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After purchasing a minority stake in the firm, GAME has fully acquired augmented reality specialists Ad Reality. The retail giant has splashed out 2m on the AR business, with another 18m going to Ads Reality’s founding directors – Richard Corps and Prajay Kamat – based on performance conditions. GAME and …
Read More »Alien Wasteland dev forced to rename game after InXile files cease and desist
Studio claims that title from lone creator infringes on its ‘Wasteland’ trademark
Read More »Evil Within co-developer The Workshop acquired by Star Trek producer Skydance
Studio rebranded as Skydance Interactive as it moves to focus on VR experiences
Read More »Turtle Beach partner with OpTic Gaming and reveal new headset
Turtle Beach has today announced a new partnership with OpTic Gaming. Combined with the announcement of the new Turtle Beach Elite Pro headset the partnership will see all OpTic players use the headset, along with the Elite Pro T.A.C. audio controller, when competing. The first event that will see OpTic …
Read More »Dishonored 2 misses spring release date, now hitting shelves in November
Bethesda’s sequel to 2012 stealth action title Dishonored is going to be released in November. The publisher has announced that the follow-up will be launching worldwide on November 11th, 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. This is – obviously – considerably later than the spring release initially outlined …
Read More »BBC looking for games to sign at Interface
Publishing arm of broadcaster joins PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Curve, Soedesco, KISS, Green Man Gaming and Plug In Digital
Read More »Nolan North producing his first video game
Voice actor teaming up with Frima Studios to develop Con Man: The Game
Read More »‘We should analyse games as we do cinema and literature’: EU awards €2m to outline game design theories
Researcher Espen Aarseth to lead five-year study into game analysis, which he also hopes will combat stereotypes about addiction and violence
Read More »Dark Souls studio From Software is working on a new IP for PlayStation VR
PS4, Xbox One and PC title will be a “step in a new direction”, according to president Hidetaka Miyazaki
Read More »‘The world of mobile eSports is ripe for the taking’
Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise says casual games can be just as successful as hardcore eSports titles
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