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Read More »Which classic games console was released in Europe and Australia twenty years ago?
Former Valve dev, Rick Ellis, forms Sharkbite Games
Studio started in 2016 and with new funding from venture capitalist round is developing titles
Read More »That’s You! We talk to PS4 PlayLink launch title creator Wish Studios
The first wave of PlayLink titles for the PS4 are now launching – utlising smartphone controls to allow multiple players to play together on the PS4. We talk to Wish Studios, the Brighton-based developer, which has made both That’s You! (now on PS Plus for July) and Knowledge is Power …
Read More »Viktor ‘Vuggo’ Jendeby leaves Fnatic
Fnatic announced on Monday that it was parting ways with long-time Counter-Strike coach and manager Viktor ‘Vuggo’ Jendeby, who was currently serving as the manager of the Counter-Strike Global Offensive team. “My two and a half years in Fnatic have been an amazing time, a journey with a lot of …
Read More »3,000 less people sign up to compete at Evo in 2017, year on year
EVO organiser Joey ‘Mr. Wizard’ Cuellar has revealed the number of entrants at EVO for several different games, revealing that many games have seen huge drops in the amount of registered partipants. EVO is one of, if not the biggest, fighting game events on the international stage, and so a …
Read More »Valve announce shake-up to Dota 2’s competitive scene
It’s all change in Dota 2, with Valve announcing a complete overhaul to the way the competitive season will work after The International in Seattle next month. Dota 2’s competitive scene at the moment hinges on several Major tournaments. These tournaments are backed by Valve, and in addition there’s an …
Read More »Star Trek actor George Takei joins mobile game studio
Takei will be creative director of Hong Kong based Fifth Journey who also have an office in San Francisco
Read More »PlayLink: Can Sony combine a PS4 and smartphones to create broad appeal?
While games consoles have always had a broad appeal, the increasingly complex controllers required for modern 3D games are not for everyone. Because of that PlayStation has long explored numerous other control methods for its consoles – such as EyeToy, Singstar, Buzz!, Wonderbook and Move. PlayLink is the latest step …
Read More »Economic study links video games to US labour decline
A new working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research has posited that the popularity of video games is playing a part in reducing the overall contribution of young men in the American workforce. The New York Times reports that in 2015 American men aged between 31-55 worked around …
Read More »Celebrate Your Independence Every Day – Seven proven PR tips to self promote your game
Indigo Pearl, the games industry’s multi award-winning PR agency, has been running as an independent since 1999. Here, Caroline Miller, Founder & Director, gives us an insight into how indies can do their own PR without hiring an agency, and introduces DXN, the game key distribution service it’s developed to help developers get that all-important discoverability.
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