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Virtual reality is almost upon us now, and research firm SuperData reckons that the market for the new tech will reach $5.1bn (3.5bn) by the end of the year. That’s according to the company’s ‘Virtual Reality Market Brief‘, which also predicts that the install base of VR in 2016 would …
Read More »PC Rise of the Tomb Raider confirmed for January release
Microsoft has announced that the PC edition of Rise of the Tomb Raider will be hitting Steam and Windows 10 at the end of January. The action adventure title will be coming out on January 28th, according to the publisher. This is in line with what was leaked from Amazon …
Read More »New Year New Job: The other developer skills gap
Organisations like UKIE have helped to boost the number of clued-in employees joining the industry, but there’s another area that developers need to educate themselves in
Read More »Steam games made over $3.5bn in 2015 – report
Games sold over Steam generated over $3.5bn last year, according to analytics site Steam Spy. The outlet – run by one Sergey Galyonkin – claims that 3,000 new games were released on the platform (up from 1,900 in 2014), and the number of concurrent users reached a whopping 12 million …
Read More »Sony promises PlayStation Plus subscription extensions following PSN outage
Following its PlayStation Network online service being down yesterday, Sony has said it will be compensating gamers. In a tweet on its official Twitter account (below), the platform holder said that we should ‘stay tuned for details on PS Plus, PS Now, and video rental extensions’. This can be taken …
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider hits 1m units, could launch on PC this month
Crystal Dynamics’ Rise of the Tomb Raider has shifted ‘well over one million units’ since it was released in November. That’s according to Xbox’s marketing man Aaron Greenburg, who confirmed that the adventure title had reached the sales milestone responding to a fan on Twitter (below). This follows Microsoft revealing …
Read More »Uncharted 4 delayed for second time, set for April release
Sony has pushed back Uncharted 4 from its March 2016 release date. The PS4-exclusive action platformer will now be hitting shelves in the UK on April 29th, according to a post on the PlayStation Blog. Prior to that, it was set for a March 16th launch. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s …
Read More »Call of Duty Black Ops III claims fifth UK No.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops III has spent its fifth week in 2015 at the top of the UK All Formats charts. This is despite a 39 per cent dip in sales last week. The shooter’s five-week run at No.1 is a record only beaten by EA’s FIFA 16, which …
Read More »Activision Blizzard to buy MLG in $46m deal – report
Soon after shelling out $5.9bn for Candy Crush firm King.com, it appears that Activision Blizzard might be making another acquisition. According to eSports Observer, the Board of pro-gaming company Major League Gaming approved an Asset Purchase Agreement allowing the Call of Duty publisher to acquire the majority of the firm’s …
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider could be hitting PC next month
Xbox One timed-exclusive Rise of the Tomb Raider appears to be coming out on PC in January 2016. That’s if a listing on the ever-leaky Amazon France is to believed. The French arm of the online retail giant – as spotted by IGN – gave the PC SKU of Square’s …
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