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Following the statement today from CI Games on the future focus of the company, Sean Cleaver discusses how honesty is refreshing in our industry
Read More »Opinion: Isn’t honesty refreshing?
Ubisoft’s Guillemot family increases company stake
The move, reported by Reuters, is to stop media giant Vivendi from buying overall control
Read More »Substance Indie Pack currently 50 per cent off in the Steam Sale
licences for Painter 2, Designer 6 and B2M 3 currently over half price
Read More »Research shows HTC Vive is developers most popular VR platform
Data from VRDC report shows 35 per cent of developers would release their next title exclusively for the platform
Read More »Former Playdead founder, Dino Patti, opens Jumpship
Jumpship also announced its first title, Somerville, to be developed in Guildford
Read More »CastAR has closed its doors, report suggests
An augmented reality studio founded by two former Valve employees has ceased operations. That’s according to Polygon, which reports that CastAR and closed its internal development studio Eat Sleep Play and laid off around 70 members of staff across its Palo Alto and Salt Lake City offices. A group of …
Read More »CI Games hints at future away from triple-A race
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 and Lords of the Fallen developer CI Games has said that its future titles will be smaller and more tightly focused. Its most recent Sniper game faced a rough reception from critics, most of whom agreed that there were an unacceptable number of bugs. We’ve learned …
Read More »Introversion’s Scanner Sombre "bombed in a big way"
The developer behind Prison Architect has said that its latest release has proved a huge commercial disappointment. Scanner Sombre released in April but has managed to sell just 6,000 copies in its first two months on Steam. Prison Architect, meanwhile, has sold well in excess of 2m units. "It’s bombed …
Read More »Sega defends mobile Forever ports
The launch of Sega Forever has been positive, the company has argued, although it concedes that there are lessons to be learned. Sega last week launched a number of its retro titles on mobile under the new Sega Forever banner. The games are free to download and play, although gamers …
Read More »Nintendo promises improved SNES Mini stock situation
Will the SNES Mini be as hard to find as its predecessor the NES Mini? That’s the burning question following yesterday’s announcement. The NES Mini remained incredibly hard to find throughout its short life and was then unceremoniously cancelled by Nintendo. Already gamers are rushing to pre-order the SNES Mini …
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