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Nvidia hopes to expand the niche audience for its Shield Portable gaming handheld with a worldwide release of the new Shield Tablet. MCV catches up with Chris Daniel, senior product manager at Nvidia The launch of Nvidia’s Shield Portable last year in the US set many tongues lolling at the …
Read More »Romero: PC is decimating consoles and free-to-play is killing triple-A
While PS4 and Xbox One win the majority of the headlines, it’s the PC that’s actually bossing the games market. That’s according to Doom creator John Romero, who told Games Industry: "With PC you have free-to-play and Steam games for five bucks. The PC is decimating console, just through price. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 20-26
Divinity: Original Sin continued its Steam chart dominance in the month of July, finishing in the top spot on Valve’s top sellers list for the third consecutive week. Last week’s runner-up DayZ slippped to fourth this week – making room for Dark Souls II’s season pass offering and Skyrim’s Legendary …
Read More »Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris lands in December
Crystal Dynamics isometric action adventure game Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris will launch in December. Initially revealed last month at E3, IGN now reports the upcoming title will launch December 9th on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Temple of Osiris is the sequel to Lara Croft and …
Read More »No Dark Souls 2 season pass on Xbox 360
Confusion has surrounded yesterday’s release of the Dark Souls 2 Crown Trilogy DLC. The first part of the trio, The Crown of the Sunken King, was released on PC and Xbox 360 yesterday with a PS3 release due to follow today. However, while a 19.99 season pass is available on …
Read More »Nvidia Shield Tablet announced; UK release detailed
Nvidia has announced a new tablet-shaped sibling for its Shield Portable gaming handheld. The Shield Portable was released last July exclusively in the US and Canada – a move Nvidia product manager Chris Daniel told MCV was alike to a ‘trial run’ for the product. The handheld, which combines a …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 13-19
Divinity and DayZ continue to lead the pack on Steam’s latest weekly top sellers, grabbing the chart’s first and second positions respectively. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maintained its spot in third for the second week in a row as well, while Wolfenstein: The New Order (on special) and Early Access hit …
Read More »Vita gem OlliOlli lands on Steam next week
Critically acclaimed skateboarding game OlliOlli will launch July 22nd on Steam, publisher Devolver Digital has announced. It was reported back in February that UK developer Roll7’s 2D title made a strong enough impression with its initial PS Vita launch to warrant experimenting with other platforms, starting with PC. It’s in …
Read More »Online game studio Motiga raises $20m for free-to-play PC title
US developer formed by ex-Blizzard, SmileGate, NetEase and NeoWiz staff
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 6-12
Divinity: Original Sin maintained its top spot again on this Steam’s weekly top ten sellers chart, while DayZ is on the climb again. Bohemia’s Early Access survival game finished as last week’s runner-up, jumping three spots from the previous period. Chart regular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finished right behind in third. …
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