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EA vice president Andrew Wilson wants to make it clear to gamers that the company’s digital distribution service Origin is for them, not EA. Speaking to Games Industry, Wilson spoke on the growing pains the service has gone through. "Over the years … there’ve been some permutations of that vision …
Read More »Kickstarter campaigns opening up to Canada later this summer
Kickstarter will open up its doors to Canada-based companies beginning later this summer. The crowdfunding site announced the news yesterday on its official site – revealing that the Canada-specific portion of the site will go live in the coming months, and opening up sign-ups for updates on the matter as …
Read More »Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon sells 500k copies
Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 spin-off Blood Dragon has sold over 500k digital copies across PC, PSN and XBLA. CEO Yves Guillemot provided the figure in an interview with Games Industry, though didn’t mention how the units were split among platforms. Guillemot did, however, mention that Far Cry 3 sales were …
Read More »Kabam lays off ‘small number’ of staff
Mobile transition means cuts, but company expect to add 200 jobs by year's end
Read More »Report: Google working on console
Android powered hardware being developed at search engine giant, claim sources
Read More »Rumour: Google developing Android-powered console and wristwatch
Google is reportedly readying itself for an entrance into the games hardware market. Anonymous sources familiar with the matter” have told The Wall Street Journal that Google is working on an Android-based video game console and wristwatch. The company intends to design and market the devices in-house, along the Nexus …
Read More »Develop Awards Partner Spotlight: Sumo Digital
We shine a spotlight on the Sonic & All-Stars Racing developer
Read More »Angry Birds Trilogy catapulting to Wii and Wii U
Shock news – there are formats on which Angry Birds has not yet been released. Although that is shortly about to change. Activision has announced that Angry Birds Trilogy will be released on both Wii and Wii U on August 16th. The Wii U version offers play on either the …
Read More »Crytek reveals its publishing ambitions
Developer Crytek will become a fully-fledged publisher in a matter of weeks. The company behind Crysis will publish its free-to-play game,Warface. Former NCSoft marketing boss Dirk Metzger was recruited last year to put together a publishing team, which is now complete. With Warface there now is a good opportunity to …
Read More »Flipkart increases PC game prices to Rs 1,499; distributors respond
Hot on the heels of our confirmation that EA is planning to increase PC game prices in India, the country’s biggest games retailer, Flipkart, has raised prices of forthcoming non-EA games. Ubisoft titles Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Splinter Cell: Blacklist are all now listed at Rs …
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