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More than 155m people play games in the United States, a new report from the Entertainment Software Association claims. Th ESA has this and several other interesting figures to skim in its 2015 Essential Facts report, which was put together by surveying the gaming habits and attitudes of 4,000 American …
Read More »Pollen VC backs Interface as Live Stage Partner
Velocity capital firm will offer market insight as part of May 14th’s content marketplace event
Read More »Bloodborne sales surpass 1m
From Software's hit new IP reaches milestone in less than two weeks after release
Read More »Ubisoft working on further Child of Light games
Ubisoft has hinted that more releases set in the Child of Light universe are on the way. Taking to Twitter, the creative director of last year’s UbiArt Frameworks RPG title, Patrick Plourde, said that more projects set in the same universe are in development. Note, projects. Plourde and Ubisoft is …
Read More »US Department of Education: ‘Games are a real educational solution’
American government hosts first Games for Learning Summit
Read More »Guitar Hero won’t be annualised, won’t work with old hardware or DLC
Developer Freestyle Games has said that it is not currently planning to release a new version of Guitar Hero or a new guitar controller every year. A new entry in the series, called Guitar Hero Live, was announced just moments ago. We recognise times have changed," creative director and studio …
Read More »Bloodborne sales pass 1m units
PS4 exclusive Bloodborne is now a million-seller. Gematsu reports that as of April 5th the game had sold 1m units. That includes both physical and digital sales of the game. The game was released in the UK on March 27th but arrived in other territories earlier – the US got …
Read More »Train2Game claims it terminated TIGA relationship
Distance learning provider challenges trade body’s version of events
Read More »FACEIT launches elite 10,000 league for pro gamers to practice
FACEIT, the competitive platform that gives players a chance to earn points and prizes, is adapting their league to suit pro Dota players needs, too. The league format, which organises matches for players of similar skill in order for them to earn FACEIT points, has been used with the help …
Read More »Nipples and penises cut from Japanese versions of The Order: 1886
It has emerged that some sexually suggestive content has been cut from the Japanese version of PS4 title The Order: 1886. Kotaku reports that a scene – which takes place in a brothel, incidentally – that in the standard release featured both an exposed breast and a penis has been …
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