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Over 550 games industry influencers will attend the April 16th MCV Awards, with a number of leading firms in the room. Taking place on the night of April 16th at the London Lancaster Hotel, the MCV Awards recognise key achievements across sales and marketing, games publishing, distribution, and retail. Industry …
Read More »I never intended to dismiss smartphone games, Iwata says
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said that he’s never dismissed smartphone gaming as a genre. Instead, he says his previous scepticism was merely meant to reflect his uncertainty about how Nintendo might adapt its software to the smartphone model – a problem he thinks he’s cracked with the new partnership …
Read More »HTC to take its Vive VR headset on tour
Tech firm HTC is planning a world tour to let consumers try its new VR headset, Vive. HTC, who has teamed up with Valve on the project, plans to visit locations in the USA, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. According to HTC’s connected products global marketing boss Jeff Gattis, …
Read More »Newell: The iPhone should be more like the PC
The Valve boss on the importance of freedom for developers
Read More »Curve Digital unveils game bundling initiative
Independent game publisher Curve Digital has revealed its new game bundling service: The Indie Mixtape. The scheme is specifically for up-and-coming indie developers, instead of more established names. Curve aims to have the first collection out in early April. It will be priced at 6.99 and sold globally over Steam. …
Read More »Speaker line-up complete for next week’s F2P Summit
One-day conference takes place Thursday, March 26th in London
Read More »Iwata: Free-to-start mobile games are an option for us
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said that Nintendo’s smartphone games may well be free-to-play. The industry is still collectively digesting the news that one of the big three platform holders has conceded to popular opinion and decided to bring its IP to non-owned smartphone devices. Fans, however, have expressed discomfort …
Read More »We’ll avoid an arms race with Guitar Hero, says Harmonix
The creator of Rock Band has vowed not to saturate the market with games when the franchise returns this year. Harmonix and Activision released over 30 different guitar-based games between 2005 and 2010, causing the market to become oversaturated and collapse. Rock Band 4 is now set to return this …
Read More »‘Mobile can rescue Nintendo consoles’
Smartphone experts say that Nintendo’s move into the mobile market will boost Wii U and 3DS sales, not harm them. Nintendo announced this week that it will release the likes of Mario on smartphones via a partnership with mobile games giant DeNA. DeNA will create a platform that connects Nintendo’s …
Read More »Valve’s Newell: ‘iPhone should be more like the PC’
The rest of the games industry should follow the lead of PC and tear down their walled gardens, argues Valve boss Gabe Newell. Speaking to MCV at GDC, Newell said that the firm’s latest projects, including the Steam Machines, streaming box Steam Link, Steam Controller and games engine Source 2, …
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