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Heavy metal pioneers Iron Maiden are releasing a free-to-play mobile RPG this summer. The title – Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast – is launching for iOS and Android, and is being made by Roadhouse Interactive and 50cc Games. This isn’t the band’s first foray into video games – in …
Read More »Call of Duty claims sixth successive UK No.1, GTA V shoots up to second place
With a lack of new releases hitting shelves, Call of Duty once again retains the top spot in the UK All Formats chart. Activision’s shooter manages with a mere 24 per cent drop in sales week-on-week. This is the sixth time in a row that Black Ops III has been …
Read More »New Year, New Job: How to secure a job in PR
Premier’s director of games Gareth Williams shares what he looks for in candidates looking to kick off a career in PR What skills do you look for in candidates? There are so many important skills needed in PR, but the key skills are personality, drive and creativity. We all have …
Read More »Hitman’s release plan has changed again, is now fully episodic
The pricing and release schedule for Square Enix’s Hitman have undergone some more alterations. In a post on its website for the title, developer IO Interactive has said that the game is now ‘truly episodic’, and the initial Intro Pack release – still set for launch on March 11th – …
Read More »Call of Duty franchise has sold over 250m units globally
Publisher Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops III was the top-selling title of 2015 worldwide. In a blog post by communications manager Scott Lowe, the firm also revealed that thefranchise to date has reached more than 250 million units. The post also announced that the series was …
Read More »How I learned to love the Bomb
Over the last few years, there’s been a trend of video game veterans going indie. From Peter Molyneux to Fiona Sperry, past Cliff Bleszinski to Michel Ancel, we’ve seen a number of people who could walk into any job, go back to basics. And it’s not just creators, but business …
Read More »New Year, New Job: How to get a video producer role
Kate Gray has written for ONM and OXM, been the UK face of Microsoft’s Xbox On YouTube channel and now works as a video producer at GameSpot UK. Not only that, she picked up the GMAs 2015Rising Star award.Here she tells us how she landed her current role What is …
Read More »All 4 Games details first three releases, set for Q1 launch
Channel 4’s brand new games publishing arm All 4 Games has revealed that its first three games will be coming out in the next quarter. The firm has confirmed that RetroFist’s arcade title Fire Fu, shooter Super Arc Light from BAFTA-winning No Code and Apestorm being developed by Finland’s Snowhound …
Read More »nDreams targets virtual reality publishing sector
Virtual reality studio nDreams wants to release other developers’ VR games. The firm has only published its own products so far, but now CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh wants nDreams to become the Team17 or Curve of the VR space. We are now looking for third-party titles,” O’Luanaigh said. We’ve seen great …
Read More »Warner reveals 1m UK LEGO Marvel sales as sequel looms
Warner Bros has revealed that LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has sold over 1m units in the UK. Its statement comes ahead of the upcoming LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, which arrives on January 29th. Marvel Super Heroes was the second-largest LEGO launch to-date, with 84,400 units. The only bigger launch was 2008’s …
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