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There are a lot of things that ran on the first PlayStation – Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII, Crash Bandicoot. But what about an interplanetary space probe? Well, thanks to NASA, Sony’s inaugural games hardware has taken one bold three-billion mile step for man. That’s because the space agency …
Read More »Here are the Amazon Prime Day game deals
Amazon’s day of discounts exclusive to its Prime scheme is now underway. Amazon Prime Day sees products being discounted over the course of 24 hours, boasting better deals than Black Friday. To be eligible to take part in the discounts, you need to sign up to Amazon Prime, a scheme …
Read More »International Insight: America
It might be the land of the free, but is it the land of free-to-play? As the industry recovers from another huge E3 showing, SuperData CEO Joost van Dreunen examines the state of games in the US of A In America everything is bigger – and its games market is …
Read More »Deep Silver drops Dead Island 2 developer Yager
Dead Island 2 publisher Deep Silver has parted ways with the game’s developer Yager, bringing the upcoming game’s current state into serious question. Deep Silver issued the following statement earlier today regarding the decision to cut ties with the studio: With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated …
Read More »GameAnalytics launches indie publishing initiative ‘Runway’
Industry analytics group GameAnalytics has launched a new indie-focused initiative to assist mobile developers in launching and promoting their games by providing data gathering and other resources. Titled ‘Runway,’ the initiative will offer small teams the ability to soft launch a title in territories such as Canada, Ireland and Australia …
Read More »Comcast partners with EA to bring game streaming to cable subscribers
Electronic Arts and Comcast have announced a partnership to offer subscribers of the cable company access to game streaming via their set-top box. Polygon reports on the deal, officially dubbed ‘X1 Games Powered by EA.’ The lineup is currently limited to around 20 games, including EA IPs NBA Jam and …
Read More »Smash Bros. EVO broadcaster refuses to show player’s YouPorn sponsor tag
Twitch broadcasters VideoGameBootCamp have refused to allow a Smash Bros. player to use the in-game tag of their sponsors, YouPorn. Melee player Jason "Bizz" Yoon, who was signed by the "Team YP" eSports branch of the popular adult video streaming site last month, declared the situation last night over Twitter. …
Read More »‘Don’t put all your money into your first project’
Matthew Wiggins discusses how to effectively spend your money
Read More »How to make a $10bn mobile game
It is inevitable that there will be a smartphone game that will generate $10bn in the West. That’s the prediction of N3twork’s Neil Young, the former EA exec who set up Ngmoco and sold it to Japanese mobile giant DeNA for $400m. Young is a video games development veteran and …
Read More »VIDEO: N++ gets an actual release date
Having been announced in 2013, developer Metanet has finally confirmed a release date for N++. The platformer was announced at Gamescom in 2013 and is a sequel to 2008 Xbox 360, DS and PSP game N+. It will be released for PS4 on July 28th. I have been waiting for …
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