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Japanese publisher Capcom has opened a new mobile business division. The company has announced via its investor relations page that it has ‘intergrated’ mobile games company Beeline Interactive Japan to this end, with the firm being renamed Capcom Mobile Co. Capcom says this is part of a plan to ‘aggressively …
Read More »TinyBuild: We should not ‘cripple’ games with DRM to fight piracy
TinyBuild has condemned the use of DRM to stop illegal downloading, despite its latest game being heavily pirated. Punch Club on smartphones and PC was purchased by 300,000 people, but downloaded illegally by another 1.6 million – that’s 81 per cent of the total players. But TinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik …
Read More »Quantum Break has option to disable licensed music for YouTubers
The developer of Quantum Break, Remedy, has given consumers the option of turning off licensed tracks in the upcoming release. Speaking to Engadget, the studio said that this was a response to feedback from YouTubers doing Let’s Plays of Remedy’s 2010 game Alan Wake. Due to YouTube’s Content ID, videos …
Read More »Sonic Team head returns to US to establish development ‘hub’ for franchise
Producer Takashi Iizuka originally helped found Sega Studio USA in 1999
Read More »Remedy ‘baffled’ by fanboy fury over Quantum Break PC release
The creative director of Quantum Break says gamer anger over console exclusives leaves him baffled. Remedy announced in February that its upcoming Xbox One title was no-longer exclusive to the platform, and would also be coming to PC. This resulted in a backlash amongst a section of fans who felt …
Read More »‘We should be charging more for indie games’
The games industry is undervaluing indie games, say leading publishers. The majority of indie games are sold for 10 or less, but this year a number of high profile titles have broken that barrier, including Jonathan Blow’s The Witness (30, pictured) and Camp Santo’s Firewatch (15), which has sparked online …
Read More »Miitomo has been downloaded 3m times
Nintendo has revealed just how well its first foray into the mobile gaming space is doing. The platform holder took to Twitter (below) to announce that Miitomo has been downloaded three million times worldwide. This follows the app’s launch in the UK and American markets yesterday (March 31st). Miitomo was …
Read More »Oculus Rift launch is ‘like a beta’
The arrival of Oculus Rift was akin to a video game test launch, says GAME. The Rift was released via Oculus’ own website last week, although it was missing a couple of features – namely the special Oculus Touch controllers. And GAME boss Martyn Gibbs has played down fears that …
Read More »Dwarf Fortress dev: Moving from donations to Patreon doubled our income
‘Even a few steps is enough to drive everyone away,’ Tarn Adams says of previous method of funding ambitious simulation title
Read More »Final Fantasy XV needs to smash 10m copies to be a success
The latest entry in the Final Fantasy series needs to shift more than 10 million units to be considered a success. As reported by Kotaku UK, game director Hajime Tabata said at a press conference that Final Fantasy XV needs to hit this figure over its lifetime. This is a …
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