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UK games industry to carry on growing in 2017, says TIGA
UK trade association TIGA has laid out its expectations for the British games industry as we head into 2017, and the key word is "growth."
Jan. 4, 2017
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Platinum's Ninja Turtles game pulled from digital stores after eight months
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan has been pulled from digital stores despite only being released around eight months ago.
Jan. 4, 2017
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Firewatch hits 1 million sales in less than a year
Campo Santo's well-received debut, Firewatch, has hit the 1 million sales mark in under a year.
Jan. 4, 2017
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Report: Super Mario Run racks up 3M sales from 90M downloads
Over 90 million players have downloaded Nintendo's full mobile debut, Super Mario Run, but only 3 million have actually paid to unlock the full game.
Jan. 4, 2017
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Samsung says it's now shipped 5 million Gear VR headsets worldwide
CES is happening in Vegas this week, and as part of the proceedings Samsung confirmed during a press conference that it's sold over 5 million of its Gear VR phone-powered virtual reality headsets.
Jan. 4, 2017
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Steam Discovery 2.0, Stegosaurus Tail 2.0
Steam just launched Discovery Update 2.0, and it's been a long road getting there. We provided five years of detailed stats & graphs on how it's changed.
Jan. 4, 2017
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Engagement in VR. 3 Lessons from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody Experience
Working in Bohemian Rhapsody Experience helped me clarify some personal ideas about what makes VR compelling and what ingredients can help us make more powerful virtual reality content. In this article I will group some of these ideas into 3 lessons.
Jan. 4, 2017
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Game Design Deep Dive: Using vision as cursor in Tethered
"VR offers new ways of interacting that allow us to get much closer to that mouse and pointer functionality by turning your face into a mouse pointer," says Ian Moran, technical director of Tethered.
Jan. 3, 2017
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Video games have pushed music to the background, says Doom composer
In an interview with Noclip, composer Mick Gordon shares his take on the role music should play in game design and talks about how he created the soundtrack for id Software's latest Doom.
Jan. 3, 2017
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Lead writer Rhianna Pratchett is taking her leave from Tomb Raider
After working with Crystal Dynamics on both the Tomb Raider reboot and its sequel, Rhianna Pratchett is moving on from the series to pursue new adventures.
Jan. 3, 2017
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Planet Coaster dev suing Atari over $2.2M in unpaid royalties
The RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 dev is suing Atari for royalties owed on the 2003 game, following a third-party report that Frontier is owed significantly more than originally paid.
Jan. 3, 2017
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Developing A Cat's Manor in Saudi Arabia for a Western Audience
"This a game built from the ground up for the western market. Arabic games that are successful in Saudi Arabia are tightly grouped around football, racing, card games, and online strategy."
Jan. 3, 2017