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UK games label plans to ramp up global plans after investment from Lloyds Development Capital
Read More »PS4 Slim stock came from the UAE
The PS4 Slim has gone on sale weeks before it was due to be announced after stock was secured from abroad, senior sources have told MCV. Stock of the new model came from the UAE, which was holding units of the updated hardware ahead of its expected reveal next week. …
Read More »Millenium’s Callum "Swanny" Swan to miss CoD XP
The biggest CoD event of the year is here, but Millenium will be without their star player as Callum "Swanny" Swan has not travelled to LA. The news came just hours before the competition is due to start, with the team confirming that Swanny will not be playing this weekend. …
Read More »HTC invests $5m in Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale vets’ VR studio
Vive maker HTC has invested in a start-up virtual reality developer formed by ex-members of major film and games firms. Steel Wool Studios was founded by veterans from Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale Games and launched its first VR titles, Quar: Battle for Gate 18, alongside the Vive back in April. …
Read More »HTC backs Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale vets’ VR studio with $5m investment
Steel Wool launched debut title Quar: Battle for Gate 18 alongside Vive headset in April
Read More »Team17, Konami and EA headline this week’s free MCV
This week, we unveil Team17’s plans for the future after the UK label has secured a 16.5m investment deal and acquired The Escapists franchise. We also discuss Endemol’s new London-based developer and publisher Good Catch with MD Anil Mistry. Elsewhere, EA’s CMO Chris Bruzzo talks about how the publisher is …
Read More »Team17 scores £16.5m investment deal
Private equity firm Lloyds Development Capital has invested 16.5m in Team17. The UK label has already spent some of the finance by acquiring The Escapists franchise and its developer Mouldy Toof Studios. The Escapists (and a Walking Dead-based spin-off) was released last year with the help of Team17, shifting 1.8m …
Read More »BT is suing Valve
A patent dispute has ended up with BT taking Steam owner Valve to court. Kotaku reports that the lawsuit argues that Steam offers a broad range of products and services which incorporate technologies invented by BT” that include inter alia, Valve’s Steam Library, Valve’s Steam Chat, Valve’s Steam Messaging, and …
Read More »Audiokinectic launches outsourcing network to pair up devs and audio experts
Audio designers, firms and educational partners required to pass Wwise-101 to be listed in the Creators Directory
Read More »CCP takes EVE Online free-to-play after 13 years
Subscription tier will be maintained, with paying users granted uninhibited skill progression and faster levelling-up
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