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Roller Coaster Tycoon World is still in development — but it’s under a new studio

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 13, 2015
2 min

This is the third team to take over the development of Roller Coaster Tycoon World.

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Blizzard’s Battle.net is down and causing problems for Hearthstone, World of Warcraft players

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 13, 2015
1 min

Battle.net, the service that acts as the online backbone for all Blizzard games, isn’t working properly at the moment. If you try to boot up the service, you’ll see an error when the program tries to connect online.

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Mobile studio Pocket Gems gets a minority investment from Tencent to move into China

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 13, 2015
2 min

Tencent to benefit from Pocket Gems' Western roots.

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Japanese role-playing game studio Imageepoch has gone bankrupt — but its latest game is still coming out

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 13, 2015
1 min

Japanese game developer Imageepoch and affiliate company Smile Online Games have begun bankruptcy procedures in Tokyo this week following a stretch of declining sales. Research provider Teikoku Databank reports (via Siliconera) that Imageepoch has a debt of $9.2 million (1.1 billion yen) owed to 43 different creditors.

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After Sony spinout, H1Z1 developer Daybreak Game Company is free to publish on new platforms

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2015
3 min

After spinning out of Sony, Daybreak can move its online games to Xbox One or any platform it wants.

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Rock Band developer helps fan give a GameStop employee his comeuppance

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 13, 2015
1 min

A GameStop employee didn't believe Rock Band 4 is real, but a fan enlisted the help of Harmonix to prove that it is.

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Nintendo is bringing back its World Championships for E3

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 13, 2015
1 min

Nintendo is e-sports now!

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Dragon Quest VIII is coming to 3DS (at least in Japan)

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 13, 2015
1 min

Still, it’s likely we’ll see the 3DS version in other territories. Square Enix has been pretty good making sure every territory gets these Dragon Quest re-releases. Dragon Quest VIII itself just saw a port to mobile that came out worldwide. Nintendo DS remakes of Dragon Quest IV, V, and VI also all came out in our territory.