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Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with InComm Europe. InComm Europe Sector: Monetisation and PaymentAddress: 1638 Parkway, Solent Business Park, Whiteley, Hampshire, PO15 7AHPhone number: 01489 556700 Key contacts:Laura Willavoys, Emerging Technologies – lwillavoys@incom-europe.com Simon Osgood, Senior Director Global Development – sosgood@incomm-europe.com Employees: 1,400+ …
Read More »‘Significantly bigger worlds’ coming to Minecraft Pocket Edition
Mojang has promised some significant new functionality for the mobile version of its hit title. Minecraft Pocket Edition will soon be updated to offer larger-scale worlds more in line with what users of the PC and console versions are accustomed to. We’re working on restructuring a lot of code to …
Read More »Nvidia’s 750Ti offers next-gen power for £115
Graphics card maker Nvidia has unveiled the new GTX 750Ti – and the headline is it can outperform an Xbox One. Nvidia says that it now leads performance per watt revolution with Maxwell graphics architecture” thanks to both the 114.99 GTX 750Ti 2GB and 90 GTX 750 1GB. GameSpot put …
Read More »Bye bye birdie: decoding the rise and fall of Flappy Bird
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog pays tribute to the mobile phenomena that shone so brightly for a brief moment
Read More »Evolve or die: Turtle Rock’s bid to move out of Valve’s shadow
There’s a good chance that you’ve never heard of Turtle Rock Studios. For a long time the Californian outfit has lived under the shadow of Half-Life creators Valve. It worked on the Counter Strike series before launching one of the biggest new IPs of recent times, Left 4 Dead. Valve …
Read More »Bleszinski says he’s finished with disc-based games
Gears of War creator adds that magazine cover exclusives and E3 reveals have lost the power they once had
Read More »More games added to Microsoft’s Xbox Live sale
Microsoft is currently offering a host of significant discounts to digital Xbox 360 games. 75 per cent or more has been cut off the price of games such as Mass Effect, Batman: Arkham City, The Guardian of Middle Earth, Asura’s Wrath and Dust while two thirds have been lopped off …
Read More »IGDA comments on King’s ‘overreaching’ and ‘predatory’ trademark claims
Developer association says 'Candy' and 'Saga' claims are a move against industry openness
Read More »Deep Down gender criticisms addressed by Capcom
Capcom has responded to concerns surrounding the lack of playable female characters in upcoming RPG Deep Down. The game found itself the subject of strong criticism from VG247 earlier this week after the site published a furious editorial about the game’s perceived gender inequality. Capcom has responded by explaining that …
Read More »Why don’t analysts believe in Take-Two?
Do shareholders know something we don’t? Last year was a triumph for Take-Two. Critically, it was named the No.1 games publisher by review aggregator Metacritic. Commercially, it was the biggest boxed games firm in the US and No.2 in the UK. GTA V’s launch was the largest in entertainment history. …
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