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Square Enix plans to “revitalize” its strong IPs with more HD remakes
There is nothing new under the digital sun, and that is even truer today as more and more game studios are relying on sequels, prequels, remakes, reboots, and of course remasters. Japanese game company Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd is not new to the trend of remastering old games for new systems, but in the company’s ...
Rock Band 4 studio admits that employees left 5-star Amazon reviews for their own game
A few enterprising Redditors recently discovered that several employees of the studio behind Rock Band 4 left 5-star reviews for their own game on Amazon, and now developer Harmonix Music Systems Corp has fessed up. Reddit user Documental38 posted a thread yesterday claiming that he had found several Amazon reviews for Rock Band 4 that he thought looked suspicious, ...
Former ESPN CEO to head Activision Blizzard’s new eSports division
Game publishing giant Activision Blizzard Inc has announced the formation of a new dedicated eSports division within the company, and the new department will be headed by former ESPN and NFL Network CEO Steve Bornstein. Bornstein will also be supported by Major League Gaming (MLG) co-founder and president Mike Sepso, who will be joining the division as ...
Trapit expands social selling platform with Android app and Twitter integration
It has been over half a year since content discovery tool Trapit relaunched its business as a social selling and employee advocacy platform, and since then the company has rapidly expanded within the space, boasting more 1,000-seat deployments in Fortune 1000 companies than any of its competitors. According to CEO Hank Nothhaft, there is a simple explanation for ...
Writer of ’80 Days’ working on story for Android: Netrunner mobile RPG
Popular “living card game” Android: Netrunner will soon be getting its own free-to-play mobile role-playing game, and according to developer Legacy Games, the title’s story is being co-written by 80 Days and Samsara writer Meg Jayanth. “[Jayanth] is going to help us write the basic story outline and help us get the direction of the story,” producer Jamar Graham said ...
‘Warhammer: Vermintide’ dev explains why they allowed the beta to be livestreamed
Most developers might shudder at the thought of their unfinished game being displayed for the masses, bugs and all, but Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide studio Fatshark AB said that allowing players to livestream during the game’s testing phase was a huge help in ironing out some of its issues. “We had a Beta and allowed people ...
Rebellion acquires rights botched Kickstarter game ‘Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries’
Despite a successfully complete a Kickstarter campaign in September 2014, the developers behind Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries were forced to declare bankruptcy in August after running out of funds and being able to deliver the donor rewards that were promised to its backers. Now, Sniper Elite creators Rebellion Developments Ltd have announced that ...
3 Assassin’s Creed gameplay staples that just need to die already
For all the grief we give Ubisoft Entertainment SA for the many missteps it has made over the last year or two, we still love a good Assassin’s Creed game and desperately hope that Assassin’s Creed Syndicate can redeem the series. But after eight (soon to be nine) mainline games and over a dozen side ...
Ubisoft joins Open Gaming Alliance in an attempt to woo back PC gamers
Ubisoft Entertainment SA may be one of the most financially successful video game studios thanks to mega-franchises like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, but the French game company has taken a few hits to its reputation over the last few years, especially with PC gamers. Between the publisher’s often draconian always-on digital rights management (DRM) ...
3 Wii U mistakes Nintendo needs to avoid when it releases NX
After the somewhat lukewarm reception to the Wii U, Nintendo Co Ltd has already been rumored to be wrapping up the console’s life cycle by pushing forward with its next device, which is currently known as “NX”. The Japanese game company has even reportedly started giving out the software development kit for NX to a ...