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All of the finalists in each of the Women in Games award categories should be celebrated, thanks to the contribution these inspirational individuals make to the UK industry. But the Campaigner award also recognises the work being carried out for charities and other worthy initiatives. The Women in Games Awards …

Rising games publisher Curve has recruited John Vega as its new business development manager. Vega will be attending Interface next week, and is on the hunt for new indie games for Cuve to publish. Vega joins from Playjam where he managed publisher and developer relations. He acquired over 100 titles …

Having previously admitted that a recent spate of Dark Souls 3 band may have been made in error, Bandai Namco has now warned players about their conduct. In a page on its Knowledgebase site about the ‘Invalid Game Data’ message that some players are being presented with when logging in, …

Call opened for speakers at November event

UK based eSports organisation Gfinity has launched GTV into open beta. GTV is Gfinity’s media player that gives viewers a lot more control over what they see compared to watching on traditional streaming services. Anyone using the beta will be able to select from up to 10 different camera feeds, …

Fable, Black & White and The Movies developer originally founded in 1996 by Peter Molyneux

‘We don’t have huge cut scenes or a traditional linear story,’ says programmer Sean Murray. ‘There is, however, a real lore in the game. Everything you find has a reason for existing’

Developer Gearbox has built up a reputation for producing some critically acclaimed online shooters. This is, after all, the studio that brought us the blockbuster Borderlands series, a franchise that has shifted 26 million units worldwide. Now the firm is on the verge of launching its brand new IP, Battleborn. …

Remedy has said that a fix for the troubled PC version of Quantum Break won’t be possible until Microsoft rolls out an update to Windows 10 itself. Writing on its forums, Remedy added an amendment to the section about Windows 10 performance issue and framerate stutters, that: Microsoft has identified …

Platform will support 360-degree streaming to both headsets and PC screens