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Mobile giant King’s revenues and profits have both dipped year-on-year as Candy Crush spending slows. That’s according to the firm’s most recent financial report, which indicates that its revenues dipped 18 per cent year-on-year, representing a drop of $104m. Meanwhile, its profits dropped $46m (28 per cent) year-on-year. In addition, …
Read More »‘The name ‘game’ seems to be really limiting for this amazing media’
Games have grown up. It’s hard to imagine someone deconstructing the psychological processes behind Mario’s Goomba-squishing habits (probably an Oedipus complex) 30 years ago, but in 2015 there are countless articles, YouTube videos and even books about the deeper meaning behind titles, their characters and environments. This has led to …
Read More »Pixels on page: How video game books are defying the digital revolution
Nobody reads books now.” It’s a common sentiment and, with paperbacks increasingly replaced by websites, e-readers and apps, it might be tempting to close the book on the traditional publishing sector. Books may appear even more of a terminal case when it comes to games, with countless wiki sites, online …
Read More »Blizzard registers eSports service trademark for ‘Compete’
Blizzard has filed for a new trademark indicating the company is looking into increasing its support of eSports. VG247 reports on the listing registered as Compete, pointing out that the trademarking might not mean a platform carrying the name is actively under construction. The description details a service that would …
Read More »Fallout Shelter arrives for Android devices
Bethesda has made good on its aim to bring Fallout Shelter to Android this month, with the game available to download now on Google Play. The game was revealed during E3 in June, launching on the same day for iOS. The company initially stated the Android version would hopefully be …
Read More »Dying Light hits 5m copies sold
Dying Light has sold 5m units since its launch in January, developer Techland has announced. Producer Tymon Smektala revealed the milestone In an interview with VideoGamer during gamescom last week. "To be honest, I think even we are a little surprised by the scope of our success," Smektala said. "We …
Read More »Virgin Media and Gfinity running eSports Hexathlon at EGX across every genre
Virgin Media and Gfinity are looking for the best gaming all-rounder in the UK with an eSports Hexathlon concluding at September’s EGX. Players will compete over six games online between now and the 19th of September, with 10 finalists making it to the main stage at Birmingham’s NEC between the …
Read More »Six things we discovered at Gamescom 2015
Gamescom was bigger than it has ever been this year, but in terms of big reveals things were a little quieter. Christopher Dring and Alex Calvin delve behind the headlines to bring you six key takeaways from the world’s largest games event Quantum Break is shaping up to be the …
Read More »Opinion: Biggest Gamescom ever was what you made of it
The Gamescom numbers defied the experience somewhat. There were 345,000 visitors to the show, which is 10,000 up on last year’s figure. There were 806 companies, a rise of 14 per cent, and 33,200 trade visitors, a more modest increase of five per cent. But try telling that to the …
Read More »Reminder: Games Media Awards nominations close tomorrow
You only have until the end of tomorrow (Friday, August 14th) to put forward your nominations for this year’s Games Media Awards. The event returns on October 14th and marks the ninth annual outing of the always-talked-about event which champions the best in games editorial. After a successful revamp last …
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