Allegiance, once known as the highest grossing team in console esports. has announced on Thursday that it will be shutting its doors today, closing the book on the company after just 22 months in operation. The organisation formed in October 2015, and rose to prominence when the organisation’s original Halo roster of …
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Margin Makers: Guide to Sonic merchandise
Sonic Mania hits shelves in a couple of weeks in a shiny collector’s edition for PS4, Xbox One and Switch, exclusive to Amazon. Of course, there’s also a digital version for players who only want to enjoy the game without the collectibles. Either way, to celebrate the blue blur’s return, …
Read More »Dota 2 team want to focus on new hero development and user experience
Valve has always been famous for ‘Valve Time’, the glacial pace at which the company behind Steam and countless games actually release things. The company are famous for it, but the development team behind Dota 2 have made it clear that they want to get past the image and increase …
Read More »Hitman hits 5 million player mark – Io-Interactive
Developer tweets the gaming milestone following news of fresh content for the sandbox game
Read More »Crash Bandicoot tops monthly PS4 download charts again
Another day, another No.1 for the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. For its second month on shelves, Activision’s Crash Bandicoot collection was the best-selling title of the PS4 Store in July, both in the European charts and US rankings. In June, the N. Sane Trilogy managed to take the top …
Read More »Activision Blizzard revenue up despite console sales decline
Activision Blizzard has posted "better than expected" financial results forQ2 2017.Net revenue hit $1.63bn for the quarter ending June 30th, rising 4 per cent year-on-year. Digital channels, meanwhile, grew 15 per cent year-on-year to reach $1.31bn. That said, console sales for Q2 were actually down 13 per cent year-on-year for …
Read More »More global acquisitions for Keywords Studios
Four french localisation companies join with the increasingly large technical services provider
Read More »Egmont launches first official Minecraft magazine with Mojang
Mojang has partnered with UK publishing house Egmont Publishing to create the first official Minecraft magazine, which launches this week. The 60-page launch issue, which hit stores on Tuesday, is priced at 4.99 and will have a monthly onsale period. Inside, readers will find 14 pages of hints and tips …
Read More »Game for a laugh: The Road to Stand-Up Pt.1
Indie dev Byron Atkinson-Jones may have made a mistake. One errant thought now leadshim on a year-long journey towards his first charity stand-up performance. If only for the lols.
Read More »Bethesda launches new official merchandise store for Europe
Bethesda has widened the reach of its official online merchandise store with the launch of a new store for Europe. Simply entitled the Bethesda Store Europe, the new online portal offers a wide range of licensed merchandise from across its portfolio of games, including Doom, Fallout, Dishonored, The Elder Scrolls, …
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.
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