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Read More »Are publishers shunning boxed product?
Free-to-play and downloads are the fastest-growing business models of the past five years, but how many video games publishers actually rely on them rather than more traditional methods of releasing games? In January and February 2013, industry networking and events firm Game Connection led a publishers’ survey targeting key business …
Read More »Submissions open for live-pitching at Nordic Game 2013
More prizes promised for successful entrants
Read More »Bethesda’s Hines makes the argument for day-one DLC
Day-one DLC is a vital component on a publisher’s balance sheet, but it’s also a practice regarded with wide-held disdain by many vocal consumers. It’s a reaction that the industry has noticed, Bethesda VP Pete Hines told OXM, but is also one that should also be kept in check. "I …
Read More »ESAC’s Canada game industry survey ends next week
Organisation calls on developers to help evaluate sector's size, comoposition and economic impact
Read More »Halo 3: ODST released as a single-player download
What do you have if you remove the multiplayer component of Halo 3: ODST? A tempting $14.99 Xbox Live Marketplace download. Microsoft has repackaged its 2009 Xbox 360 shooter, stripping out its MP components (Halo 4 is available to cater for that) and leaving it as a single standalone adventure. …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Origins is official; Rocksteady not developing
We know it exists of course. But now Batman: Arkham Origins exists officially. The game, which is a prequel to Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, is being developed by WB Games Montral and not the series’ long-term developer Rocksteady. WB Montral handled the Wii U port of Arkham City. The …
Read More »Explosive Alan launches new games show Thank You For Playing
The team behind the ill-fated Inside Xbox has launched the pilot episode of its new video games show, Thank You For Playing. The idea has been part financed by a successful crowd funding appeal on Indiegogo, where it was pitched as the kind of mature, high-quality gaming show that TV …
Read More »WB Games Montreal takes Batman Arkham reigns
Armature Studio also working on handheld version of Arkham Origins
Read More »"EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself"
BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has spoken up for his studio’s owner and publisher EA. In the same Games Industryinterview where he discussed the console market’s poor health, Zeschuk shed light on working under the company crowned worst in America. The best analogy I use, in a positive way, is EA …
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