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Prominent independent developer Mike Bithell has hired a chief operating officer to help run his company, Bithell Games. Announcing the hirevia his blog, the developer named formernews content director at the now-closed Joystiq Alexander Sliwinski as his new COO. It’s time to start some new things,” writes Bithell. It felt …
Read More »Steam users migrating to Windows 10
It’s taken Windows 10 just three months to overtake Windows 8 in popularity among Steam’s active users, according to Valve’s latest hardware survey. Games Industryreports Steam’s October 2015 survey shows nearly 28 per cent of participating users have made the jump to Microsoft’s new operating system. That’s up 3 per …
Read More »104 backwards-compatible games named for Xbox One
Microsoft has named the 104 Xbox 360 games that will be available via Xbox One’s backwards compatibility patch later this week. Missing from the list are the likes of Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto IV, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and assorted Call of Duties, all of which have …
Read More »Gfinity sells further shares after first annual financials show £3.6m loss
Gfinity held an accelerated sale of 1m in shares this week after the eSports company’s first public financial report detailed losses of 3.6m up to June 30. The report revealed that profits were up on the same period last year by 163%, from 213,450 to 560, 828, however losses had …
Read More »Book and movie deals secured for Zoe Quinn’s Gamergate memoir
Film due to hit big screens in September 2016
Read More »The curse of ‘indie’
Debbie Bestwick explains why the term ‘indie’ could hinder your chances of success
Read More »Shahid Ahmad leaving SCEE, returning to games development
Indie champion and head of Strategic Content departs at the end of the month
Read More »VIDEO: Warcraft movie trailer debuts at Blizzcon
The initial trailer for the upcoming live-action Warcraft film has arrived. Fresh from Blizzcon 2015, the trailer paints a picture of the epic conflict Legendary and Atlus are tasked with capturing in adapting Blizzard’s revered franchise. The footage debuted this weekend during Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime’s Blizzcon keynote address and …
Read More »Bandai Namco hunts for new talent and product at Interface
Bandai Namco has joined the line-up of publishers looking to meet with indie developers at next month’s Interface event. The firm will host meetings with developers alongside the likes of Channel 4 Games, KISS, Sold Out, Green Man Gaming and Double 11 who are all looking to sign new products …
Read More »Destiny microtransactions selling strong on PSN
Their announcement may have been greeted with criticism, but players seem to be voting with their wallets and backing the content. VentureBeat reports that the game’s Silver currency, which is purchased with real cash, has hit the top five of the Paid Add-Ons sales charts for PSN in the US. …
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