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Space sandbox title Starbound is leaving Steam Early Access after two and a half years. This news was announced via developer Chucklefish’s website, which says that Starbound is launching on July 22nd. The developer notes that though the game will be officially out after this point, it will continue to …
Read More »Evolve’s player count shoots up 26,000% since free-to-play transition
The decision to move Evolve from a premium to free-to-play business model appears to be giving the team shooter a new lease of life. The game’s player base has increased by a whopping 26,000 per cent since its transition to a free-to-play model. Evolve had around 200 players when the …
Read More »How NPD persuaded Activision, EA and Ubisoft to share their digital sales data
US research firm NPD has revealed it’s done what many thought was impossible – getting publishers to share their digital sales data as well as their physical information. This will see digital sales information from some publishers included alongside physical data in NPD’s monthly reports about the US games market. …
Read More »Avalanche Studios hires creator of Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod
Cameron Foote confirms indefinite halt of Just Cause 3 multiplayer add-on as a result of rolling work into future projects at studio
Read More »Kerbal Space Program and Adrift are coming to PS4
Two popular space games are arriving on PlayStation 4 this week. Space ship building simulator Kerbal Space Program is making its debut on Sony’s console tomorrow (July 12th). The title spent two years on Steam’s Early Access and was released on PC last year. Meanwhile, virtual reality survival game Adrift …
Read More »UK made to wait for Pokemon Go as launch proves a massive US success
The international rollout of Pokemon Go has been ‘paused’ while co-creator Niantic works on its server performance. The game, which is a co-creation from Niantic, The Pokemon Company and Nintendo, has been an absolute smash hit on iOS and Android in the US, Australia and New Zealand. Gamers in other …
Read More »Billing better games: What App Store subscriptions mean for devs
Joost van Dreunen reflects on the impact of Apple’s plans to allow developers to introduce a paid subscription model to their games on the App Store
Read More »The Best of Brighton: This year’s must-see talks and sessions at Develop
We round up the essential sessions, keynotes and more at Tandem Events’ annual conference
Read More »Retailers to offer Xbox One Scorpio trade-in programs
Original Xbox One owners will be able to trade-in their old console for the new Project Scorpio one when it launches. Speaking to The Daily Star, head of Xbox operations Dave McCarthy confirmed that Microsoft is in talks with retailers to offer trade-in programs. "Some of our retail partners today …
Read More »NPD launches digital games tracking service in US
The United States is getting a combined digital-physical games chart which launches later this month Research firm NPD’s monthly games reports will now include digital sales, starting with on July 21st. The firm’s round-ups will also now be launching on the third week of the month. So far, Activision Blizzard, …
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