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The games market may be struggling, but online indie SimplyGames has enjoyed a strong start to the year. MD Neil Muspratt reports that total sales are up by over 90 per cent year-on-year since January 1st and sales for Q4 2012 grew by 69 per cent year-on-year. We are delighted …

The team behind Moshi Monsters is on the hunt for new marketers as it prepares for a busy 2013. Mind Candy is seeking a head of marketing, marketing co-ordinator, affiliate marketing manager and two marketing managers. It also hopes to recruit a mobile acquisition manager. The Moshi developer is also …

Gamers could get their first glimpse of Metal Gear Solid V later this week. That is, of course, if you’re one of the many gamers who firmly believe that mysterious outing The Phantom Pain, developed by the unknown Moby Dick Studio Head, is indeed the next Metal Gear game. And …

Would you rather play an amazing game for one hour or a tedious one for 50? That’s basically the question being asked by Swedish filmmaker Josef Fares, who has teamed up with Syndicate and Chronicles of Riddick creators Starbreeze Studios to make new digital game Brothers: A Tale of Two …

Mobile Entertainment’s first ever ME Quiz will take place at London’s Sway Bar on Wednesday, March 27th, and just a few places remain available. The informal night will feature a Develop-esque design, offering companies the chance to bond over drinks, food, and a string of head-scratching conundrums, with Tim Green …

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Valve seems to have ruffled some feathers with its recent assertion that it is not connected in any way with Xi3’s Piston Steam Box. A statement from Valve yesterday claimed that the company began some exploratory work with Xi3 last year, but currently has no involvement in any product of …

Haven’t we been here before? The Daily Mail has today run yet another story of a child racking up a overdraft-smashing bill on a free-to-play iOS title. This time it’s The Simpsons Tapped out, in which eight-year-old Theo Rowland-Fry spent 980 on virtual donuts. It was only when my wife …

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The heavily populated Middle Eastern nation of Iran has a much higher proportion of younger consumers, with around half of Iranians younger than 35. Theoretically, this makes Iran a promising market for video games publishers, but the industry’s potential is hindered by a barren retail landscape. There are very few …