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Another company has gone on record to say that it having trouble getting some of its title up and running on Nintendo Switch. THQ Nordic’s business and product development director Reinhard Pollice has confessed to Games Industry that it has faced a challenge” getting 2D turn-based RPG Battle Chasers running …

Nintendo has promised around a year of extra content updates for its upcoming Switch shooter Splatoon 2, as well as two years of Splatfest events, the platform holder revealed today in its Splatoon 2 Nintendo Direct stream. Much like the original Splatoon on Wii U, Splatfests ask players from all …

Nottingham venue plays host to archives and unseen documents from developer Sports Interactive

Rocket League, the vehicular game of kickball that took the world by storm when it launched on PlayStation Plus to little fanfare in July 2015 turns two this month. In two years, it has established itself as one of the breakout esports successes of this generation, a poster car both for …

Hearthstone’s latest expansion is just a month away, and until now it’s been kept in relative secrecy. Nothing lasts forever though, and the Chinese Hearthstone site has leaked assets which reveal a bit of information about what we can expect from the expansion, thematically. These images appeared on the official …

Think you know the answer? How about putting that to the test at the Develop Quiz 2017?

PS4 games are now available on Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming service, meaning you can now play PS4 games on your PC. 50 PS4 titles will be added to the service today, including Killzone: Shadow Fall, Saints Row IV Re-Elected, WWE 2K16, Tropic 5 and Tearaway Unfolded, with additional games being …

When it comes to localising a video game successfully, there are clear benefits obtained by bringing the translation team as close as possible to the QA team, ideally under one roof. Testronic’s Translation Service Manager Manuel Verdinelli explains why

Former Jagex man returns as director of talent acquisition

Kim ‘Effect’ Hyun, a damage dealer for Team EnVyUs’ Overwatch roster, took to Twitter on Tuesday to say that he’s looking to start practicing Overwatch.  The tweet, in Korean, is embedded below, but was translated by Slingshot Esports.  In English: “I decided to play CS:GO during the pockets of time …