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Publisher Nordic Games has purchased a number of game franchises for its portfolio from Hungarian firm Digital Reality. Nordic now has a number of IP from the company under its belt, including Imperium Galactica. In addition, the firm is buying Bang Bang Racing, Black Knight Sword, Skydrift, Sine Mora, Liberty …
Read More »Nintendo fans can pre-register for smartphone app Miitomo this month
Miitomo – the unusual smartphone app from Nintendo – will launch next month in 17 countries, and fans can pre-register for the game by February 17th. To pre-register, users just need to set up a Nintendo Account. Nintendo will launch its new Rewards Programme – which replaces Club Nintendo – …
Read More »The Witness makes $5m in week one
Jonathan Blowhas revealedthat The Witness has sold over 100k copies in its first week, generating over $5m in the process. While $5m is a fair chunk of change, Blow said that the seven-year development cycle of The Witness meant that the game’s budget was yet to be recouped in full. …
Read More »The Witness makes $5m in a week, but is yet to recoup its budget
Puzzle game sells 100,000 units in seven days, despite price and piracy controversy
Read More »Dirt Rally success gives Codemasters renewed confidence in simulation racing
Having spent years steering the Colin McRae brand away from the world of dedicated simulation, Dirt Rally has proved to Codemasters that an appetite remains for less arcade racers. Dirt Rally was both announced and released on Steam Early access in April 2015. It’s now heading to PS4 and Xbox …
Read More »UPDATED: LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens game on the way
It looks like last year’s blockbuster Star Wars film is getting the LEGO treatment. That’s according to a listing the Xbox Store, which claims that LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set for a June 28th release. Given that this is not the last date of the month, this …
Read More »Homefront: The Revolution to have free DLC, but also microtransactions
A year’s worth of free DLC is the reward for Homefront: The Revolution buyers. The price? An upfront fee for the game and multiplayer microtransactions. As a result, there will be no Season Pass for the shooter and all post-release content will be made available to all players. But those …
Read More »New Year, New Job: Landing a job in business development
Universally Speaking’s ThomasNicholastells MCV about how to secure a role in business development What is your job? What does it involve? As a business development executive at Universally Speaking, it is my responsibility to bring in new business and develop working relationships in regards to the services we provide. What …
Read More »First UK Games Fund recipients include FuturLab, Spilt Milk and Secret Police
The first 24 companies to receive money from the UK Government’s Games Fund have been announced. Running until 2019, the fund provides grants of up to 50,000 to back games projects, encourage the creation of jobs and support up-and-coming devs with a number of talent development initatives. It was originally …
Read More »Double Fine still waiting on Psychonauts 2 crowdfunding cash
More than half of the $3.3 million pledged towards Psychonauts 2 is yet to make it to developer Double Fine. The long-awaited sequel was backed through equity share crowdfunding platform Fig, which splits money between traditional rewards and investment. The latter is the issue holding up almost $1.9 million in …
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