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It turns out that Sex Pistols star John ‘Rotten’ Lydon is quite the gamer. Despite telling The Telegraph that he and his wife are normally really careful” with money there is one hobby on which Lydon is happy to splash the cash – gaming. I wasted – you’re the first …
Read More »LGC 14: Video games ads are the lowest performing on Facebook
Video game advertisements on Facebook are less successful than dating ads, the firm has revealed. In fact, game ads are the worst performing on the social network in its entirety. The news was announced at today’s London Games Conference. You are not just competing with other video game ads, you …
Read More »Google’s advice on mobile discoverability
Developer Relations exec Rupert Whitehead offers tips to London Games Conference attendees
Read More »VR must address motion sickness problems, EA warns
Publisher EA has said it will be right at the forefront of virtual reality if the technology takes off – but a big hurdle remains before that can happen. The challenge is if you are at all even slightly motion sick prone, it’s very tough," EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare beats PES 2015 to Japanese No.1
Western FPS king Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has beaten a firm Japanese favourite to the top of the Japanese weekly charts. Famitsu data reveals that the shooter, published by Square Enix in the region, sold 100,996 copies on PS3 to claim No.1, beating the 76,407 units PES 2015 sold …
Read More »World of Warcraft players get five free play days to compensate for DLC struggles
Players of Blizzard’s all-conquering MMO World of Warcraft are being handed a five day extension to their subscriptions to make up for the troubled launch of the Warlords of Draenor DLC. The offer applies to all subscriptions that were active as of Friday November 14th. The quality of the content …
Read More »Far Cry 4 PC complainers accidentally reveal themselves to be pirates
PC gamers complaining about the lack of a specific function in the PC version of Far Cry 4 have been revealed to be pirates. A number of complainants took to the likes of Reddit and Twitter to complain the Ubisoft’s game lacked a FOV (field of view) slider – this …
Read More »LGC 2014: King.com spent more on TV advertising than Xbox and PlayStation
King.com spent $55m on TV advertising in the US this year, more than PlayStation and Xbox. Analyst Nick Parker revealed a host of stats live on stage at London Games Conference today. He said that King and Supercell combined in the UK, accounted for 29 per cent of all money …
Read More »Tips for dealing with your game’s community
LGC14: Sarah Wellock on how to engage with fans and when to moderate
Read More »LGC 2014: 7 things we discovered from EGX 2014
Gamer Network boss Rupert Loman took to London Games Conference to reveal some insight into this year’s EGX consumer show. In a fascinating talk, he revealed the data from a survey of 3,300 Eurogamer Expo attendees on what hardware they want, what they’re excited by and what will drive their …
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