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PlayStation fans have drummed up a Twitter campaign to urge significant Sony employees against taking an aggressive stance on DRM and used games sales for PlayStation 4. VG247 reports the campaign encourages gamers to post tweets using hashtags #PS4NoDRM and #PS4USEDGAMES – more specifically instructing them to direct statements toward …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 19-25
Borderlands 2 tops the latest Steam top ten charts for the second week in a row, with Metro: Last Light maintaining the runner-up position behind Gearbox’s hit sequel. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing debuted in fourth, while god game Reus moved up two spots from last week to sixth. …
Read More »IN-DEPTH: Why digital games charts for the UK matter
The UK games market took a bold step towards accurate games download charts today. As part of the release of download charts from March, 2012 historical info and a wider call for industry support, UK trade association Ukie has published ABOUT THE UK’S NEW DIGITAL GAMES CHART The digital sales …
Read More »First UK game download charts says SimCity was March’s PC bestseller
SimCity and BioShock Infinite come out the best in the first official PC download charts for the UK. Published by trade association Ukie and collated by data firm Ipsos, the UK PC download charts are the culmination of years of effort to start accurately measuring a sector that has digital …
Read More »Finally, it’s here: UK games download charts are ready
In a world first, the UK has been the first games market to produce an accurate download chart, plus a chart that mixes download and retail sales. This morning UK trade association Ukie has taken the wraps off of its digital chart project for PC, revealed today as a major …
Read More »Venom planning PAL region expansion for PS3 peripherals range
Gaming accessories and peripherals manufacturer Venom is planning to expand its business operations throughout PAL territories, which includes India. UK-based Venom is a certified PlayStation peripherals maker and has a new PS3 line-up in the works. The company is being tight-lipped on what that line-up includes, but has promised to …
Read More »UPDATED: Publishers to receive cut of Xbox One pre-owned sales at retail
Retailers will be free to charge whatever they wish for pre-owned Xbox One games, but both Microsoft and publishers will take a percentage cut of every sale. Retail sources have told MCV that Microsoft has this week briefed key retail partners on how it intends to take ownership of the …
Read More »Top 1% of IAP monetisers worth a third of total user spend
Top 20% of new users paying money on in-app purchases worth 90% of total spending
Read More »Venom teases new PS3 range
Venom has signed a PS3 licensing deal with Sony and will unveil new products at E3. Under the new agreement, the UK peripherals specialist is allowed to design and manufacture products for the platform holder’s current home console. Venom is remaining tight-lipped about the products it has in the works …
Read More »Ninja Theory jumps into mobile game development
Independent studio working on free-to-play fighting title for iOS and Android
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