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Justin.tv owned gaming video service Twitch has posted some very impressive numbers for February 2013. Last month the site hosted over 600,000 unique broadcasters that between them attracted 28m unique users. More impressively, each of these users watched an average of over 1.5 hours of video… every day. Twitch launched …
Read More »SimplyGames sales nearly double
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 …
Read More »New talent needed for Mind Candy’s Pixar vision
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 …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V reveal this Thursday?
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 …
Read More »Dev slams focus on game length: "Who cares about value for money?"
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 …
Read More »Meet GREE, Gameloft and other mobile leaders at the ME Quiz
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 …
Read More »ME’s debut quiz – last places remain
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Read More »Xi3 launches war of words with Valve
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 …
Read More »Apple refunds parents whose kid blew £980 on Tapped Out donuts
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 …
Read More »A glimpse of the future from Mobile World Congress
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog reports on all the key Intel news from the high profile industry conference
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