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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 …

The success of PS4 – and the yen’s exchange rate – have helped Sony to a decent Q3. The console shifted 6.4m units in the month ending December 31st, up from 4.5m units in the same quarter the year before. Portable hardware sales fell from 2m to 1.4m units, however, …

The co-founder of Team 17 began her career in retail, working her way up to store promotional manager for an indie video games chain, where she opened over 100 concessions for the Burton Group. Today, she’s best know for her work for Team 17, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this …

Sony’s streaming service PlayStation Now has added a handful of PlayStation 3 titles to its all-you-can-play lineup. According to an announcement post on the US PlayStation Blog, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, God of War II HD, Red Faction Armageddon, Arcana Heart 3 and Galaga Legions DX are available for subscribers …

Mojang has announced the return of its Minecraft fan convention MineCon for 2015, and London will play host. The recently acquired Microsoft studio reveals the event will take place July 4th and 5that the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre,with 10,000 tickets going on sale later this month in two …

Former CEO and founder of Monolith ProductionsJason Hall has saidhe’s looking for an indie developer to make Condemned 3. Polygonreports that Hall is "consistently asked when a third [Condemned] game might be created", with the last entry released back in 2008. Monolith has just finished work on the widely acclaimed …

Lepissier is a sales veteran having spent 17-years at various consumer electronics giants including LG, Canon and now Microsoft. She is a graduate of the International Business School of Paris, the Manhattan Institute of Management in New York and the International Management University of Asia, Tokyo, and has worked in …