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The next iteration in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series – XV – is going to be launching globally next year. That’s according to GameSpot who spoke to Final Fantasy XV’s director, Hajime Tabata. Tabata confirmed that the game is going to be released before 2017, pointing towards a 2016 launch …
Read More »Sony opens PlayStation Plus Vote to Play scheme tomorrow
PlayStation Plus members will be able to vote to see what titles will appear in Instant Game Collection later this week. That’s according to a post on the PlayStation Blog which says that the first vote opens tomorrow (Thursday August 13th) at 4:30pm, and will run until Monday August 24th …
Read More »Majesco pulls out of physical retail
Publisher Majesco has decided to exit physical retail and instead is focusing its efforts on the digital download market. That’s according to a public letter to shareholders from CEO and co-founder Jesse Sutton. In its efforts to focus on the digital market, the firm has also dramatically reduced its headcount. …
Read More »Her Story sells 100,000 units in just over a month
Indie hit Her Story has shifted 100,000 copies in its first month on sale. That’s according to developer Sam Barlow, who took to Twitter (below) to announce the news. The game came out on June 24th, and fast became a hit. It casts players as someone watching interview footage from …
Read More »Sony to increase one and three month PlayStation Plus subscription prices
Sony is hiking the price of some of its PlayStation Plus subscriptions – specifically its one and three-month costs. At the moment, one month of PlayStation Plus will set consumers back 5.49, while three months of the online service costs 11.99. Sony says that these are set to rise ‘in …
Read More »Pixels film copyright claims hit indie videos
An anti-piracy group acting on behalf of Columbia Pictures has hit video hosting site Vimeo with a slew of copyright takedowns to prevent piracy of its Adam Sandler summer film, Pixels. Entura International sent the video hosting site a number of DCMA take-down notices on videos using the below criteria: …
Read More »345,000 people went to Gamescom last week
The number of visitors at this year’s Gamescom rose year-on-year. 345,000 people attended the Cologne-based trade show, an increase of 10,000 on last year’s attendance figures. These visitors came from 96 countries. Of that figure, 33,200 were trade visitors – an increase of five per cent year-on-year. 806 companies from …
Read More »Lara Croft GO hits iOS and Android at the end of August
Mobile title Lara Croft GO is launching on both iOS and Android later this month. Publisher Square Enix announced that its turn-based mobile Lara Croft game will be launching on August 27th. This is the second entry in the firm’s GO series. The first was Hitman GO which launched last …
Read More »Rare gets first UK No.1 in 17 years with Rare Replay
Rare Replay has debuted at the top of the UK All Formats UK Top 40. It’s the first No.1 the developer has had since 1998’s Banjo-Kazooie on the Nintendo 64, and the first budget-priced title to reach the top spot since Wii Fit Plus in 2009. No other new releases …
Read More »Looking for the next-gen game developers
What are games companies looking for at the moment? Develop speaks to Amiqus’ Stig Strand to see how job hunters can stand out
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