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The creators of a successfully Kickstarted card game have been fined $54,851 after backers were left without the product they had successfully funded. Asylum Playing Cards received over $35k back in October 2012, easily beating its $15k funding goal. However, backers have in the time since not received their product, …
Read More »Dark Souls III has a Japanese release date
Bandai Namco has confirmed an exact release date for Dark Souls III in Japan. The game will hit both PS4 and Xbox One on March 24th, Gematsu reports. Pre-orders will net a soundtrack and physical map. So far there’s no word yet on whether Western gamers can expect the same, …
Read More »Tatsumi Kimishima named as new Nintendo president
Nintendo has finally named its successor to the late Satoru Iwata. Tatsumi Kimishima, who has since July 2013 served as the company’s MD, is the man now in the top seat at the expense of the widely tipped Shigeru Miyamoto and fellow director Genyo Takeda. Kimishima has formerly served as …
Read More »Smite arrives on Steam
Free-to-play eSports hit Smite is now available through Valve’s Steam service. The Steam version of Hi-Rez’s third person MOBA, which is also available on Xbox One, is no different to the SKU that has for a while already been available on PC bar for the added potential of tapping into …
Read More »Apple is promoting SteelSeries Nimbus controller for Apple TV
The new Apple TV may not be offering the gaming dream that was expected, but a new controller intends to deliver console-style gaming to those who do invest. The Bluetooth Nimbus controller from SteelSeries is not only being promoted on the Apple TV page, but Polygon reports that the device …
Read More »BBC announces Doctor Who Game Maker educational tool
Doctor Who is again being used as an educational vehicle, this time to encourage kids to learn how to design games. The Doctor Who Game Maker will go live next week on September 15th (just a few days before the Timelord’s return to our TV screens on September 19th). It’s …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V single-player DLC threatened by GTA Online success
There may never be any single-player DLC for Grand Theft Auto V. When asked about the possibility by IGN, Rockster North’s director of design Imran Sarwar replied: "Right now our focus is on GTA Online which has exceeded our expectations. We currently have all key members of the team that …
Read More »VIDEO: Live-action Destiny trailer arrives ahead of The Taken King
The Taken King is very nearly upon us, so of course it’s time for a big promotional push from Activision. This new Destiny live-action short maintains the tradition of using Led Zeppelin tracks, this time featuring ‘Black Dog’, much like the game’s most recent trailer. This new video is directed …
Read More »Soul Axiom dev: ‘Popular’ YouTuber wanted $22k for one video
Developer Wales Interactive has said that it was asked for a payment of $22,000 when it approached a YouTuber about possible coverage for its game. Ben Tester, the PR man for the Soul Axiom creators, said that the YouTuber in question had a few million subscribers”. He was told that …
Read More »Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture claims another charts No.1
Sony has revealed that Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture was the best-selling game on PSN in Europe in August. The platform holder added that The Chinses Room’s title racked up one of the highest week-one sales totals of any PS4 digital-only title to date”. MCV revealed last month that had …
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