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Focusrite Scarlett Solo Studio 3rd Gen
The best performing mic preamps the Scarlett range has ever seen, now with switchable Air mode to give your recordings a brighter and more open sound Large diaphragm condenser mic enables you to capture studio-quality recordings that are faithful to the original source The upgraded HP60 MkIII closed-back headphones offer…
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Amazon Game Studio Sacks ‘Dozens’ as Projects Get Scrapped
Amazon Games In 2014, Amazon announced that they were looking to get into the world of video game development. As such, a studio was created, staff were hired, and they looked to start producing games. Admittedly, exactly what type of ‘games’ we could expect was unclear. Given the resources of…
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Elgato Stream Deck XL Review – Let’s Get Shortcut Crazy!
Elgato Stream Deck XL The world of game streaming, YouTube productions and all kinds of gaming-focused home studio setups are a big deal these days. I mean, we do that sort of thing, but so do many of our readers. We all want the best tool for the job too,…
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Elgato Key Light Review – The New Must-Have Gadget For Streamers!
Introduction Elgato Key Light Are you’re into streaming your games, creating content for Twitch, YouTube or any other format that requires you filming yourself at your desk? Well, you’ll no doubt have realised just how deep the studio equipment rabbit hole goes. From cameras, lens, tripods, microphones. It seems you…
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Brainwavz HM5 Studio-Monitor Headphones Review
Introduction Brainwavz HM5 Finding the right headphones can be a daunting task, as there are countless brands and models on the market. From a few dollars to the thousands, there’s a product for every budget, every shape, size, and beyond. Brainwavz are focused on making the task just a little…
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Gaming Industry Closures Have Led To 1000 Lost Jobs
Gaming Industry Closures Have Led To 1000 Lost Jobs This time last week we were hit by the bombshell news that TellTale Games had effective gone into shut down mode. Over 90% of the staff were laid off leading a skeleton crew of about 25 people left to finish off…
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Capcom Shuts Down The Dead Rising Studio
Capcom Shuts Down The Dead Rising Studio Dead Rising was certainly something of a unique game when it launched. Players were locked inside a shopping mall with a bunch of zombies. With a very specific in-game timer, you had the option to do as much or as little as they…
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DICE Co-Founder Starts Indie Game Studio With 6 Other Pioneers
There seems to be a current trend for gaming pioneers to leave the big studios and start their own new and small indie studios in order to create the things they dream of doing. We recently heard of Alex Hutchinson who left Ubisoft Montreal to form a new indie studio and now…
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Alex Hutchinson Leaves Ubisoft Montreal to Form New Indie Studio
Assassin’s Creed 3 and Far Cry 4 creative director Alex Hutchinson has announced his departure from Ubisoft Montreal in order to start a new independent game studio. Alex Hutchinson has teamed up with an old EA Montreal colleague, Reid Schneider, to launch Typhoon Studios. Schneider’s credits include Mad Max, Batman: Arkham Knight,…
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Crytek Closes Studios – Focuses on Premium IPs and CryEngine
Crytek, which has been stiffing its employees for pay for months, is now laying off staff and closing studios. All but two of the company’s studios are closing, and it will be dropping development of all titles but for its “premium IPs” and its lauded CryEngine toolset. Crytek’s Budapest, Istanbul,…
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Is This The Next Big Thing For Videography?
It’s not very often that I end up writing articles as I have a wonderful team of writers who can do that in what I’m sure is a much better way and more than likely to a much better standard. Instead, I focus on the day to day running of…
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Microsoft Introduces an Impressive Surface Studio 28″ AIO PC
We’ve heard rumors and whispers about a Surface PC for a while and it all started with a patent application showing a modular system. What Microsoft just showcased is what we hoped for from all the previous speculations and more, except for the modularity. Still, the new Surface Studio, as it…
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Wacom Unveil The MobileStudio Pro
Wacom might not overly familiar to our readers, but they’ve announced something which caught my attention. The company’s new MobileStudio Pro contains a powerful set of creative tools in a range of lightweight mobile computers based upon a stylus experience. The MobileStudio Pro is designed for 2D, 3D and CAD…
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Ubisoft Wants to Make The Division into a Movie
With video games getting movies left right and centre it would seem that the line between your TV and the big screen is getting smaller and smaller. First, there was the Angry Birds film, then the Warcraft film followed by recently announced Fruit Ninja film. The latest game to get a reported movie contract…
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