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This week’s news that EA has chosen to shutdown Visceral Games and its unnamed, narrative-driven Star Wars title is the talk of the games industry. Pretty much everyone, myself included, is in agreement that the game didn’t fit with EA’s strategy of capitalising on games-as-a-service titles (GaaS) which retain player interest for …

The studio and Develop Award winner joins the ever increasing portfolio of Keywords development services

Sean Cleaver talks with Robot Gentleman's creative director Dominik Gotojuch and art director Juliusz Zenkner about the studio's quirky culture and how the growth of a smaller scene can lead to greater things

Welcome to the new MCV website. The new website launched today and brings the brand right up-to-date. It’s fully responsive, so you’ll be able to read the latest games industry news on the move as easily as at your desktop.  The site is the final piece in a year-long strategy …

Dream Reality Interactive has unveiled its first AR game for iOS. Developed using Apple’s newly-announced ARKit, Orbu will arrive on iPhones and iPad in early November. In the game, players must control its titular creature to navigate a 3D, Japanese-themed garden. Here, they’ll be tasked with interacting with the real …

When NIS America published Omiyasoft’s turn-based strategy game Culdcept Revolt on 3DS earlier this month, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was the start of a brand-new franchise for the company. After all, this is the first time a Culdcept game has ever been released in Europe. In fact, the …

Boxed specialist Sold Out has partnered with Terrible Posture Games and Grip Digital to publish the physical console versions of first-person bullet-hell shooter Mothergunship in 2018, the company has announced. Arriving on PS4 and Xbox One and digitally on PC, Mothergunship is the spiritual successor to 2014’s Tower of Guns, …

Sony has announced a brand-new games publishing label that’s set to bring indie games to a number of different platforms – including the Nintendo Switch. Rather than come under the expertise of Sony Interactive Entertainment, however, the new Unties label will be operated by Sony Music Entertainment and will largely …

Denis ‘Seized’ Kostin has departed from Natus Vincere’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster, and will be replaced in forthcoming ESL Pro League matches against North and GODSENT by Aleksey ‘1uke’ Zimin from Spirit Academy. This comes from a post on Russian social media site VK.com, but the news isn’t surprising after …

The new Series D investment brings the total financing of the company up to $2bn with a product yet to launch