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We speak to Jurre de Baare about his role as Engine Programmer at Epic Games
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The Wolf Among Us was ‘almost unshippable’ and could have been a comedy, says Telltale
Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us is finally getting a second season in the second half of 2018, but according to head of creative communications Job Stauffer, the title might have never seen the light of day had it not been for a last ditch attempt from the development team to …
Read More »FaZe Clan cruise to CS:GO ESL One New York victory and $125,000
FaZe Clan has won their second CS:GO championship title of 2017, taking the win at ESL One New York with a 3-0 sweep over Team Liquid. FaZe took the best-of-five in just three maps, earning themselves $125,000 as they won out on Inferno, Overpass and Mirage. FaZe opened up by …
Read More »NBA 2K18 pips PES 2018 to No.2 – while Destiny 2 remains in top spot
Skipping the top spot for a minute, there was an incredibly close battle for second place this week between two key sports titles, both eager to make a mark before FIFA 18 launches next week. And it was NBA 2K18 that just edged out Pro Evolution Soccer 2018. That’s impressive …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV hits 6.5m units
Final Fantasy XV has now sold over 6.5m units, according to the game’s director Hajime Tabata. Tabata revealed the figure during an interview with Gamespot over PAX 2017. "From a business standpoint, we’ve achieved over 6.5m units," he said. "The fact that we’re still going to be putting out content …
Read More »Nintendo’s US TV ad spend was higher than PlayStation and Xbox in August
Nintendo spent the most amount of money on US gaming industry TV ad spend in August, according to new figures from real-time TV ad measurement company iSpot.tv (via GamesBeat), spending an estimated $4.5m. The platform holder aired 14 adverts over 1,600 times, collecting around 230.6m impressions. The biggest ad was …
Read More »[Updated] Nintendo Switch emulation capability revealed with NES Golf
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Story from Nintendo Everything reveals that the game is in the Switch Firmware with Joy-Con Support.
Read More »Bungie address ‘hate symbol’ vetting process
The Destiny 2 developer answer the questions everyone's asking via it's blog - how did this happen?
Read More »Interview: F1 2017 creative director Lee Mather
Formula One as a sport has evolved tremendously over the last four years. Coincidentally, so has video games development. Sean Cleaver sat down with F1 2017's creative director Lee Mather, to discuss how Codemasters have coped with changes in this generation and the process behind improving the Forumla One game franchise
Read More »Peter Hawley joins Telltale as new CEO
The former Zynga executive succeeds co-founder Dan Connors
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