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Blizzard’s Overwatch enjoyed an incredible first week. The team shooter has since May 24th welcomed over 7m players, who between them have logged over 119m hours of gameplay time. The total number of players does not necessarily equate to total sales, as households and friends can use multiple accounts on …
Read More »MVP Black, the best Heroes of the Storm team in the world may quit the game
MVP Balck, who are generally regarded as the best Heroes of the Storm team in the world, may leave the game at the end of the year. Team coach, Gwang Bok Kim, said in an interview with Korean eSports site DailyEsports that his team are not happy with multiple aspects …
Read More »Minecraft sales pass 100m units
Mojang has confirmed a monumental sales milestone for its smash hit Minecraft. The studio has now sold a total of 106,859,714 copies of the game. Since the start of 2016 it has sold an average of 53,000 copies every day. There have been sales in every country on the planet, …
Read More »Rumoured delay for Nintendo NX to add VR
But sources suggest upcoming platform will still be console/handheld hybrid
Read More »Techland says it is now an international publisher
Dying Light and Dead Island developer Techland is changing tact by announcing plans to become a global publisher. The company says that it intends to publish two major” multiplatform titles, as well as four digital titles, every year. It sounds, however, as if it hasn’t signed anything yet, with CEO …
Read More »Thatgamecompany fanbase will propel Abzu to success, 505 says
505 Games believes it has a Game of the Year on its hands with its upcoming indie title, Abzu. The game is being made by Giant Squid, a studio formed by alumni from Thatgamecompany, who created the award-winning PS3 game, Journey. Similar to Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, critically …
Read More »New BAME in Games organisation founded
Group aims to drive diversity in the games industry
Read More »Ubisoft: ‘Diversity is a fuel to grow our market’
Improving diversity will make the games industry more successful, argues Ubisoft Reflections’ MD Pauline Jacquey. Jacquey wants to see the industry introduce new genres, styles and heroes, which will help widen the number of consumers who buy games, and in turn improve the diversity of those that make them. The …
Read More »Nintendo NX production delayed to add VR, report claims
You thought the last NX rumour was a beauty? Well get a load of this. As spotted by Nintendo Life, Digitimes reports that the first production for Nintendo NX components has now been pushed back to early 2017, having originally been pencilled in for the middle of 2016. The reason? …
Read More »Ready at Dawn on Deformers and working with GameStop
In February last year, Ready at Dawn released its most ambitious project yet: The Order: 1886. The California-based studio had a strong reputation after creating a series of excellent PSP games, and this PS4 title saw it step into the home console world. However, although The Order was a beautiful …
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