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Peru’s games industry has struggled with the steep cost of hardware and software in Latin America, leading to a thriving black market. PricewaterhouseCoopers lists Peru as one of the games industry’s higher-growth, smaller-scale markets. The research firm believes that the country’s games business will experience a compound average growth rate …
Read More »Top ten takeaway tips from Interface
The hugely popular Interface event returned last week, bringing together hundreds of budding indie developers with publishers seeking new titles at St Mary’s Church in London. A number of industry experts and legends also shared their wisdom on-stage during a series of topical talks. MCV looks back at the best …
Read More »Anchors in the Drift’s Fig crowdfunding campaign falls short
5th Cell’s Fig crowdfuding project Anchors in the Drift has fallen short of meeting its funding goal of half-million dollar goal by nearly $400,000. Polygon reports on Fig’s first failure, having recently spoken with the new crowdfunding platform’s CEO Justin Bailey on what occurs when a campaign doesn’t meet its …
Read More »Fallout 4 PC edition sells 2m on Steam – report
Fallout 4 has reportedly exceeded 2m sales on Steam alone. According toSteam Spy’s data, the game surpassed the milestone within 10 days of its launch. It alsosold 500,000 units within the UK in one week, and Bethesda claimed the titlesold-in 12m unitsas of launch day. Shacknewspoints out a few notable …
Read More »3D Realms delays Bombshell to January 2016
3D Realms’ Duke Nukem spiritual successor Bombshell has been delayed to early next year, the publisher has announced. A post by developer Interceptor Entertainment’s Frederik Shreiber on the game’sSteam community boardsexplains the game has been pushed back from its original release this month to January to give the studio the …
Read More »Mobile startup debuts iOS game livestreaming in Japan and Korea
Kamcord has beaten Twitch and YouTube Gaming to the iOS streaming race. While Android game streaming is possible with some apps, including Google’s recent YouTube Gaming, iOS users have until now been left out in the lurch. Now VentureBeat reports that Kamcord has debuted its livestreaming app in Japan and …
Read More »Second season confirmed for Telltale’s Game of Thrones
Just days after the release of the concluding part of its first series, Telltale has confirmed a second series for its Game of Thrones game. When we initially announced the series in 2013, we let everyone know this would be a multi-title, multiyear partnership with HBO,” Telltale’s co-founder and CEO …
Read More »Miyazaki seemingly rules out Dark Souls 4 and Bloodborne 2
Acclaimed From Software developer Hidetaka Miyazaki has contradicted previous comments about the future of Dark Souls. In June Miyazaki said that Dark Souls 3, which is due out in April, "is not the final product for the Dark Souls series”, adding that it’ll be a turning point, but it’s not …
Read More »Steam’s autumn and winter sales dates leaked
It looks as if the first of two big Steam sales will kick off next week. ShackNews reports that messages in a Steamworks developer group date the Steam Autumn sale for November 25th. It will run until December 1st. It then adds that the Steam Winter sale will run from …
Read More »Retro Mega Drive console sales surge 400% at Argos
A quarter of a century after its release in the UK, the Mega Drive could be a star performer this Christmas. The Daily Mail reports that sales of AtGames’ Sega Mega Drive console have jumped 400 per cent at Argos in recent weeks”. This version of the machine includes two …
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