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FALLOUT 4'S DOGMEAT WINS BEST GAME DOG AT THE WORLD DOG AWARDS

http://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-4s-dogmeat-wins-best-game-dog-at-the-world-dog-awards/

There are few videogame dogs more famous than Fallout's Dogmeat. In fact, I can't think of any. Which is just as well, because Dogmeat recently claimed the title of Top Videogame Dog at the World Dog Awards.

>>Tell me the truth, there are awards for everything, right?

 

NEW UNITY GDC 2016 TECH DEMO SHOWS IMPRESSIVE VISUALS

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-unity-gdc-2016-tech-demo-shows-impressive-visuals/

Unity has released a new impressive tech demo video, showing off what its engine can actually achieve. According to the team, this is the first part of its real-time rendered short film “Adam”, created with the Unity engine by Unity’s Demo team. The full length movie will be shown at Unite Europe 2016 in Amsterdam.

>>Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44M7JsKqwow

 

UNITY ANNOUNCES TWO NEW VERSIONS AND A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

http://www.pcgamer.com/unity-announces-two-new-versions-and-a-certification-program/

Unity made some exciting announcements for developers at the Game Developer's Conference Tuesday morning.A full public beta of Unity 5.4 is now available alongside the latest stable release 5.3.4. In addition to these two new versions, Unity Technologies is launching a new certification program, which allows you to become a certified Unity developer on your journey towards making games.

 

A CHINESE MINING COMPANY WANTS TO BUY RUNESCAPE

http://www.pcgamer.com/chinese-mining-company-buys-runescape-developer-jagex/

In today's edition of Unexpected Developments in Decade-Old Browser Games, it turns out that Shandong Honda Mining Co. Ltd., a Chinese mining firm, has made a deal to purchase RuneScape developer Jagex for $300 million. DealStreetAsia reports it as a done deal, while a post on the RuneScape forums describes it as a “potential” acquisition. Either way, the obvious question in my mind is, why?

>>Like, really?

 

THE DIVISION HITS 1.2 MILLION CONCURRENT USERS, BECOMES BIGGEST NEW GAME FRANCHISE EVER

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-hits-12-million-concurrent-users-becomes-biggest-new-game-franchise-ever/

The Division made a big splash out of the gate, setting new Ubisoft sales records in its first 24 hours of release. That success continued over its first full week, which the publisher said was the biggest first week ever for a new game franchise: It pulled in an estimated $330 million globally in its first five days, and achieved 1.2 million peak concurrent users over the weekend.

 

STELLARIS AND HEARTS OF IRON 4 RELEASE DATES REVEALED

http://www.pcgamer.com/stellaris-and-hearts-of-iron-4-release-dates-revealed/

Paradox Interactive revealed release dates for two of its upcoming games. Stellaris, the Crusader-Kings-in-space grand strategy, will arrive on May 9. Hearts of Iron 4, the World War 2 strategy game, has its own D-Day on June 6 (which is actually D-Day).

>>Here's the Stellaris trailer, and here's the Hearts of Iron 4 one.

 

ARK: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST BECOMES FREE STANDALONE WITH CASH PRIZES

http://www.pcgamer.com/ark-survival-of-the-fittest-becomes-free-standalone-with-cash-prizes/

ARK: Survival Evolved has spun off its Hunger-Gamesy Survival of the Fittest mod into a free standalone murderfest on Steam. And that's free in the old fashioned sense of the word—the announcement claims that there will be "no monetisation" but with the benefits of a fully supported game and cash prizes for the top 10 players in each of its four Survivor Leagues. From this we can assume that ARK is doing very well for itself indeed.

>>And there's a launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56SvsV6Pb6E

 

STARCRAFT 2: NOVA COVERT OPS BEGINS MARCH 30

http://www.pcgamer.com/starcraft-2-nova-covert-ops-begins-march-30/

The first episode in a series of new missions for Starcraft 2 arrives March 30. Nova Covert Ops, as the series is dubbed, comprises nine missions across three episodes, each priced $7.50 or available as a pre-order bundle for $15/£12.

>>This is the video announcing the new content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibKGs0dv48Q