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We’ve entered a new month, and Grand Theft Auto V still won’t loosen its grip of the number one spot on Steam’s top ten selling products chart. A hard-charging Star Wars Collection finished in the runner-up position for its debut, while last week’s runner-up Killing Floor slipped slightly to third. …
Read More »Standalone release for The Last of Us ‘Left Behind’ DLC hits next week
The Last of Us DLC release Left Behind will get a standalone digital release on PS3 and PS4, Naughty Dog has announced. A post on the PlayStation Blog by the studio’s community strategist Arne Meyer reveals that the prequel of sorts will launch on its own for $9.99 on both …
Read More »Chip’s Challenge and unreleased sequel land on Steam this month
Chuck Sommerville’s 1989 release Chip’s Challenge is heading to Steam later this month, along with its unreleased sequel. Following nearly two decades of off and on negotiation with the trademark owners, Chip’s Challenge 2 will be released in its original form. When I couldn’t release Chip’s Challenge 2, it hit …
Read More »Twitter suspends Internet Archive’s game embedding
Twitter has suspended tweets containing embedded playable games from the Internet Archive’s MS-DOS collection. Games Industry reports previously posted tweets containing games now only show a link to the game on Internet Archive’s website. No word from the social site on the specific reason for disabling the feature, but the …
Read More »Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee hits Kickstarter this week
Playtonic Games’ Kickstarter campaign for Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee is scheduled to begin later today. A post on the indie studio’s website confirms the crowdfunding effort kicks off on May 1st at 5pm BST, though no word on how long it’ll run for. The game stars the chameleon Yooka and …
Read More »Britney Spears signs with Glu for new mobile game
Mobile games publisher Glu has signed on new celebrity partner Britney Spears to a five-year deal. Games Industry reports the deal revolves around a mobile game featuring the pop star, with the untitled game currently scheduled for release in 2016. "I am thrilled to add Grammy Award-winning legend Britney Spears …
Read More »Watch Dogs 2 in development – report
Development for Watch Dogs 2 is already underway at Ubisoft, according to multiple reports. VideoGamer was the first to spot a now removed listing on Ubisoft senior gameplay programmer Julien Risse’s LinkedIn profile, which mentions Watch Dogs 2” along with Watch Dogs and its Bad Blood DLC. Ubisoft has talked …
Read More »Microsoft confirms Unity support for HoloLens
Unity developers will soon have the ability to build games for the HoloLens headset, Microsoft revealed earlier today at its Build developer conference. In a post on Unity’s company blog, lead developer Scott Flynn states that both Personal and Pro editions of Unity will be updated with support for Hololens …
Read More »Microsoft opens door for devs to port iOS and Android apps to Windows
Microsoft has extended an open invitation to mobile developers to port iOS and Android apps to Windows and sell them via the Windows Store. Gamasutra reports on the announcement at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, currently taking place in San Francisco. The firm is introducing new software development kits designed to …
Read More »Star Citizen’s crowdfunding effort surpasses $80m mark
The unstoppable crowdfunding force that is Star Citizen has surpassed $80m in funding. Roberts Space Industries funding page shows the in development PC and Linux game is approaching $80.5m at time of publication – the latest milestone was reached thanks to a recent sale on ships and other in-game items. …
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