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Read More »Services Spotlight: Axis Animation
Develop takes a look inside the Scottish animation studio
Read More »Rising Star readies five games for 3DS
Rising Star Games will unleash more than ten releases in the first half of 2012, including a new Harvest Moon. Five of these titles will be released on Nintendo 3DS, such as retro arcade game Bit.Trip Saga in Q1, fishing title Super Black Bass 3D and puzzler Cradle of Rome …
Read More »Europe next for growing OnLive
Onlive’s new UK base will also help it grow in Europe. The firm’s Bruce Grove – previously senior director of engineering and one of OnLive’s first employees – took the role of UK GM before Christmas. He is now working on a more ‘British’ side to the business.And he’s looking …
Read More »GAME and TweetDeck vets join Green Man Gaming
Green Man Gaming has appointed respected industry figures to its senior management team. The new recruits comeas the UK-based digital retailer begins to expand across Europe. The firm has signed former Metaboli and GAME exec Paul Howes as commercial director. Howes has held senior roles at Mindscape and Infogrames before …
Read More »GAME: ‘Consumers want new hardware’
Retail giant GAME says new hardware launches will take the games industry back to full strength. The statement follows a difficult period for GAME, which posted a 17.6 per cent slump in sales over Christmas. The firm now admits that it might not meet some of its EBITDA covenants. But …
Read More »Consoles will get digital charts soon
A welcome step towards open digital data has been made, with new regular UK XBLA and PSN download charts in the works. UKIE says it is preparing to offer a ranking of Xbox Live and PlayStation Network games in the UK once its PC download data is finally made public …
Read More »F2P games can’t be "high quality", says Namco Bandai
Namco Bandai has issued a warning to publishers looking to hop aboard the free-to-play bandwagon. Speaking at Cloud Gaming Europe yesterday Namco Bandai’s European senior VP Olivier Comte claimed that an increase in F2P titles will result in a drop of overall game quality – a trend he believes could …
Read More »All signs point to Resident Evil 6 announcement tonight
We won’t know for sure until tomorrow, but its increasingly looking like the safe money is on Capcom choosing its Japanese Resident Evil 15th birthday celebration tonight as the venue for a very exciting announcement. Andriasang is one of many sites claiming that Resident Evil 6 is all set for …
Read More »Zynga must attract 9-10m daily users to stop stock slide
One US analyst has warned that Zynga will have to start attracting a high number of new users to offset the declines suffered by its titles and justify its newfound share price. The publisher’s most recent releases Scramble With Friends and Hidden Chronicles have failed to replicate the successes of …
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