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Microsoft and Square Enix reportedly “very happy” with ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ sales
Despite being disappointed that the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot sold “only” 3.4 million copies in its first month, compared to a projected figure of nearly twice that amount, Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd is reportedly happy with the performance of the game’s sequel, Rise of the Tomb Raider, which was released as a timed exclusive on Xbox One ...
Developers need to think about making their game fun to watch, says ‘Big Pharma’ creator Tim Wicksteed
One of the biggest shifts to happen in the video game industry over the last five years has been the explosion in fan-made video content, which has become its own $3.8 billion industry thanks to things like Let’s Play and Twitch livestreaming. While the growth of platforms like Twitch and YouTube Gaming have been great for content creators, they ...
Some users reporting fried GPU cards after AMD Crimson driver release
There is always the chance that something can go wrong with the release of new hardware drivers, but normally the problems are restricted to minor bugs that can be quickly ironed out. Some Radeon GPU owners are reporting problems that are a bit more serious, however. Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) released the Radeon Crimson Edition ...
PlayStation 4 unlocks more CPU power for game devs
PlayStation 4 may be a graphics powerhouse (by console standards) thanks to its powerful GPU, but for games that are more CPU-intensive, the PS4 has not been quite on par with its primary competitor, the Xbox One. That is about to change, however, as Sony Corp has reportedly unlocked a bit more power on the PS4’s ...
Blizzard quadruples next year’s Hearthstone World Championship prize pool to $1 million
It is no secret that more and more money is becoming involved in the esports industry every year, and 2016 looks like it will be no different, as Blizzard Entertainment Inc has announced that it will be quadrupling the prize money for its Hearthstone Championship Tour, bringing the total prize pool up to $1 million. Blizzard ...
Steam Spy calls out devs for raising game prices before the Steam sale
The Autumn Steam sale is well underway now, and accusations of foul play are already being thrown at some game studios for allegedly raising prices immediately before the start of the sale. This keeps their games from actually being sold at lower prices while still ensuring that they receive the boost in attention from being advertised with the ...
PlayStation 4 remote play support is coming to PC and Mac
Some tech savvy PlayStation 4 owners were excited earlier this week when a third-party developer who goes by the name “Twisted” released a tool that would allow gamers to remotely play their game consoles through their PCs, and now Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, has said that an official remote play feature is in the works for PlayStation. ...
Dreamfall Chapters dev says switching game engines nearly tanked the studio
Changing game engines in the middle of a project is no small feat for a developer, but that is what Norwegian studio Red Thread Games set out to do with its crowdfunded episodic adventure series, Dreamfall Chapters, which is a continuation of the story from the cult classic adventure games The Longest Journey and Dreamfall. According to Red Thread ...
PlayStation 4 sales figures top 30.2 million units worldwide
It is becoming harder and harder to debate which company is going to come out ahead in this hardware generation’s console wars, and while Xbox has made a few major strides in the last few months with built in Windows 10 support and backwards compatibility, Sony Corp’s PlayStation 4 still reigns supreme. This week, Sony ...
Steam’s Autumn ‘Exploration sale’ is live with deals on thousands of games
The Steam Autumn Sale has finally arrived, and this year the deals all (loosely) focus on the theme of exploration, with discounts on thousands of games ranging from fan favorite indie titles like To The Moon to big name triple-A titles like Grand Theft Auto V. It would be easy to list all of the deals offered in ...
