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Developer CD Projekt has said it would be unfair for the studio not to release a fourth game in the Witcher franchise. While this year’s big hit The Witcher 3 may have been the end of star Geralt’s story, it’s huge critical and commercial success means it almost certainly won’t …

Geomerics’ Enlighten tool utilised as lighting solution

Otherside Entertainment's follow-up to sci-fi RPG follows Night Dive Studios’ remake of original game

Game analytics and marketing firm DeltaDNA has hired industry veteran David Zemke as its VP of business development in US and Canada. The new executive joins the free-to-play and mobile focused company following stints ranging back to the mid-ninties with EA, Konami, Rovio, DeNA, Sega, and Lucas Arts. Having spent …

Grand Theft Auto V took advantage of its discount in Steam’s Exploration Sale last week, wrestling the top spot on the best sellers chart away from Fallout 4. Bethesda’s recent release fell to third, with the aforementioned GTA V and Counter-Strike Global: Offensive on discount finishing ahead, in first and …

Martijn van der Meulen and Edward Gladwin promise footage of debut game soon

At long last, Mojang’s Minecraft is set to launch on Nintendo’s Wii U. The title is launching on the hardware on December 17th – just in time for the Christmas holidays – and comes with multiple add-on packs. Minecraft: Wii U Edition features off-screen play so uses can play with …

Upcoming 3.0 version of code also detailed

The developer behind upcoming MOBA Gigantic has been struck by a series of job losses. Motiga originally announced the five-on-five free-to-play title back in mid-2014, with a PC and Xbox One release planned for this year. However, the outlet has now announced that its plans to push the game’s release …

Fun House, the Ubisoft development arm founded to create more quirky titles, has revealed its first full game. Led by Child of Light creative director PatrickPlourde, Fun House was created as a spin-off of Ubisoft Montreal earlier this year in August and initially revealed Eagle’s Flight, an air-bound tech demo …