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The Callisto Protocol Developer Blames ‘Clerical Error’ For Dodgy Patch
I daresay that it hasn’t escaped your attention that the PC release of The Callisto Protocol has gotten off to a pretty rough start. Admittedly, many of the initial complaints were regarding a huge stuttering bug which, in fairness to the developer, was (apparently) resolved pretty quickly (just circa 24…
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Hideo Kojima Says that Despite Many Big Offers His Studio Will Remain Independent!
While Kojima Productions only technically has one game under its belt so far (Death Stranding) it’s hard to deny that in terms of prestige, while they might be small, they’re undoubtedly a highly desirable proposition for any takeover attempt. – Founder Hideo Kojima, however, has regularly stated that he never…
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Epic Games Officially Launch Unreal Engine 5
The wait is over! – Epic Games has officially announced that Unreal Engine 5 is now available to download! With this release, they aim to empower both large and small teams to really push the boundaries of what’s possible, visually and interactively. UE5 will enable game creators to realize next-generation…
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Gaming Legend Sid Meier Warns Devs ‘Focus More on Gameplay, Not Monetisation!’
Sid Meier is undoubtedly one of the most respected names in gaming. Well known for his highly-popular ‘Civilization‘ franchise, when he has something to say about the current state of the industry, you know it’s probably not just worth listening to, but what he has to say is probably going…
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Ubisoft Staff Dub Mass Resignations as “The Great Exodus”
Generally speaking, and strictly speaking among the gaming community, Ubisoft is not a well-loved developer. A factor that certainly wasn’t helped when, as recently as last October, the developer basically decided to blame everyone (except themselves) as to why their games were often so poorly optimised for PC. – Over…
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CD Projekt Red Insists They’re Not For Sale!
There is always something of a grim inevitability that an independent games developer will, sooner or later, get gobbled up by a much bigger entity. I could list all the fantastic studios (and franchises) that basically died shortly after joining EA, but you get the idea. There is something about…
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Elden Ring is Reportedly Very Close to Going Gold!
It’s certainly been a long time coming, and is undoubtedly hugely anticipated by fans of the Souls-Bourne series, but all going well, on January 21st, Elden Ring will finally be released. – With this in mind, therefore, it does seem pretty obvious to say that development on the game should…
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Dead Space Remake Dev Warns Things Are Going Quiet For a While!
Following the report of solid rumours since the start of the year (albeit, the speculation began much sooner), last month it was finally confirmed that a full-blown Dead Space remake was in development. While the news surrounding the title has been pretty consistent since it was revealed, however, following a…
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Developer Returns to Fix a 40-Year-Old Gaming Bug!
There is something of a joke in the coding community. It goes: “99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs in the code. Take one down, patch it around, 117 little bugs in the code.” – For those of you who don’t understand this, what it essentially means is…
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EA Says Codemasters Will Remain an “Independent” Studio
Earlier this week, EA confirmed that after surprisingly brief negotiations, they’d successfully completed the acquisition of UK-based game developer ‘Codemasters‘.Why were they surprisingly brief? Well, it should be noted that Take-Two Interactive was the party initially involved in potentially making the deal. Following a gazumping bid by EA last January,…
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The 5 Biggest Issues We Constantly See With AAA-Gaming
I don’t think it would be unfair to say that over the last 10 years or so, the quality of a released game has nosedived quite notably. You only have to look at the state of titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 to see that, quite clearly, when this was finally…
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Epic Games Acquires Rad Game Tools (Bink Video)
Love them or loathe them, it’s hard to deny that over what has largely represented a remarkably small period of time, Epic Games has cemented its position as one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. – Following a report via DSOGaming, however, they have just added a new…
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Ubisoft ‘Hostage’ Situation Was a Fake Bomb Ransom Attempt
Yesterday evening, we reported on a rather alarming situation that was occurring at Ubisoft’s Montreal HQ. Although details were somewhat vague at the time, it seemed that some kind of hostage situation was happening at the office building with around (or at least) 30 staff members being held on the…
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Microsoft is Looking to Buy ‘Several’ Japanese Game Studios
It’s been pretty clear over the last few years that Microsoft has been very active in looking to purchase game developers in order to make their titles exclusive to either the Xbox or PC platform. Largely in response to Sony having a number of major exclusives that have, so far,…
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Kojima Productions Wants ‘Best-in-Class’ Game Dev Talent
At the time of writing, we know that Kojima Productions is working on at least one yet undisclosed gaming title. While many are hoping that this will be a long-overdue return to horror for Hideo Kojima, it is also entirely possible that it could be a sequel to the excellent…
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