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Co-producer of Street Fighter V, Star Citizen, Paragon and BioShock Infinite is now home to over 160 staff
Read More »Epic hands out fresh $80,000 in grants to Unreal devs
VR tutorial resource, Unreal dev channel and VR sculpting tools join ‘conventional’ games in recipients of funding
Read More »Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival makes expo space free for UK devs
August event in Assembly Rooms to include heavy focus on VR, workshops and talks
Read More »Oculus keynote leads Evolve day at Develop: Brighton
Head of developer strategy Anna Sweet to talk on the evolution of genre in VR
Read More »Opinion: How Nintendo (Almost) won E3
E3, as has become custom, is almost more about what wasn’t shown than what was. Where was Crackdown?” That was the first question I was asked by a fellow journalist shortly after Xbox’s press conference, followed swiftly by: "where was HoloLens for that matter?" PlayStation executives spent half their time …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Turkey
Turkey is a relatively small market for video games – but it is a fast-growing one. In 2014, the country’s industry generated $375m (264m) in revenues, ranking No.17 in Newzoo’s annual charts. In 2015, it was worth $464m (327m), which represented an impressive 24.7 per cent increase year-on-year and allowed …
Read More »War Child charity games bundle arrives next month on Steam
A collection of new games from some of Europe’s biggest studios will launch next month, with all profits going to War Child. Published by Sega, Help: The Game will launch on Steam from July 26th for 9.99. The title features new games from Team17, Rovio, Spilt Milk Studios, Sports Interactive, …
Read More »UK Government-backed professional eSports association launches
A not-for-profit British eSports association has been launched, and it’s been backed by the UK Government. Located at Pinewood Studios, the association will act as the National Governing Body for eSports and work alongside the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its goal is to represent and support professional players, …
Read More »Video: 2K announces BioShock: The Collection, set for September launch
2K has officially revealed its BioShock HD compilation after months of rumours. BioShock: The Collection brings together all three entries in the series and is set for a September 16th release internationally. BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite all come with single player DLC, and a director’s commentary with creators …
Read More »Sony to launch slimmer PS4 later this year, report
One analyst is predicting that a PlayStation 4 Slim console is on the way. According to the Wall Street Journal, Macquarie Securities’ Damian Thong said that Sony may be introducing a slimmer version of the PS4. Thong also said that this new bit of kit could be released as early …
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