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Codemasters revived popular racing series Colin McRae for iOS this week, but the publisher says this is only the beginning. The firm is developing four more titles for smartphones and tablets, which kicks off a "pretty full" roadmap of mobile games for the next two years, according to VG247. VP …
Read More »Games without demos sell twice as many copies
New research suggests that releasing a demo before a game is released with actually damage potential sales, potentially halving the number of copies it will shift. This was revealed by game designer Jesse Schell during the recent Gamelab conference in Barcelona, according to CVG. Schell based his claims on new …
Read More »The Xbox shop is a sign of things to come
Xbox hates retail, right? Before last week’s U-turn, Xbox One was going to destroy the pre-owned market, cripple retail’s one profit-making area, and accelerate the move into digital. It was going to kill GAME and GameStop. MCV has never bought into this argument. For starters, Microsoft has a 429 console …
Read More »State of Decay scores third XBLA UK No.1
For the third week in a row, State of Decay is the best selling Xbox Live Arcade game in the UK. The game has managed to sustain its success and keep Minecraft from its No.1 position for longer than any other game has managed for over a year. Outside of …
Read More »Ubisoft CEO Guillemot urges industry to share digital sales figures
The head of Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft is the latest games exec to call for publishers and digital retailers to release their sales data. CEO Yves Guillemot claims that greater transparency from the downloads market will benefit the overall games industry, which retail stats show to be in decline. "It …
Read More »Watch profits grow this year for HTML5 games
Peter Driessen, co-founder of Spil Games, believes that advertisers hold the key to the global acceptance of HTML5 as they look to capitalise on the explosion in mobile gaming. Over the past few months, we have seen the conversation regarding HTML5 for game development evolve. While the format debate is …
Read More »Killer Is Dead gets August release, special editions detailed
Deep Silver has confirmed a release date and two collector’s editions of Killer Is Dead, the new title by Suda 51. The highly-stylised action game will arrive on Xbox 360 and PS3 on August 30th. It sees players brutally taking down various outlandish criminals and is reminiscent of Suda’s previous …
Read More »Digital-only Euro 2012 game was ‘ahead of its time’, says EA
Next year’s FIFA World Cup tie-in could be a full game, after EA admitted that its Euro 2012 download didn’t meet expectations. The publisher decided against building a boxed game for last year’s European Championships, and released a downloadable add-on for FIFA 12 instead. But the firm told MCV the …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed books hit 1.8m sold
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag won’t just be one of the year’s biggest games, but will also be a best-selling book, says Ubisoft. The firm is readying a tie-in novel to its pirate-themed video game. The Assassin’s Creed books have proven to be a big success, with 1.8m novels sold …
Read More »SuperSike’s Yet Another Bird Game possibly cloned
Another Indian studio has found itself in the midst of cloning accusations, only this time, it’s Delhi-based SuperSike Games’ Yet Another Bird Game that appears to have been cloned. Vinyl Games Studio’s upcoming title Circuit Panic bears a striking resemblance to Yet Another Bird Game, featuring an identical core design …
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