Новости за 13.04.2016

Obsidian Entertainment is now the home to two of the guiding forces behind the original Fallout.

Rockstar’s critically-acclaimed 2010 Western epic Red Dead Redemption had a very troubled path to release, new emails from president Sam Houser have revealed.

The MCV & Develop Podcast is back – this time taking a closer look at the UK games industry.

Boss Monster is the latest tabletop game that AltspaceVR has brought to virtual reality. Why bring the card game to the medium?

Countless VR experts have reminded the industry that while 2016 is shaping up to be a milestone year for the technology, this is only the beginning. That said, it’s always good to have one eye on your end goal.

Stugan, the Swedish games accelerator that famously sees developers building games in a remote woodland cabin, has received double the number of applications for this year’s program when compared to last year. 

Rapidly running out of companies to buy, Keywords has now acquired the Synthesis group and once again expanded its QA, localisation and audio operations.

It’s too early for VR developers to survive on a free-to-play strategy alone, one of the minds behind Candy Crush has warned.

Time's running out if you want to nominate for this year's Develop Awards – the deadline for all submissions is 5pm UK time on Wednesday, April 13th.

Dodge Roll’s Enter the Gungeon has got off to a flying start.

The roguelike top-down shooter launched last week on PS4 and PC and, seven days on, has sold more than 200,000 units, the developer has announced.

As pointed out by Eurogamer, the title is priced at £10.99, making gross revenue earned so far roughly £2.2 million.

Even after the cut of publisher Devolver Digital and the two platform holders, that’s still a fair amount for Dodge Roll’s five employees.

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Itch.io, the distribution platform aimed at indie and experimental games, has been refused from launching its app on Steam.

Leslie Benzies, the ex-lead designer of Grand Theft Auto and president of Rockstar North, is suing his former employer for $150 million.