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To celebrate its sixthbirthday, digital retailer Green Man Gaming has launched a brand new website. Green Man Gaming now has a new online store and e-commerce platform, which it claims provides a higher amount of localisation for different markets around the world.Furthermore, the firm is offering special deals for 24 …
Read More »Warner finally announces its Batman Arkham collection remasters
It’s been a long time coming. Warner Bros has confirmed that its Batman bundle, offering remastered versions of two of the Caped Crusader’s four adventures. Batman: Return to Arkham includes his first two Rocksteady outings – Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Both games are getting the remaster treatment, …
Read More »Blizzard: There’s no place for racism, sexism or harassment in our community
Mike Morhaime has once again stepped up and proven he is one of the few leading gaming executives unprepared to sit by and tolerate hate and discrimination in the games community. His latest stand comes after last week’s DreamHack Hearthstone tournament where finalist Terrence Miller, who is black, was the …
Read More »Develop’s top tips for start-ups
Thinking of opening your own studio? Developers that have already been through the journey, those that currently are and a range of industry experts share key insights into starting on your best foot
Read More »The Vaulting Dead: Implementing first-person parkour in Dying Light
In Dying Light, the recently deceased aren’t just walking: they can scale buildings, jump fences and more. Luckily, so can the living. Develop chases down lead designer Maciej Binkowski and lead programmer Bartosz Kulon to discover how they implemented first-person parkour movement
Read More »Report: Resident Evil 7 in the works, will be a return to horror roots
The next entry in Capcom’s Resident Evil series will be a ‘clean slate’ and a return to the franchise’s horror roots. That’s according to industry analyst Dr Serkan Toto, who said on the Twitter (below) that Resident Evil 7 is indeed in development. It will also ‘go back to RE’s …
Read More »DLC done right
Techland producer Tymon Smektala offers developers advice on how to build add-ons that truly give gamers extra value
Read More »EA forms Frostbite Labs to focus on developing future tech
Virtual humans in VR and ‘deep learning’ among ‘longer-term’ topics being researched by 30 to 40-strong team
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Germany
Half of the German population plays games according to data firm Newzoo. These 41.5m consumers allowed the German market to increase by two per cent in 2015, generating $4bn (2.7bn) in revenues. Germany is the biggest games market in Europe and Newzoo predicts that its revenues will continue to grow …
Read More »IGN acquires GameTrailers name and videos
GameTrailers may not be quite as dead as previously thought. Media giant IGN has stepped in – as reported by Polygon – purchasing both the GameTrailers’ name and the site’s massive library of videos. While GameTrailers.com is gone, its video content and YouTube channel will survive. That domain also redirects …
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