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Valve and Adult Swim have partnered to bring the weird and wonderful antics of Rick & Morty to Dota 2. A post onAdult Swim’s Twitter accountrevealed the new Dota 2 announcer pack, with the $7.99 DLC available now on thegame’s store. The pack swaps out the ‘Default’ and ‘Mega-Kills’ announcers …
Read More »Octodad: Dadliest Catch comes to Xbox One next week
Young Horses has revealed its indie hit Octodad: Dadliest Catch will arrive on Xbox One next week. Ablog postfrom the studio announces the game where you flop around as an octopus masquerading as a family man will hit Xbox Live through the ID@Xbox self-publishing program on August 26thfor $14.99. The …
Read More »Shadowrun: Hong Kong launches on Windows and Mac
Shadowrun: Hong Kong has launched on Windows PC and Mac platforms, developer Harebrained Schemes has announced. Like Shadowrun Returns, the latest standalone effort in the popular RPG series was successfully Kickstarted, hitting its goal in a matter of hours in route to raising more than $1m in funding for the …
Read More »Augmented reality start-up CastAR raises $15m
Augmented reality firm CastAR has raised more than $15m in a Series A funding round. Seed investors Playground Global provided funds for the investment round, which goes toward the continued development of CastAR’s titular AR glasses – currently scheduled for commercial launch in 2016. "Among all the confusion about what …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII arrives for iOS devices
Final Fantasy VII is now available for iPhones and iPads on the Apple App Store, Square Enix has announced. The $19.99 mobile release is a port of the current PC version on Steam, with a few notable tweaks including touch controls and easy button” options for turning off random encounters …
Read More »UPDATE: Limited quantities of Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition restocked for US
Bethesda has announced Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition is back in stock on its store in limited quantities. The popular and previously sold out collectors edition of Fallout 4 that totes an actual Pip-Boy holster and display for smart phones is available now on the Bethesda web store. Those interested should …
Read More »Monster Strike bringing in $4.2m a day
Japanese studio Mixi’s mobile co-op action RPG Monster Strike made $4.2m a day during its most recent quarter, according to the developer’s latest financial results. Industry analystDr. Serkan Totorevealed Mixi saw a total of $378m in sales for the title’s iOS and Android versions between April 1stand June 30th. The …
Read More »Rocket League, Life Is Strange top Youtube’s ‘trending’ games in July
A trio of indie titles lead Youtube’s top trending games for the past month, with Rocket League out in front. Kotakureports on the latest monthly list from the video network, showing Rocket League, Life is Strange and Terraria Rocket League alsofinished fifth on Twitch’s most watched chartfor July. Behind those …
Read More »Crowdfunding site Fig launched by Double Fine, Obsidian and inXile heads
Former Double Fine COO Justin Bailey has teamed up with industry veterans Brian Fargo, Feargus Urquhart and Tim Schafer to launch Fig – a crowdfunding platform with investment options for backers. Funded by venture capital firm Spark Capital, Fig will focus solely on video game projects. The platform aims to …
Read More »Clint Hocking leaves Amazon Game Studios – report
Industry vet Clint Hocking has left Amazon Game Studios, according to a new report. IGN reports on the departure of Hocking, which comes a little over a year after both he and former Valve lead Kim Swift joined Amazon’s development team and just two months following the company announcing new …
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