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Publisher EA has bowed to the ever-growing pressure being heaped on Star Wars Battlefront II by disabling the game’s microtransactions completely. The move can be seen as a victory for the vocal critics who have being piling on the publisher non-stop for the last couple of weeks. EA, however, has …

We recently saw Sony use its Paris Games Week event to promote an enviably broad line-up of new content for its PlayStation VR headset. But all the content in the world won’t help if the installed base of headsets isn’t big enough to benefit from it. However, Sony took a …

Unlike the UK investigation, the Belgian research believes the mechanic is based on chance and counts as gambling

Stefan Berger, head of business development at UIG, tells MCV about the state of the simulation genre, the company’s shift from PC to consoles and its distribution partnership with Austrian publisher Toplitz Productions. Can you tell us a bit more about UIG for those who are unfamiliar with your work? …

Read our full interview with GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs. Although well aware of the need to diversify, UK games retail remains highly reliant upon the success of just a handful of the biggest franchises. And while last year’s big releases let down retailers, things are looking a bit rosier in …

The publisher told the UBS Global Technology Conference that it could launch by 2020 and has help from an unnamed partner

EA’s somewhat bold Reddit AMA panned out much as you might expect, with the publisher not saying a huge amount in the face of extreme hostility among participants. The move came after a recent EA statement in defence of the spiralling Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot box controversy became the …

The Google Daydream headset teased by HTC earlier this year is no more. In a statement to TechCrunch, HTC said that: “We still have a great relationship with Google, but will not be bringing a standalone device to the western markets on Daydream.” The headset was to offer a wireless …

Retailers across Europe face the possibility of receiving their Nintendo stock a lot later in the future. Games Industry reports that retailers will in future be receiving their games far closer to the official launch date than they have previously. The platform holder merely confirmed that “it is ‘consistently reviewing …

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has launched a new service designed to rival the likes of Patreon. While Kickstarter can be used to crowdfund products and projects with a one-off payment from backers, Drip instead looks to provide creative individuals with an ongoing monthly payment. As the company phrases it: “Kickstarter is …