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Microsoft’s indie gaming initiative shows no signs of losing momentum
Read More »Nordic Games, Wired and Le Cortex form We Sing Productions
Publisher Nordic Games and developers Wired Productions and Le Cortex have formed a new company dedicated to the We Sing range of karaoke titles. We Sing Productions says it is working on products for multiple platforms, with the first game due to arrive this year. The title will be teased …
Read More »FIFA 17 will be Frostbite’s biggest test
EA transitions its most crucial franchise to the DICE’s tech, but will it enhance or hinder the series?
Read More »Video: EA unveils new Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer
New footage for sci-fi RPG Mass Effect: Andromeda was amongst EA’s announcements during its EA Play conference yesterday. This new ‘developer diary’ trailer includes behind-the-scenes footage and some cut scenes. Developer Bioware promised bigger revelations about the game later this year and added that the game will have ‘more freedom’ …
Read More »Bethesda’s Fallout 4 is coming to VR
Publisher Bethesda unveiled its VR plans during its E3 conference yesterday, including two projects for HTC Vive. The first one is a virtual reality Doom experience, for which the publisher did not specify any release date. But the second, and potentially more exciting, announcement was that a VR version of …
Read More »E3 2016: EA’s seven-studio Star Wars assault includes VR, new BioWare title
Sizzle reel teases more Battlefront content, Respawn’s lightsaber game, first glimpse of Visceral’s project
Read More »EA launches indie label EA Originals
EA’s Play event yesterday may have focused on big blockbuster brands, but the publishing giant is looking to work more with smaller developers, too. The company has announced it will be funding and releasing projects from indie developers under its brand new EA Originals label. Fe, from developerZoink,will be the …
Read More »E3 2016: Skyrim remaster has volumetric god rays, dynamic DoF, new shaders and more
Skyrim: Special Edition will also bring mod support to console players for the first time
Read More »E3 2016: Mass Effect dev diary shows the making of Andromeda
Improved facial animation and motion capture tech feature in two-minute teaser
Read More »Take-Two’s Strauss Zelnick on eSports, virtual reality and the state of E3
We talk to the boss of Take-Two about eSports, virtual reality, the state of E3 and the publisher’s acquisition strategy. How digital has transformed Take-Two’s business Digitally-delivered revenue, especially recurrent consumer spending – which we define as anything other than a full-game download, including virtual currency, add-on content and online …
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