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Digital games retailer GOG has launched its own version of Early Access with an emphasis on quality control. Much like Steam’s Early Access, GOG’s service lets studios release titles that are still in development. Though Steam Early Access has yielded some hits, including Bohemia Interactive’s Day Z and Wildcard’s Ark …
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"The Witness isn’t an indie game"
In 2008, a puzzle platformer game called Braid hit Xbox Live Arcade. It was made by an American developer called Jonathan Blow, and was one of the first commercial smash hits from the then-burgeoning indie scene. Now, after a seven-year development period and blowing through a budget that’s close to …
Read More »GameStop CEO says PlayStation VR will launch in the autumn
The boss of a leading games retailer has suggested that Sony’s PlayStation VR might arrive as late as autumn of this year. Sony’s device, previously known as Project Morpheus, is currently due out some time in the first half of 2016. However, speaking in a Fox News interview as spotted …
Read More »GAME buys Spanish eSports platform SocialNAT
Retailer GAME has made another big eSports purchase, this time in Spain. A little under a year ago GAME swooped to acquire Multiplay for 20m. Now it has reached an agreement to acquire SocialNAT for an undisclosed sum. SocialNAT has over 150k registered users. It organised the eSports activities at …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 Finalist Profiles: Distribution Team
As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Distribution Team category Advantage Part of the Centresoft family, Advantage Distribution is a multi-channel supplier, distributing thousands of parcels each week for next day delivery to …
Read More »Early Street Fighter V players face data loss
Street Fighter V isn’t set to launch until tomorrow (Tuesday, February 16th), but it appears that some consumers already have their hands on the brawler. However, those playing the title ahead of its official release are set to lose all of their save data. Capcom has warned that it is …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops III claims tenth No.1
Activision’s latest Call of Duty title has spent its tenth week at the No.1 spot in the UK since its November launch. The shooter manages this for a mere 17 per cent decline in sales, likely due to the recent release of its first round of DLC – Awakening. In …
Read More »PS4 wins January in the US, Call of Duty tops charts
January marked another sales victory in the US for Sony’s PS4, according to NPD data. VentureBeat reports that PS4 enjoyed another sales win over Xbox One. Microsoft’s machine only managed to outsell Sony’s in two of 2015’s months – April and October. And that’s despite some heavy discounting on Xbox …
Read More »Skylanders and Guitar Hero underperform while Call of Duty soars
Publisher Activision has said that both Skylanders SuperChargers and Guitar Hero Live failed to meet sales expectations. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, however, exceeded them on every single level. The toys-to-life category grew in 2015, although that was mostly down to market leader LEGO Dimensions, which not only performed …
Read More »Are you ready for the $10,000,000 version of Dying Light: The Following?
In 2013 Codemasters offered a 125k version of Grid 2 that came with a car. Last year there was a 250k version of the original Dying Light. Surely it’s impossible to top such lunacy? Nope. Techland has once again teamed up with GAME to offer a ‘slightly pricey’ version of …
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