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The acceleration of tablet power will broaden the market appeal of core game, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen has said. "What gets us the most excited is the power, the computing power, of mobile devices and the speed at which that’s growing," he told the 2015 Technology, Internet & Media Conference, …
Read More »EA: Tablets will overtake consoles
Publisher's CFO Blake Jorgensen believes tablets could become more powerful than dedicated games devices
Read More »Deep Silver signs publishing deal with mobile studio Isbit Games
Publisher to fund development of two new titles
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Sophia George
Like so many of the individuals in the Top 100 Women in Games, Sophia George’s games industry career was kicked into action by her outstanding work as a student. Stimulated by the inspiring games she explored while growing up, George wanted to work in the games industry from a young …
Read More »Anita Sarkeesian skin is coming to TowerFall
The next set of character skins for indie combat game TowerFall will include a homage to Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian. If you keep up on gaming news she may seem familiar – her appearance is loosely based on feminist games critic Anita Sarkeesian,” the studio said of the character. …
Read More »Valve opens virtual item economy to all Steam games
Valve has rolled out the Steam Inventory Service in beta, allowing game developers the option to create in-game items that can be traded and sold throughout the greater Steam Marketplace. A post on Steam News details the pre-release launch of the new feature set: With this service, a game can …
Read More »EA, Bioware cancel Shadow Realms
Bioware has announced its episodic, co-operative PC game Shadow Realms is no longer in development. Bioware Austin general manager Jeff Hickman confirmed the cancellation of the game today in an update on Shadow Realms’ official site. "While the team did amazing work on the game concept and we got lots …
Read More »Evolve receiving 3GB day-one patch to improve matchmaking load times
Evolve players will have to endure a 3GB day-one patch when the game launches later this week, developer Turtle Rock has announced. The game’s official site has word of the sizable mandatory update hitting all platforms as soon as the title goes on sale. The patch improves load times in …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Divinia Knowles
Knowles is one of the driving forces behind British entertainment outlet Mind Candy, and at the forefront of the company’s transformation from a small start-up based to the global powerhouse behind kids phenomenon Moshi Monsters. Knowles currently serves as president of Mind Candy, sitting on the board of directors. She …
Read More »Resident Evil HD re-release is the fastest selling game on PSN
The recent re-release of Capcom’s classic survival horror title Resident Evil has become the fastest-selling digital title in the PlayStation Store’s history The game, which launched on January 20th, broke the record for day one sales of a digital title on PSN in Europe and North America. Resident Evil HD …
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