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Psyonix didn’t think Rocket League would be a hit. The San Diego-based studio had limited expectations of the car-football game, and thought it would only sell a few hundred thousand units in its lifetime. Within a month of its launch, it was being played by 5m gamers. Since then, that …

Halo 5: Guardians won’t suffer the same troubled launch as its predecessor, Halo: The Master Chief Collection. That’s the pledge from Kevin Franklin, design director for the game at 343 Industries, who told MCV the studio had learnt from its mistakes releasing the Halo compilation. The Master Chief Collection was …

Ex-Sony, Outplay and Ripstone staff join new team headed by Colin Macdonald

Digital PS4 and PC smash hit Rocket League could be coming to the High Street. Jeremy Dunham, VP of marketing and communications at developer Psyonix, said that he has already starting talking to potential partners, but added it is important to include something special for boxed shoppers. Physical retail is …

The first trailer for the big screen debut of the Angry Birds franchise has been unleashed into the wild. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely,” the description reads. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis – We’re the Millers, Horrible …

Forget Batman and Metal Gear Solid V, Rocket League has come out of nowhere to become the biggest game of the summer. The PC and PSN digital game has been played by 6m people, developer Psyonix has announced. The car-football title was released as part of the PlayStation Plus Instant …

In this week’s issue of MCV, we speak to Psyonix, the developer of the suprise hit of the summer Rocket League. VP of marketing and communications Jeremy Dunham talks about the success of the car football title, and what is next for Rocket League. And as UKIE Chair Andy Payne …

In August it was revealed that the then new Windows 10 would lock out some older disc-based games that used certain DRM methods. Now it seems that the same restrictions have been rolled out older versions of the OS, including Windows 7, 8 and Windows Vista. Rock Paper Shotgun reports …

The legacy instruments adapter for the Xbox One release of Rock Band 4 has been made available for individual purchase, Harmonix has announced. A new post on the studio’s blog reveals there’s been an about face regarding the mandatory bundling of the adapter and the game’s Xbox One edition. The …

Gameloft has reportedly closed another game development studio. Gamasutracites multiple sources that claim the company has shut down a Seattle-based office, with one source stating roughly 15 people have been laid off. The move comes less than a year after the branch opened in November 2014. It’s not clear at …