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The love/hate relationship between sports broadcaster ESPN and eSports continues. The network this weekend showed live coverage of Blizzard’s Heroes of the Dorm finals on US cable TV, marking the first time eSports has been aired live on the air. However, along with some well documented confusion from some of …
Read More »Valve calls time on paid Steam Workshop mods
Despite only having been in place for a few tumultuous days, paid Steam Workshop mods are no more. We’re going to remove the payment feature from the Skyrim workshop,” Valve has said. For anyone who spent money on a mod, we’ll be refunding you the complete amount. We talked to …
Read More »Konami confirms Silent Hills cancellation
Silent Hills is officially no more. Konami is committed to new Silent Hill titles, however the embryonic Silent Hills project developed with Guillermo del Toro and featuring the likeness of Norman Reedus will not be continued,” the publisher told Kotaku. In terms of Kojima and Del Toro being involved, discussions …
Read More »Creator of pulled premium mod quits Steam for good
Skyrim mod creator Chesko has said he’s done with Steam Workshop mod support after clashing with Valve over his controversial Art of the Catch mod. It was reported last week that the fishing mod, which was one of the first premium mods to be made available on the service, became …
Read More »Codemasters announces Dirt Rally, already available on Steam
Surprise! Codemasters has not only announced a new game in the Dirt series, but has actually already released it. Dirt Rally is a PC-only game and is available right now on Steam Early Access for 24.99. The price will increase over time, however. The publisher says the racer features a …
Read More »Mobile success no longer exclusive to chart toppers, Warner says
The mobile market has grown to such an extent that revenues are trickling further down the charts. That’s according to Warner Bros Interactive’s senior VP of mobile, social and emerging platforms Greg Ballard, who told Games Industry that a top 50 title can in today’s market still make decent returns. …
Read More »Newell takes to Reddit to defends premium Steam mods
Such has been the backlash to Steam’s introduction of paid-for mods that Valve founder Gabe Newell has taken to Reddit to address one of the move’s most critical communities. Premium mods went live last week but quickly evoked a fearsome response online. Our goal is to make modding better for …
Read More »VIDEO: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 gets official trailer and release date
We now have a concrete idea of what Call of Duty will look like when it arrives in November. Call of Duty: Black Ops III continues the series’ recent near-future theme, with a heavy emphasis on augmentation – as per last week’s teaser video. The plot takes place directly after …
Read More »Silent Hills cancellation looks likely as Konami prepares to pull PT
It now looks as if Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Torro’s Silent Hills may never emerge from the fog. Polygon reports that del Torro told an audience at a San Francisco film festival that the game "is not gonna happen". Norman Reedus, who was due to star in the game, …
Read More »Warcraft movie slips three months to June 2016
The long-awaited movie adaptation of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft franchise has slipped again, this time to the summer of 2016. Until today its latest release had it pegged for March 11th 2016 – which itself was a delay from the originally announced December 2015. Now it won’t arrive until June …
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