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Another ‘fest’ will take place at August’s Insomnia58 event, organiser Multiplayhas announced. League Fest will take over a 6,500 square metre hall at Birmingham’s NEC and run from August 26th to 29th. The festival will feature live tournaments featuring former pro players, merchandise, cosplay and ‘special guests’. Tickets will start …
Read More »Nicolas Wegnez named new Nintendo UK boss
Nicolas Wegnez has been named the new general manager at Nintendo UK. He replaces Simon Kemp, who left the firm last week to persue new career options. He held the role since November 2012. Wegnez is a familar face within Nintendo, having held positions at the platform holder for more …
Read More »Team17 on becoming more than just ‘that Worms studio’
For decades, the name ‘Team17” would inevitably conjure up memories of exploding sheep, that infectious theme song and a series of squeaky voiced invertebrates screaming ‘incoming’. Worms defined the UK studio for two decades, a period in which over 20 Worms titles were released. Today, Team17 is becoming better known …
Read More »E3 2016 roundup: violence, drama and million dollar events
Do you remember when EA ‘wasn’t at E3′? It was an entertaining story for a while, until we ended up in LA, and saw that the apparently AWOL EA had actually taken over five floors of its own venue, before it held a press conference that took place across two …
Read More »The Big Game: LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens
This is probably the game you’re looking for. At least, it is if you happen to have watched last year’s blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens (and judging by its huge Box Office figures, you probably did). The games industry has been shy when it comes to specific movie tie-ins …
Read More »The £2.1m question: Is Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee any good?
Industry commentators have taken to calling Playtonic ‘the new Rare’. But really, it’s more like the old Rare. The majority of the 20-strong team is made up of former Rare employees, and the game it’s making looks, sounds, and plays just like the 1998 Rare classic Banjo-Kazooie. And according to …
Read More »PlayStation dismisses VR quality concerns and explains Neo absence
Every demo of PlayStation VR has been conducted on an everyday PS4, Sony confirms. The platform holder has dismissed concerns that the PS4 is not capable of running a high quality VR experience, and that the Neo – Sony’s upcoming improved PS4 system – would be needed to run VR …
Read More »HTC Vive: Fallout 4 could be our killer app
HTC says the upcoming Fallout 4 game for Vive could be the headset’s system seller. Although the firm doesn’t believe in exclusivity in VR – and encourages developers to create games for Oculus and PlayStation VR as well – it is excited about the impact Fallout 4 may have on …
Read More »Ubisoft: We believe NX will recapture the Wii audience
Ubisoft is confident that the Nintendo NX will recapture the lost Wii audience, Ubisoft has told MCV. The Wii was one of the most successful games consoles in history, with over 101m consoles sold. By comparison its successor, Wii U, has been a failure, shifting just shy of 13m units. …
Read More »Grow Home sequel Grow Up is out in August
Ubisoft Reflections has produced a sequel to its quirkly 2015 platformer Grow Home. The new game, called Grow Up, sees players try and take BUD (that’s the hero) to the moon. The game features a few new gameplay elements, including the ability to drop seeds to create plants that can …
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