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Stat trackers IHS has shown its latest market data ahead of next week’s E3 – revealing that $92bn will be spent on games this year. That is higher than music ($18bn) and movies ($62bn) combined. The latest estimates from the firm also reveals that 80 per cent of this revenue …
Read More »Dota 2 reborn using Valve’s Source 2 engine, improves spectator experience
Valve has announced the rebirth of Dota 2 by detailing features in the new game client running on the Source 2 engine. The new game client, which has been in the works for some time judging by many hints at a Source 2 release last year, will be available in …
Read More »Tearaway Unfolded given September launch date
The PlayStation 4 version of Vita classic Tearaway is coming to stores this September. Taking to the PlayStation Blog, developer Media Molecule confirmed that Tearaway Unfolded would be coming out on September 11th in the UK. Tearaway Unfolded is the enhance PlayStation 4 version of the PlayStation Vita announced at …
Read More »Lords of the Fallen dev working on sci-fi RPG
Focus Home Interactive has teamed up with Lords of the Fallen co-developer Deck13 to create a new sci-fi RPG. The mystery game is set in a dystopian future and feature innovative combat mechanics and an original character progression system based on modular upgrades gained through tight, visceral combat”. The unnamed …
Read More »GungHo to turn its hand to mobile publishing
Puzzle & Dragons creator GungHo is to expand into mobile games publishing, president Kazuki Morishita has confirmed. Companies have been coming to us for years begging to publish their games. We are now getting ready to do that,” he told Bloomberg. There are so many cases where a company excels …
Read More »PS4 back on top in US in May
Sony’s PS4 reclaimed the title of best-selling console in the US last month, NPD data has revealed. That’s despite Xbox One’s sales climbing 81 per cent year-on-year, a number no doubt helped by the fact that Microsoft’s machine is now considerably cheaper than it was this time last year. However, …
Read More »Mariah Carey is the new face of Game of War, report claims
Kate Upton’s time as the never-ending face of free-to-play advertising on social media may be over. TMZ reports that, in their words, Mariah Carey will be the new face and new set of ample boobs for the ridiculously successful Game of War: Fire Age”. The deal is apparently worth seven …
Read More »PES 2016 returns to earlier release date
PES 2016 has shifted back to its traditional release window and will arrive just before FIFA 16, Konami has said. The game will hit PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on September 18th – a week ahead of FIFA 16 which arrives on September 22nd. Last year’s outing …
Read More »Barcelona dev Winko Games raises $1.4m
Start-up working on mobile RPG and strategy title for release later this year
Read More »Everybody hates free-to-play
Or do they? One of the most popular ways of paying for games is under constant scrutiny from the media and core consumers. So what can be done about free-to-play’s negative image? The successful freemium game is based on five principles,” says Canada’s minister of mobile gaming. Entice the player …
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