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The team behind Doctor Who: Legacy has moved from the United States to the UK. Tiny Rebel Games has traded the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles for a new office in Newport, South Wales. The studio’s creative director Lee Cummings grew up in the region, and his family owns …
Read More »Share price tumbles as GAME suffers credit insurance blow
The share price of GAME Digital is currently at its lowest ever point. The stock is currently trading at 81p, having fallen as low as 80p earlier today. GAME was trading for 360p back in December 31st 2014, although it fell below the 100p mark in January of this year. …
Read More »ESA announces free consumer E3 Live event
E3 is opening its doors to consumers… sort of. Organisers the ESA have announced a brand new event called E3 Live. This is a free event for consumers being held at LA Live – right next to the LA Convention Center, which is the location of E3. The event opens …
Read More »Dark Souls III was the No.1 UK game in April
Bandai Namco had the best-selling UK physical game of April in Dark Souls III. But it was a poor month overall for game sales. 1m boxed games were sold in total, a drop of 24 per cent over the same period a month before. 30.8m was generated from software sales, …
Read More »Minecraft’s retail price IS going up
The retail price of Minecraft is being increased in the UK, MCV can confirm. Mojang last week revealed that the price of the Java PC version was being increased in some territories – not including the UK – but gave no indication of price rises elsewhere. However, MCV has obtained …
Read More »$1.4 million CS:GO competition ELEAGUE starts tonight, prize distribution revealed
The $1.4 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition ELEAGUE starts later tonight, and the prize pool distribution has finally been announced. At the end of the 10 week season the winning team will walk away with a massive $390,000. Second place will grab $140,000 with third and fourth grabbing a still …
Read More »Battleborn price dropped as Overwatch arrives worldwide
UK High Street retailers have dropped the price of 2K shooter Battleborn just in time for the arrival of Blizzard’s rival team shooter Overwatch. Supermarkets such as Sainsburys and Tesco have dropped the game to 30. Online retailers such as Amazon, GAME, ShopTo, Gameseek and GameStop have all dropped their …
Read More »Here’s your latest NX rumour – Nintendo is developing a separate handheld system
So widespread is the rumour that Nintendo’s NX will be a hybrid home-handheld device that plenty just presume it to be fact. But fresh chatter online has suggested this is not the case. Twitter stats guru ZhugeEX has linked to a Japanese investor report that makes an interesting claim. It …
Read More »Applications for BAFTA Breakthrough Brits close next week
20 up-and-coming creators across games, TV and film will be given a 12-month programme of career development support, including mentoring from experts in their fields
Read More »Uncharted 4 set out to introduce strong female characters
Creative director Neil Druckmann has revealed how the Uncharetd 4 development team went about ensuring strong women were represented in the game. When I’m introducing and describing a new character to our lead character concept artist, constantly she will ask, ‘What if it was a girl?’ And I’m like, Oh, …
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