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The gap between mobile gaming and the chasing pack is getting wider. VentureBeat has word on an App Annie and IDC report that says the mobile games market was worth $34.8bn worldwide in 2015. PC and Mac gaming, meanwhile, clocked in at around $29bn and console gaming at $18.5bn. Handheld …
Read More »Jack Ma and Alibaba just dove headfirst into the world of competitive video games
If you haven’t been paying attention to the PC gaming market over the past few years, you may not have noticed that competitive video gaming has gone from a barely-understood niche industry to a sector that’s already competing with regular professional sports. Case in point: theLeague of Legendsworld finals match …
Read More »Site offering free accommodation for devs passes Kickstarter goal
Indiecouch.org aims to encourage game creators to open up their sofa to fellow devs during industry festivals and events
Read More »Valve loses Australian refund lawsuit
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has ruled that Valve’s Steam service breached Australian consumer law. A disagreement between Valve and the ACCC kicked off in 2014 when the Steam owner was sued over its lack of refund policy. Such a policy was eventually introduced last year, but that …
Read More »Do mobile devices have a future with enthusiast gamers?
Tablets and smartphones may be played by millions of casual gamers, but up until now mobile devices haven’t really been seen as systems for enthusiast gamers. One app game, Vainglory, is changing that. It’s carved out its own competitive gaming scene, and earlier this month held its own championships at …
Read More »The Loneliness of the Professional Gamer
If you haven’t heard of Jonathan Sutak, producer and director ofThe Foreigner, a new documentary about professionalStarCraft II(2010), you can take solace in knowing that you’ve probably seen some of his work. Not, mind you, the two independent dramas—UpThe River(2015), a romance, andDon’t Worry Baby(2015), a comedy—he’s produced; you haven’t …
Read More »Gaming’s gender split equal across PC and mobile
The widespread stereotype of gamers as being predominantly male has been dealt yet another blow. A newreportfrom App Annie looking into the US audiences for mobile, PC and console during Q3 2015 found that iOS, Android and PC/Mac gamers were almost exactly evenly-split between male and female. The console demographic, …
Read More »Gamer audience gender split equal on PC and mobile, male-dominant on console
Console skews to youngest audience, while PC reaches over 45s and mobile spans the widest age range
Read More »Esports is getting its own hall of fame
ESLis adding another parallel between traditional sports andesports: an esports hall of fame. The esports hall of fame, launched as a semi-autonomous entity from ESL itself, will be operated much like traditional sports halls. A panel of writers, commentators, coaches, analysts and other experts will vote on entrants to the …
Read More »American McGee says Spicy Horse is not closing, but is moving away from F2P
Alice developer Spicy Horse is not, as rumours have claimed, closing down. Founder American McGee has confirmed, however, that jobs have been lost at the studio. He has also stated that it is moving away from the free-to-play sector. No,” he replied on Facebook when asked if the closure rumours …
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