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The boxed version of Dying Light will arrive a month later than the game’s digital release. It was announced earlier this week that the physical game would be delayed, and now developer Techland has said it will arrive in Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East on February 27th. The …
Read More »Xbox designers enjoy record Kickstarter success with card game Exploding Kittens
A new card game created by two Xbox designers has set the world of crowdfunding alight. Exploding Kittens is co-created by former Xbox chief design officer Elan Lee, former Xbox Entertainment principle art director Shane Small and The Oatmeal creator Matt Inman. Having sought just $10k in funding the game …
Read More »Tim Schafer leads new VP line-up for charity Special Effect
Legendary developer Tim Schafer is among the new vice presidents of UK charity Special Effect. The Double Fine Productions CEO joins MP Tom Watson, the BBC’s Kate Russell, Mastertronic’s Andy Payne, UKIE boss Jo Twist and TIGA boss Richard Wilson in the new line-up. I am amazed and inspired by …
Read More »First 20th Anniversary Edition PS4 console up for auction for charity
The most collectible individual 20th Anniversary PS4 is up for auction in Japan. Each of the 12,300 consoles, which have been selling for sky-high prices in the UK, has a serial number – and this one carries the coveted 00001/12300 badge. The bidding currently stands at nearly 12,000 on Yahoo …
Read More »Coveted Destiny add-on sells 1.1m+ units in one weekend
Bungie temporarily put a highly sought after weapon up for sale in Destiny last week, and the resulting stampede of interests demonstrates the ongoing interest in Activision’s title. The Ice Breaker sniper rifle was for one weekend offered for sale by in-game vendor Xur. The result? 1,143,320 were purchased by …
Read More »Second episode of Telltale’s Game of Thrones dated
Game of Thrones: Episode 2 – The Lost Lords has a release date. The second episode in the series will hit PS4, PS3, PC and Mac on February 3rd and then Xbox One and Xbox 360 on February 4th. The iOS release will follow on February 5th. The game will …
Read More »Deep Silver is bringing APB to PS4 and Xbox One
Realtime Worlds’ online action title APB is making the jump from PC to consoles. Deep Silver is bringing a new version of the free-to-play PC game to PS4 and Xbox One in Q2 2015. The console release is being developed by Evil Within co-developer The Workshop Entertainment. It will be …
Read More »Five games grabbed 61% of Twitch views in Q4 2014
The range of games streamed on Twitch is certainly diverse, but five big hitters were very much in control of the video streaming service last year. EEDAR data published on Games Industry shows that five games – League of Legends (26%), Dota 2 (12%), Hearthstone (9%), Counter Strike (9%) and …
Read More »4chan founder Chris Poole quits
The man who founded 4chan over a decade ago has announced plans to leave the site. The site, users of which were central to the planning and execution of last year’s GamerGate hate campaign, has over its 11 years to date hosted over 2bn posts and delivered over 42bn page …
Read More »Chen argues that net neutrality should force Apple to make Blackberry apps
Blackberry CEO John Chen has tried to argue that President Obama’s recent net neutrality rulings should have wider implications for the technology sector. Specifically, in a bizarre open letter Chen has claimed that as well as having an open internet, we should also have open platforms – meaning he believes …
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