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Brighton-based Buzz developer Relentless is closing after 13 years. Games Industry reports that founder Andrew Eades has confirmed that the studio has made its employees redundant today. Relentless is known to most as the team behind the successful Buzz! series. Back in the age where game-specific peripherals were all the …
Read More »It sounds like Platinum is porting Vanquish to PC
Platinum’s apparent ever growing fondness of PC may see one of its most popular titles ported to the platform. Speaking to Kotaku, co-founder Atsushi Inaba was asked about the possibility of a PC release for 2010 console shooter Vanquish. The response? If you stop recording, I can talk about that.” …
Read More »Valve introduces new Steam trading restrictions
The increasingly strict controls surrounding Steam gifts have been further tightened. A new set of restrictions has been introduced relating to games that feature Valve Anti-Cheat Technology (VAC). Valve has announced that players will no longer be able to add VAC titles to their inventories, preventing stockpiling of such games. …
Read More »Take-Two admits Battleborn has fallen short, but vows to continue taking risks
Strauss Zelnick has told investors that the company will continue to back Battleborn despite its sales falling below expectations. While the game launched to solid reviews, its performance in the market has been below our expectations,” the Take-Two CEO said, as reported by Seeking Alpha. We think there remains an …
Read More »Xcom 2’s console arrival suffers slight delay
PC’s critical hit Xcom 2 has been pushed back a few weeks on PS4 and Xbox One. The Firaxis action strategy outing had been due out on September 9th, but will now not arrive in the UK until September 30th. It hits the US slightly earlier on September 27th. This …
Read More »Overwatch hits 15m+ global players
Blizzard’s online multiplayer shooter Overwatch has racked up another impressive milestone. The game has now passed 15m players worldwide. This isn’t quite the same as 15m sales, as some players will be accessing the game from the same machine as others, although nonetheless it remains an impressive achievement. The game …
Read More »Tracking sites were hurting Pokemon Go service, Niantic explains
Developer Niantic has delved deeper into the reasons behind its decision to put a block on third party Pokemon tracking sites. The shutdown came into effect earlier in the week, with Niantic previously claiming that such services were interfering with our ability to maintain quality of service for our users”. …
Read More »Xbox One S prices surge as supplies dry up
Microsoft’s Xbox One S officially arrived in the UK this week, but tracking one down can currently be quite a challenge. The 2TB version is out of stock at the likes of Amazon, GAME, ShopTo and GameStop. And as a result prices on sites like eBay have rocketed. The machine …
Read More »Batman stumbles on PC once again
The Dark Knight has suffered another rocky PC launch. After last year’s turbulent release, removal and re-release of Warner’s Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, Telltale’s new episodic Batman game has also struggled out of the blocks, with users complaining of slugging framerates and graphical glitches. The studio has already released …
Read More »Salt and Sanctuary dev: I hate seeing the industry becoming such a toxic place
Ska Studios has in a defence of the delayed arrival of its game Salt and Sanctuary on PlayStation Vita lamented what it sees as the largely modern toxic games fanbase. I’m going to delete any post berating us for not having the Vita port done. I’m working on the Japanese …
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