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Six out of ten publishers have admitted that they either rarely release or never release their games in boxed physical form. The exception, of course, is console and PC releases where the majority of publishers either release game physically or via a ‘Buy&Download’ model. That’s just one of many findings …
Read More »Star Trek – where no game has gone before
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek: Into Darkness is one of 2013’s biggest cinema releases – and the games industry has its own voyage with the Starship Enterprise to look forward to. But Namco Bandai’s Star Trek: The Video Game isn’t your typical movie tie-in. It’s the result of a three-year development …
Read More »Indie game Antichamber has sold 100k units
Steam title Antichamber has done pretty well for itself since its release in June. Creator Alexander Bruce told Polygon that the game has sold 100,000 units on Valve’s platform. And for those thinking 100k is not an impressive number – we can assure you it’s far in excess of some …
Read More »Tekken X Street Fighter possibly going next-gen
We’ve had Street Fighter X Tekken, but where’s the other game that was announced as part of the deal between Namco Bandai and Capcom? Tekken X Street Fighter has been conspicuous in its absence this year, and now perhaps we have an idea why. "We are changing and considering platform …
Read More »Battlefield 4 teaser site goes live
EA is slowly ramping up its Battlefield 4 hype machine ahead of the game’s official unveiling on March 26th. A new teaser site carries an obscured image that can be partially revealed when players use their mouse to wipe condensation from the screen. Those who log in via their Origin …
Read More »GameStick ships out to developers next week
GameStick creator PlayJam has revealed dev kits for its portable Android console will start shipping next week, when the hardware will be making its first public appearance at GDC 2013. An update to the GameStick Kickstarter page shows a photo of the pre-production prototype being sent to devs, as well …
Read More »MMO Tera’s free-to-play switch scores over 1.4m new US accounts
The North American version of Tera: Rising has pulled in 1.4m new accounts since going free-to-play in February, En Masse Entertainment has announced. The publisher also shares that engagement is up tenfold in terms of max concurrent players after last month’s switch. Along with going free-to-play, the MMO has been …
Read More »Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut arrives this April
Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is set to arrive exclusively on Playstation 3 at the end of next month. Publisher Rising Star Games revealed the extended edition of the 2010 console cult classic will launch as a physical offering at participating retailers, and as a digital download via PSN, on …
Read More »Steam Early Access initiative launches
Valve has rolled out a new Early Access category on Steam, allowing players to purchase and provide feedback for in-development games. The company announces that Steam users can now buy beta versions of selected titles on Steam and get involved early,” as they put it. The move makes strategic sense …
Read More »OnLive: We didn’t go bankrupt, we didn’t shut down, we just restructured
The new chairman of streaming games firm OnLive has criticised the press for what he says was misrepresentation of OnLive’s restructuring” last year. Things appeared to have gone very wrong for OnLive back in August 2012, with significant job losses and a change of ownership as well as the loss …
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