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Crowd-funding and investment platform Fig has announced the Fig Finishing Fund to help developers put the final touches to their games in light of the imminent demise of Steam Greenlight. Starting from today, Fig is committing up to $500,000 to help developers overcome the final hurdles standing between them and …
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands open beta arriving on February 23rd
Ubisoft has announced that the open beta for its upcoming open world title Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands will be available next week between February 23rd and February 27th for all players, with pre-load starting next Monday on the 20th. The open beta will see players romping around two of …
Read More »Cities: Skylines coming to Xbox One this spring
Management sim Cities: Skylines is coming to Xbox One later this year, Paradox Interactive has announced. The game will launch this spring and will also include the original’s first expansion, Cities: Skylines – After Dark. Cities: Skylines – Xbox One Edition is being ported by Tantalus Media (previously responsible for …
Read More »Starbreeze’s StarVR headset to enter mass production late 2017
Starbreeze is to begin mass producing its StarVR headsets later this year, the company revealed in its full year report for 2016. For now, the publisher will continue to distribute and prioritise development on the current version of the headset to its key partners, but there’s been interest from "multiple …
Read More »Starbreeze net revenue up 58%, ‘over the moon’ with Dead by Daylight
Starbreeze has released it full year-end report for 2016 and its net revenue for the year was up 58 per cent year-on-year, reaching 345.5m Swedish Krona (SEK) (or 31m). The publisher had a particularly healthy Q4 as well, with net revenue totalling 99.4m SEK (8.9m), showing a growth of 103 …
Read More »Twitch users spent 292bn minutes watching streamers in 2016, Overwatch most watched new game
Twitch has released its interactive 2016 Year in Review, revealing that users spent 292bn minutes watching Twitch last year, and that Blizzard’s Overwatch was the most-watched new game of 2016. To put that in more quantifiable terms, that’s 4.86bn hours, or 555,555 years. Twitch’s favourite shooter overall remained Counter Strike: …
Read More »Microsoft’s E3 press conference dated for Sunday June 11th
Microsoft has dated its E3 2017 press conference for Sunday June 11th at 2pm PT (that’s 10pm in the UK) and it will be taking place at the Galen Center in LA. That’s a day earlier than Microsoft’s usual E3 slot, as the company traditionally holds its E3 presser on …
Read More »Sony discontinuing PS Now on all platforms save PS4 and PC
Sony is discontinuing its PlayStation Now streaming service on all platforms except the PS4 and PC. Starting from August 15th 2017, users will no longer be able to access the service on their PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation TV, or any Sony Bravia TV, Sony Blu-ray player, or Samsung TV. …
Read More »Finishing the saga: Stoic on bringing Banner Saga 3 back to Kickstarter
Banner Saga is back on Kickstarter for the third and final entry in Stoic’s epic turn-based strategy series. MCV catches up with technical director John Watson (pictured) to find out why the studio’s returned to crowdfunding and what lessons it’s learned over the last five years. Stoic’s Banner Saga was …
Read More »UPDATED: Snake Pass slithers onto Nintendo Switch on March 29th
UPDATED: Sumo Digital has confirmed that Snake Pass will be launching on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 29th in the UK, a day later than in the US. The game will also support Sony’s PS4 Pro at launch with enhanced, HDR visuals, a higher resolution …
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