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E3 2016 was packed with release dates revelations. Microsoft put the stress on hardware with the announcement of the new Xbox One S, which will launch as soon as this August. It also revealed that Project Scorpio – the new, more powerful Xbox One – is due at the end …
Read More »Standardised testing: Why QA/Loc firms are calling for best practices
QA and localisation firms face countless challenges as games evolve, making it increasingly hard to ensure games are released to the same level of quality – but there are some who believe setting industry standards is the answer. James Batchelor asked experts what they would recommend
Read More »Ground Shatter’s James Parker on why you should port to consoles
Ahead of his Develop:Brighton talk, the developer of SkyScrappers shares some thoughts on the seemingly daunting console market
Read More »PS4 Neo WILL launch this year, report claims
Well this is a surprise – one report has claimed that PS4 Neo WILL be released in 2016, despite its E3 no-show. Eurogamer reports that several sources have indicated that Neo launches this year”, regardless of the machine’s total absence from E3. The site also questions if 4K will be …
Read More »Bethesda makes it harder to rip off Fallout 4 mods on consoles
A Steam-linked account is now required to upload Fallout 4 mods onto Bethesda’s website. The publisher has faced a bit of a problem since mod support was introduced to the Xbox One version of the RPG, with some users taking mods created by others and available on sites such as …
Read More »Splashy Cats racks up 200,000 downloads in 48 hours
Artik Games’ latest reaches Top Ten across Europe
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Premier appoints new senior publicist
Bradley makes the leap to PR, Supermassive Gamesstrengthens its VR team and Wargaming hires a new head of marketing. Premier hires new senior publicist Former journalist Lee Bradley has joined Premier PR as a senior publicist. He previously worked for the likes of Xbox Achievements and PlayStation Trophies. Dom Peppiattis …
Read More »Overwatch servers down following potential Lizard Squad DDoS attack
Blizzard has once again come under attack from hacking group Lizard Squad. The collective appears to have DDoS’d the publisher’s servers for its new online shooter Overwatch. One member of Lizard Squad, AppleJ4ck has claimed alluded to being responsible for the outage (below). DDoS, or a Distributed Denial of Service, …
Read More »343 explains ‘casting and technical reasons’ behind Halo Wars 2 actor replacements
Developer says the industry has made ‘geometric leaps forward in technique and technology’ from the ‘hand-drawn’ models of 2009 original
Read More »Team17 on becoming more than just ‘that Worms studio’
For decades, the name ‘Team17” would inevitably conjure up memories of exploding sheep, that infectious theme song and a series of squeaky voiced invertebrates screaming ‘incoming’. Worms defined the UK studio for two decades, a period in which over 20 Worms titles were released. Today, Team17 is becoming better known …
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