struck by Nintendo takedown notice
Fan-made games allegedly infringe on Mario, Zelda and Pokémon copyrights
Read More »NBA 2K17 will support HDR on Xbox One S
2K’s annual basketball franchise will be the first title to support the new visual technology included in the Xbox One S. Microsoft’s redesigned, smaller version of the Xbox One supports both 4K output and HDR (High Dynamic Range). The former offers a significantly increased pixel count over 1080p, while the …
Read More »Huma banned from all of Riot’s leagues
Huma, a Challenger Series League of Legends team, has been banned from all Riot sanctioned leagues after failing to pay its players. A ruling from Riot reveals that Huma has been chronically late in paying its players the League-mandated Minimum Player Compensation” throughout the year. At the start of August …
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