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Studio behind Firefall MMO suffers cuts after disappointing launch in China
Read More »40 laid off at Firefall studio Red5 – report
A significant portion of staff at Firefall developer Red5 have had their jobs axed. That’s according to MMORPG.com, who reports that 40 employees have been fired disappointing launch for the free-to-play MMO shooter in China. This news comes courtesy of an anonymous source from the studio, who claims that the …
Read More »Eight million people have played Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
EA has revealed that eight million gamers have played Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare. In an infographic (below), the firm has revealed some stats about the shooter spin-off of the Plants vs Zombies franchise. 1.4 billion games have been played online – which the publisher claims clocks in at 1,600 …
Read More »Payday 2 devs apologise over microtransaction mess
Payday 2 studio Overkill has apologised for a number changes to the game that have annoyed its community. In mid-October, the firm introduced in-game payments, something met with a firmly negative reaction from the title’s fans. Despite this vocal reaction, Overkill said the microtransactions were ‘working as expected’ before introducing …
Read More »Battlefront shoots to No.1, has biggest ever UK launch for a Star Wars game
Star Wars Battlefront debuts at the top spot in the UK charts and has the fourth biggest week of any game this year. The online-only shooter has the biggest launch for a Star Wars game, selling more than 117 per cent more units in its first week than previous record …
Read More »YouTube launches Fair Use policy, will help content creators fight legal battles
YouTube is now siding with its content creators over games publishers. In a blog post called ‘A Step Towards Protecting Fair Use on YouTube‘, Google copyright legal director Fred von Lohmann says that the firm is going to be defending Fair Use going forwards. As such, it will be refusing …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One Resident Evil 6 appears at Korean rating board
It appears that Resident Evil 6 could be coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That’s if a leak from the Korean Game Rating Board is to be believed. As spotted by Gematsu, PS4 and Xbox One SKUs of the 2013 survival horror title have been assessed by the …
Read More »Halo World Championship 2016 starts in December, prize pool now $1.7m
Microsoft has revealed that its Halo World Championship tournament will kick off at the start of this December. The event will debut on December 6th with online ladders. Then between December 19th 2015 and January 31st 2016, Xbox will be holding its online qualifiers and regional in-person live events. From …
Read More »PEGI could adjust age ratings for virtual reality games
Ratings body PEGI admits it may need to reevaluate its ratings system when VR arrives next year. The firm says it will take a closer look at how it assesses fear and horror in terms of suitability for young audiences. It follows comments from Sony’s Worldwide Studio boss Shuhei Yoshida, …
Read More »82% of Football Manager 2016’s sales were digital
Football Manager 2016 shifted 110,000 digital and physical units in its first week on sale in the UK. This means the game could have been No.3 in the Chart-Track All Formats charts had digital sales been included. 82 per cent of the game’s sales were made digitally. Based on just …
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