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Unity Technologies win the YGD Hero Award and the other finalists will be announced at a ceremony on July 8th.
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Level-5 acquires Comcept
Dragon Quest and Ni No Kuni developer Level 5 has acquired Keiji Inafune’s studio Comcept. Inafune, who is famed for his work on the Mega Man and Onimusha series throughout his years at Capcom, founded Comcept when he left the Japanese publisher in 2010. Comcept is probably recognisable to most …
Read More »Sony addresses crossplatform multiplayer block
With true crossplatform multiplayer now very much a reality, Sony has tried to explain why PS4 has left itself isolated from the party. An upcoming update to Minecraft will introduce online multiplayer across PC, Xbox, mobile and Nintendo, but not PS4. The same is true of Rocket League, whose upcoming …
Read More »ReCore and Mighty No.9 dev Comcept bought by Level-5
The Ni No Kuni and Yo-Kai Watch studio will form a new subsidary
Read More »Metroid and Mario & Luigi return in new 3DS titles
Nintendo’s E3 Spotlight might have been all about new titles for Switch, but those tuning in to Nintendo’s Treehouse stream will have seen a handful of new 3DS titles as well. First up was Metroid: Samus Returns, a 3DS reimagining of the 1991 Game Boy original. Co-developed by Nintendo and …
Read More »First Zelda: Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass DLC dated for June 30th
As well as announcing a slew of new titles for the Nintendo Switch today, Nintendo also announced when players will be able to get their hands on the first DLC pack for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Arriving on June 30th, the first part of Breath of …
Read More »Rocket League is coming to Nintendo Switch, and features cross-platform play
Rocket League, Psyonix’s car-based game of put the ball into the hole, has been announced for the Nintendo Switch, during a Nintendo Direct on Tuesday. Those of you looking to take Rocket League on the move have your answer in a version for the Nintendo Switch, which will be coming …
Read More »Nintendo surprises with Metroid Prime 4, Rocket League and new Yoshi and Kirby titles on Switch
Nintendo kicked off its E3 Spotlight with a slew of announcements, confirming release dates for a number of titles announced earlier in the year, as well as confirmation of a couple of new surprises that are currently in development. What was once Nintendo’s big holiday title, Super Mario Odyssey will …
Read More »Sayed ‘Tekken Master’ Hashem, Bahrain’s most successful esports athlete, on why Americans have it easier
Sayed ‘Tekken Master’ Hashem got into games the same way as many of his generation: fighting for supremacy against his siblings. Hashem’s earliest memories of gaming are when he was six, embroiled in digital fisticuffs with his brothers in fighting games like Tekken. He’d play against his brothers every day …
Read More »Starbreeze acquires Enterspace VR for £1.8m
The location-based VR company will now use StarVR headsets
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