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This week was a busy period for the Japanese games market, with every single entry in the Top 10 for the region being a new release. From Software and Sony’s new hardcore RPG Bloodborne went straight to No.1 in Japan, shifting 150,245 units according to market data from Famitsu. This …
Read More »Get That Job: How to be a technical director
Strawdog's Derek Pettigrew on the skills needed to bag the role
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians slated for October release
Halo 5: Guardians will be hitting Xbox One this October. The latest entry in Microsoft’s blockbuster sci-fi series will be launching worldwide on October 27th. This was revealed in two trailers released by Microsoft. One depicts series hero Master Chief standing above an injured Locke – Halo Nightfall’s main character …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline No.1 for second week, Bloodborne debuts in second place
Battlefield Hardline has spent its second week in pole position of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Sales of EA’s new shooter fell by 43 per cent week-on-week, but Hardline still beat this week’s top new release, Sony’s PS4-exclusive Bloodborne. The hardcore RPG debuted at No.2, falling 22,500 units …
Read More »OlliOlli 2 played by over 1m people worldwide
Over one million people around the globe have played Roll7’s sequel to last year’s indie skating hit OlliOlli. OlliOlli 2 launched on March 4th in the UK for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita and went straight into PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection – the series of games available for free …
Read More »PlayStation TV price drops to £44.99
The price of Sony’s PlayStation TV microconsole has dipped to 44.99. That’s a 47 per cent decline on the hardware’s 84.99 RRP. Speaking to deal website Dealspwn– as spotted by Videogamer –a Sony spokesperson said: "Starting from the March 27th, PlayStation TV will offer even greater value for money when …
Read More »How to get a place on a video games university course
University of Staffordshire games lecturer David Edwards on what students need to get onto its various courses for aspiring developers
Read More »Atari might reboot Tempest, Missile Command and others
As its reboot of 1979 arcade title Asteroids hits Steam Early Access, publisher Atari says some of its other classic franchises might get the same treatment. Tempest, Warlords, Adventure and Missile Command are among the titles that the firm is considering rebooting. In aid of this, the publisher is ‘teaming …
Read More »From game jam to E3 in six months – the story of Acid Nerve and Titan Souls
In December 2013, three developers gathered to take part in online game jam Ludum Dare. They were UK-based programmer and lead designer Mark Foster and music and sound designer David Fenn, and Andrew Gleeson, an artist from Australia. In time, they would take on the studio name Acid Nerve. The …
Read More »Breaking bad – how to stop games releasing with major bugs and issues
At the end of 2014, it felt like we couldn’t go a week without a game being released with some severe issues. Assassin’s Creed Unity came out with glitchy visuals; Microsoft had serious issues with Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s online mode. Even Tetris had problems. It was clear that …
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