Bandai Namco has announced two new games based on Netflix exclusive anime series. Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time is a 3D beat ’em up pencilled in for a release on PS4 and PC in early 2018. It is being developed by Studio Trigger, which is connected to Neon Evangelion …
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EA and BioWare have chosen not to release any single player DLC for recent RPG release Mass Effect: Andromeda. That’s according to Kotaku, which cites three people familiar with the matter. The news is also entirely separate to the Mass Effect speculation doing the rounds last week. The site first …
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The staff of Wenner Media’s video games spin-off Glixel have been laid off and their San Francisco office closed. Games Industry reports that the Rolling Stone publisher closed the doors late last week, with general manager John Davison and content director Simon Cox among those to have lost their jobs. …
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In an age where sometimes surprisingly few physical sales are required to get to No.1, Activision’s Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy has enjoyed a very strong opening week. The platformer follows in the footsteps of Wipeout and Tekken 7 in claiming the chart top spot, suggesting that the nostalgia flows strongly …
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The creator of a mod that allows HTC Vive owners to play Oculus Rift titles claims that controversial Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is now providing financial backing. Jules Block now has a Patreon so he can raise the funds needed to cover the time spent keeping the mod up and …
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Developer BioWare has been forced to dismiss rumours of a cancellation of Mass Effect: Andromeda’s DLC. A Facebook post by what was claimed to be an Austrian company called Sinclair Networks alleged that BioWare had yanked it off development duties and cancelled all DLC plans for the game. This news …
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A game that sold itself on the chance to earn a Platinum Trophy in record time has been removed from sale on the PS4 store. The game, which was called ‘????? 1000 Top Rated’, appeared on PSN earlier this week but lasted less than two days before it was pulled. …
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The studio behind the Age of Wonders and Overlord series has a new owner. Paradox Interactive has acquired Triumph Studios for an undisclosed sum. Founders Lennart Sas and Arno van Wingerden will both remain, and work on current projects will continue. Triumph Studios is a developer of our own heart,” …
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Retailer GAME has told investors that its full year profits will be substantially below previous expectations”. It is blaming the performance on what it has for a long time described as market challenges”, but also specifically this time on the Nintendo Switch stock situation. Consumer demand for Nintendo Switch has …
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One of the developers of breakout hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has seemingly left the door open for other console versions of the game. An Xbox port was confirmed at E3 and was described as a console exclusive. Speaking to VG247, however, executive producer Chang Han Kim said: We definitely do have …
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