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Warner Bros’ LEGO Jurassic World is top of the UK All Formats Top 40 for the fourth time since its launch. It manages this in spite of a 14 per cent dip in sales this week. Between LEGO Jurassic World, Batman: Arkham Knight, Dying Light and Mortal Kombat X, Warner …
Read More »Football Manager and Minecraft top App Store charts
Sega’s Football Manager Handheld and the Pocket Edition of Mojang’s Minecraft topped the iPhone and iPad charts respectively. Football Manager Handheld 2015 went to No.1 in the iPhone charts as last week’s top spot holder The 7 Second Challenge falls to sixth place. Meanwhile, Ninja Kiwi’s Bloons TD 5 and …
Read More »Bandai Namco’s bonanza year
Think of Bandai Namco a few years back, and it’s likely that Pac-Man and Dragon Ball Z would come to mind. In 2015, however, it’s titles like The Witcher and Project CARS that have helped to redefine the publisher. The firm had its first monthly UK publisher No.1 in May …
Read More »Funktronic Labs on getting the Funk out of triple-A
Funktronic Labs started life in 2013. It was founded by Eddie Lee and Kalin, veterans of Japanese studio Q-Games, who had worked on Q’s PixelJunk series for PlayStation platforms and PC. Initially based in Japan, Funktronic soon moved to LA. Now the duo are preparing to release their first title, …
Read More »‘Oculus Rift isn’t going to sell billions in 2016 – and that’s okay’
For 18 months, there have been a lot of exciting developments for VR. Facebook purchased Oculus for $2bn, while Sony was getting involved in this new space with Project Morpheus. And Valve announced it had partnered up with HTC for its first Valve VR headset, the Vive. But in recent …
Read More »Get That Job: How to be a programmer
Bossa’s Matthew Atkins offers advice on how you can bag that career leap
Read More »Read about why there’s been a recent wave of 1990s games nostalgia in this week’s MCV
As a Resident Evil 2 remake is announced, we look at why the games industry is going back to the 1990s. We speak to Playtonic Games boss Gavin Price as well as Capcom UK’s Brian Ayers and SCEE’s Jim Ryan about why the industry is turning back the clock 20 …
Read More »Rainbow Six: Siege delayed until December
The release date of upcoming tactical shooter Rainbow Six: Siege has been pushed back until December. The title was initially set for an October 13th release, but has been delayed until December 1st. This was announced via the Ubisoft Blog. The reasons behind this include improving the co-op mode, as …
Read More »Bethesda turns to Tinder to push Fallout Shelter
Publisher Bethesda has been promoting its mobile title Fallout Shelter over dating app Tinder. As spotted by a reader of Kotaku,the firm has set up a dating profile for its series mascot, the Vault Boy. According to his bio, Vault Boy is 25 and likes Nuka Cola, putting out fires, …
Read More »King revenues drop more than $100m year-on-year
Players spending less on Candy Crush Saga as game 'continues to mature'
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