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Exploding Kittens crowdfunding campaign has taken over the Kickstarter record from Ouya for the highest-funded games-related project. The Kickstarter run concluded last week having raised $8,782,571 – $186,097 more than Ouya’s final total. Exploding Kittens continues to hold Kickstarter’s backer record as well, which swelled to 219,382 individuals by the …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 15-21
The launch of Total War: Attila has propelled the title to number one on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. H1Z1 and Grand Theft Auto V (pre-orders) continue to occupy spots near the top of the list – this week finishing in second and third, respectively. Chart regulars Counter-Strike: …
Read More »Epic offers up $5m in grants for Unreal devs
Epic Games has announced it has put together $5m for no strings attached” funding of indie devs who create games using Unreal Engine 4. Games Beat reports Epic will be awarding participating developers between $5,000 and $50,000 each, and interested parties can send their project info to unrealgrants@epicgames.com – the …
Read More »New Rock Band in development for PS4, Xbox One – report
A new Rock Band effort is reportedly in the works for Sony and Microsoft’s latest consoles. Bloomberg has word from a source familiar with Harmonix’s plan that the franchise will be resurrected on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, though there’s not much other relevant info being leaked at the moment …
Read More »The World Ends With You on iOS removed from App Store
Square Enix have been forced to pull The World Ends With You: Solo Remix from the Apple App Store due to the game’s broken state on iOS 8. Kotaku reports that the title’s mobile edition hasn’t worked for months since the release of the latest major iOS update, prompting Square …
Read More »Sony partners with Capcom Pro Tour for 2015 season
Capcom has detailed its 2015 Pro Tour fighting game circuit schedule, with the eSports organization offering up a prize pool of $500,000 this season. A post on the Capcom Unity blog details how the purse will be spread across 16 Ultra Street Fighter IV Premiere events at locations in Asia, …
Read More »PS4 sales to outpace Xbox One by 40 per cent through 2018, analyst predicts
PlayStation 4 will beat out Xbox One over the first five years of the current console era, market research company Strategy Analytics has predicted. Games Industry reports on the firm’s findings, which claim Sony’s hardware will outsell Microsoft’s by 40 per cent and is on path to reproduce the success …
Read More »World of Tanks heading to Xbox One with Xbox 360 cross-play
Free-to-play action MMO World of Tanks is coming to Xbox One, developer Wargaming has announced. IGN has the scoop, including word from the studio that the new-gen Xbox edition will feature cross-play with the currently available Xbox 360 version. Additionally, those upgrading from 360 to Xbox One will be able …
Read More »Microsoft turning Xbox One consoles into dev kits this year – report
Microsoft will reportedly turn retail Xbox One hardware into development kits and open up app creation to all developers. Sources said to be familiar with Microsoft’s plans have tipped The Verge that the company will detail its strategy in April – during its upcoming developer-focused Build conference. The report adds …
Read More »Paranautical Activity returns to Steam
Paranautical Activity – the game that was banned from Steam when its creator threatened to kill Valve’s Gabe Newell – has returned to the Steam store. The game has endured several transitions since the threat against Newell was made, including the selling of its rights by original developer Code Avarice …
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