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Read More »No Man’s Sky probably won’t arrive on Steam until Friday evening
It’s finally here. In the US, anyway. One of the most hyped and anticipated games of recent times releases on PS4 in the US today (August 9th). It arrives in the UK tomorrow (August 10th). But PC gamers will have to wait a few more days for their fix. After …
Read More »Bossa’s Worlds Adrift backed by $1.35m investment
UK firm London Venture Partners, which previously supported Supercell and Playfish, adds funding to ambitious MMO
Read More »Vlambeer dev explains why day one patches are a modern necessity
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 …
Read More »Blendo Games releases Quadrilateral Cowboy source code
Code includes solution files for Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
Read More »Dark Souls 3 sales push Bandai Namco forecast upwards
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 …
Read More »Yes, Capcom’s Deep Down is still a thing
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 …
Read More »The International 6’s prize pool passes $20 million just as the main event starts
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 …
Read More »BAFTA Ones To Watch nominees chosen at Dare Protoplay
Three teams will compete for BAFTA award early next year as Dare To Be Digital 2016 draws to a close
Read More »That’s it for the 2TB Xbox One S, report suggests
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 …
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