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The ever-decreasing cost of Xbox One consoles has caused Microsoft’s gaming revenue to fall by 3 per cent year-on-year, the company revealed in its Fiscal Q2 2017 report. Xbox revenue reached $3.595bn in Microsoft’s fiscal Q2 2017 report, with the company stating that lower Xbox console pricing was the main …
Read More »Versus Evil announces first charity streaming event
US indie games publisher Versus Evil has announced its very first charity streaming event. Dubbed the Versus Evil Charity Clash, streamers will be representing one of four main charities and will go head to head with other players in Tim Conkling’s upcoming turn-based strategy game, Antihero. The event will take …
Read More »US digital market grew 16% year-on-year in December 2016
The US digital console market grew 16 per cent year-on-year in December 2016, compared with a 16 per cent drop year-on-year at US retail during the same period. That’s according to the latest report from data research firm SuperData. December was the worst month in two decades for the US console …
Read More »Square Enix and Marvel join forces for new multi-game partnership
Square Enix and Marvel have announced a new multi-game partnership that will kick off with a project surrounding The Avengers. Both companies announced the partnership on social media this afternoon, releasing a teaser trailer (below) along with the hash-tag #Reassemble. The multi-year, multi-game licensing agreement will see games being developed …
Read More »Dirt 4 release date set for June 9th
Dirt 4 is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 9th, Codemasters and Koch Media have confirmed. Building on the success of last year’s Dirt Rally, Codemasters says Dirt 4 will take its off-road racer to the next level this summer. White knuckle truck and buggy racing …
Read More »Kojima hints at possible Quantum Break-style transmedia project after Death Stranding
Hideo Kojima’s upcoming game Death Stranding will be unlike anything the developer’s made before, according to BBC Newsbeat. "We want this game to be something that people can get into easily but after an hour or two they’ll start to notice something a little different," Kojima told BBC Newsbeat via …
Read More »King purchases data firm Omniata
Mobile giant King has acquired San Francisco-based data and analytics platform Omniata. The Candy Crush creator didn’t announce it publicly but confirmed the information to VentureBeat. We can confirm we have acquired Omniata.It’s a great team and a proven platform that will add to King’s analytical and technology capabilities,” a …
Read More »Goodgame Studios confirms job losses, 200 staff to go today
Goodgame Studios, the company behind free-to-play titles such as Goodgame Empire and Big Farm, has confirmed it will be restructuring its business, resulting in the lay-off of around 200 employees across all its corporate departments. Rumblings of the job losses began yesterday whenan anonymous email was sent to Gamasutra stating …
Read More »Arizona Sunshine may be "fastest-selling VR title" to date after making $1.4m in a month
Dutch studio Vertigo Games claims that its virtual reality title Arizona Sunshine is the fastest selling non-bundled PC VR title to date.” In a statement shared with Upload VR, Vertigo and co-developer Jaywalkers Interactive announced that their Oculus Rift and HTC Vive shooter made $1.4m (1.1m) in sales between its …
Read More »Ninjas in Pyjamas return to Dota 2 by picking up ex-Escape
Ninjas in Pyjamas has announced its return to Dota 2 by signing the core of the former Escape Gaming roster. Escape lost their team after Khezu and Yapz0r left the team and the rest of the members searched for a new opportunity. That new opportunity came in the form on …
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