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Total US consumer spending on video games was up five per cent year-on-year in 2015, a new joint report between the ESA and NPD has revealed. That represents a revenue total of $23.5bn, compared to 2014’s $22.4bn. Software sales – including physical, digital, subscriptions and mobile – was up seven …
Read More »Rapper Lupe Fiasco beats Street Fighter legend in SFV showmatch
Street Fighter star Daigo Umehara was beaten three games to two by Superstar rapper Lupe Fiasco in a Mad Catz Street Fighter V showmatch last night. The rapper, who is known to be a big fan of fighting games and games in general, pulled off the upset to a worldwide …
Read More »New Shin Megami Tensei title debuts at No.1 in Japan
The latest game in Atlus’ Shin Megami Tenseiseries of RPGs has gone straight to the top spot in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. The 3DS game – Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final – sold 96,556 units in its launch week. And despite being a 3DS exclusive, hardware figures for …
Read More »ESL’s David Hiltscher on developing an eSports game
As part of Casual Connect Europe 2016,David Hiltscher, VP Gaming Communities at ESL gave a talk on how to get started in developing for eSports. "Games tend to be synchronous multiplayer" he said, though he did note that asynchronous games can work in a competitive setting, as seen in the …
Read More »InnoGames revenue hits €100m as mobile income doubles
German developer looking to hire 50 new staff this year as it prepares for multiple new releases
Read More »Bethesda upping Fallout 4 Season Pass price
The price of Fallout 4’s Season Pass will jump by 60 per cent at the start of next month. Bethesda has announced that the current price of 24.99 will stay in place until March 1st, when it will then be changed to 39.99. This is due to the fact that …
Read More »How Leffen Will Take Over the World
It would be hard to argue that Leffen had anything other than an excellent 2015. With wins at B.E.A.S.T. 5, CEO 2015, Super Smash Con, and HTC Throwdown, he’s become an unstoppable force in Melee, and is currently ranked 3rd according to theMelee It On Me Top 100. For most …
Read More »Mobile graphics will overtake PS4 and Xbox One by next year, ARM claims
Smartphone and tablet titles will be graphically superior to the current generation of consoles by the end of next year. That’s the bold claim from chip manufacturer ARM, which said that as mobile hardware already exceeds the visuals of the PS3 and Xbox 360, portable devices would surpass PS4 and …
Read More »Mobile visuals will overtake PS4 and Xbox One by 2018, claims ARM
Nizar Romdan adds his expectation that VR on mobile will see the transition of hardcore players onto smartphone and tablet platforms
Read More »Ono apologies for Street Fighter V launch server problems
Street Fighter V is finally here, but early buyers have faced a few issues playing the game online. Despite a number of beta tests in the long run up to release, the launch of the game yesterday (February 16th) brought with it some significant server woes, leaving players unable to …
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