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Deep Silver has announced that Saints Row IV has sold over 1m units in its first week at retail, calling it a smashing commercial success.” Games Industry reports on the launch week milestone for Volition’s latest entry to the series, which was bolstered specifically by a major spike in PC …
Read More »Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail to speak at NGDC 2013
Rami Ismail, one half of influential indie developer Vlambeer, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Vlambeer is the team behind the critical and commercial hit Ridiculous Fishing. The studio was also in the news a few months ago when its next game, Luftrausers, was cloned by a …
Read More »Valve approves 100 Greenlight games for Steam
Valve has approved a stout 100 indie titles for release on Steam through its Greenlight program. The digital distributor explained in a post on its official news feed that the large number of approvals are part of a plan to run a stress-test on its improved and streamlined developer tools. …
Read More »Layoffs hit SOE Austin, San Diego studios
Company says it's streamlining to focus on EverQuest Next and EverQuest Landmark
Read More »Sony Online Entertainment suffers layoffs in Austin, San Diego offices
Sony Online Entertainment has suffered layoffs at its Austin and San Diego offices, with up to 200 employees reportedly affected. A post on the company’s forums by community relations director Linda Carlson first revealed the redundancies, describing them as a reduction in our workforce” at Sony Online. As a company, …
Read More »Facebook launches Unity SDK
Social network streamlines integration and Facebook publishing for popular game engine
Read More »Nintendo announces 2DS, but we’re in India so move along
Twitter just exploded, mostly out of disbelief, because Nintendo has announced the 2DS, its new slate form-factor handheld that plays DS and 3DS games in 2D. While many may question the need for such a device – the 3DS has the option to turn off 3D – at $129, it …
Read More »Unity enters mobile game publishing
Middleware firm to help bring new Unity-developed titles to market
Read More »UPDATED: Zelda: Wind Waker HD Wii U bundles confirmed, special edition announced
As previously rumoured, Nintendo will be bundling its Wind Waker remake in with the Wii U this Christmas. Reports first emerged of earlier this month but now Nintendo has made it official, announcing The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Premium Pack. This SKU will include a Black 32GB …
Read More »Nintendo cuts Wii U price in North America, UK to follow?
The price of the Premium Wii U bundle has been slashed by $50 in the US and Canada. The price cut will come into effect on September 20th, according to CVG. Nintendo of America also plans to phase out the 8GB Basic model by focuses on more compelling game-and-console bundles …
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