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Read More »Nintendo Switch biggest console launch in Europe, Zelda: Breath of the Wild biggest-selling launch title
Nintendo UK has confirmed that the Switch has sold more units in its launch weekend than any other piece of Nintendo hardware in the company’s history, and that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now the biggest-selling Nintendo launch title in Europe, even out-selling Wii Sports in …
Read More »How Playground accelerated Forza over the $1bn line
Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 3 was the best-selling Britsoft game of 2016 – putting to one side GTA V’s incredible staying power – and the biggest Xbox One exclusive. To date, it’s already sold 2.5m copies worldwide, helping blast the Forza franchise to lifetime sales of $1bn. With this milestone …
Read More »Strategy First, Kylotonn and PQube on bringing the fun back with Flatout 4
Total failure; waste of time and money; plain bad; disgusting to play: these are some of the kinder words used to describe Flatout 3 when it came out back in 2011, and its subtitle – Chaos & Destruction – was an apt reflection of both its review scores and its …
Read More »The licensing game: Bits and Pixels
Last year, Konami alumni Sandra Arcan and Su-Yina Farmer decided to set up their own video game licensing company, Bits and Pixels. At Konami, the duo – Arcan (pictured, right) in her role as senior manager of licensing and merchandise and Farmer (pictured, far right) as European comms manager – worked on …
Read More »Mobile studio ZeptoLab launches publishing division
Welcomes submissions from all developers
Read More »Team Secret gets a new CEO while former director leaves
Team Secret has announced some organisation changes that sees a new CEO come in to take the helm. Former director of Team Secret Kemal Sadikoglu, has left the organisation and will no longer be working with them in any capacity. To replace him the organisation has brought in John Yao …
Read More »Riot wins $10m lawsuit against League of Legends cheating service
A company that created and sold bots and scripts that allowed players to cheat at League of Legends has suffered a major defeat to developer Riot in the courts. LeagueSharp sold a number of subscriptions starting from just $15 a month that allowed players to quickly level characters without actually …
Read More »Gfinity release the first details of the Challenger Series
Gfinity has finally announced the first details of its Challenger and Elite Series after announcing the competition at the end of 2016. We now know that there will be three games involved, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive being the first one announced. The other two games will be announced in the …
Read More »Warner to distribute Outlast Trinity physical edition
A disc version of Red Barrels’ Outlast Trinity is heading to retail worldwide courtesy of Warner Bros. Outlast Trinity includes the original Outlast, sequel Outlast 2 and DLC release Outlast Trinity in a single SKU. It’s due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC on April 28th alongside the release …
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