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Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta participants played 20m matches over 2.5m hours, Microsoft has revealed as part of an infographic on the event. The image created by developer 343 Industries (enlarged below) states those 20m matches amounted to 290 years worth of gameplay and 181m confirmed kills. We’re thrilled with …

Obsidian Entertainment reveals further impact of THQ closure and subsequent deal with Ubisoft

Conference returns to Britain's South Coast for a tenth year

Hollie Bennett was still at university when she got involved with the community at gaming blog Destructoid. She was named EU Community Manager for the website, creating European-specific content. This hobby became a career in 2012 when she approached Bandai Namco about being involved in its business and by April …

Revenue at Disney Interactive fell five per cent year-on-year to $384m during Q1 2015, although income climbed 36 per cent to $75m. Unit sales of Disney Infinity catalogue titles and accessories were down, while production and marketing costs associated with the brand were both up. These numbers were partially offset …

Company's financials show improvement

Disney has gone big on the charges for the in-app purchases in the smartphone spin-off game for Big Hero 6. Apps Playground reports that among the game’s IAPs is an eye-watering 49.99 purchase of the in-game Prism currency. iTunes shows that other denominations are available at 0.79, 2.99, 6.99, 12.99 …

Take-Two chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick has downplayed any suggestion that the criticism of Evolve’s DLC has damaged the title’s commercial prospects. You’re right, there was some controversy start-up by an online post,” he told Benchmark Company’s Mike Hickey in an investor earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha. And I …

'Markets, like China, without the baggage of the US console market, could be the game console leaders in ten years,' says CEO Julie Uhrman

I started my career with both games and Team 17 when I applied for a QA Tester position back in 2011,” says Team 17 senior PR executive Bethany Aston. From there I got my head down, worked hard and made sure Debbie Bestwick, Team 17’s Managing Director, knew my aspirations …