Horizon Zero Dawn developer Guerrilla Games grabbed the coveted Studio of the Year Award at last night’s Develop Awards 2017 in Brighton. Rocksteady’s Batman VR grabbed two awards – Visual Design and Sound Design. Creative Assembly did the same, winning in the Music Design and In-House Studio categories. There was …
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The decision to bring the Destiny series to PC for the first time will result in a big boost in sales for Activision and Bungie. That’s according to SuperData, which predicts that the PC version of Destiny 2 will sell 3m units in its first three months on sale. It …
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Open marketplace Itch.io has admitted that some users have been using its platform to sell fraudulent copies of popular indie games. A Kotaku UKreport revealed that two big indie hits – Rimworld and Dead Cells – were put up for sale on the Itch.io marketplace at big discounts. Neither were …
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UK sporting retailer Sports Direct has acquired 44m shares in GAME Digital. This means that the company, headed by controversial UK businessman Mike Ashley, now owns over a quarter of the struggling video games specialist. The move has seen GAME’s share price recover a little. It had fallen to as …
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Chinese manufacturers have moved to address the demand left by Nintendo’s decision to stop producing the NES Classic. As spotted by Neogaf, a bootleg version of the machine has started to appear on some sites. Listings have apparently been removed from Western-facing Chinese retailer AliExpress, but with stock now out …
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The maker behind League of Legends is taking a mobile game developer to court having accused it of appropriating from the smash hit MOBA. Slingshot reports that Riot is suing Shanghai Moontown Technology for alleged copyright infringement. Three games are specifically mentioned – Magic Rush: Heroes, Mobile Legends: 5v5 MOBA …
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Accessories giant Logitech has taken a huge stride into the console market with the acquisition of Astro Gaming. The $85m deal sees Astro become part of the Logitech G division, which until now has been primarily focused on the PC gaming sector. Astro’s expertise in the area of console accessories …
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One of the key figures behind livestreaming service Azubu has run into some serious financial trouble. Dotesports reports that the London High Court has frozen the assets of German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst, who was the financier behind Azubu. It is alleged that Windhorst did not honour a deal to purchase …
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The companies behind League of Legends and Runescape have been named as the latest members of UK games trade body Ukie. The organisation says it has seen a 400 per cent boost in membership since 2011, with 365 companies now on its books. Riot Games, which makes MOBA giant League …
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Step away now if you’re tired of hearing the term the Netflix of games”. A new on-demand games service called Jump is on the way that will offer users access to a library of between 60 and 100 indie games for $9.99 a month. You could call it ‘the Netflix …
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