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Read More »TIGA – Scotland’s games industry: playing to our strengths
Acclaim co-founder launches Accelerate Games with classic Xbox Live Arcade IP
Toy Soldiers IP set to return to consoles headed by original developer
Read More »Curve Digital acquires For the King developer IronOak Games
Studio's debut title has totted up over 3m players to date
Read More »Sony delays Destruction AllStars until 2021 – move looks to highlight new PS+ strategy
Looks to be a sensible move considering what could have been a very tough launch period
Read More »Xbox’s Phil Spencer opposed to a “one model to rule them all” approach to games monetisation
“Diversity of business models should be a strength for us as an industry”
Read More »“Blurring the line between games and ads” Jason Rubin launches Facebook’s cloud gaming initiative with native code playable ads
"We’re not going to overpromise and under-deliver"
Read More »Ubisoft Connect – new cross-platform service should help smooth next-gen transition
"...help them in this transitional period where friends might be using different hardware"
Read More »Devolver Digital and Croteam “have been dating for so long that we decided to go ahead and just get married”
“Devolver has acquired Croteam...or maybe Croteam has acquired Devolver...who could really know at this point in the relationship”
Read More »Japan accounts for almost a quarter of global mobile spend from App Store and Google Play
Mobile analyst Sensor Tower has just published a report showing that Japan continues to spend huge amounts on mobile games. Looking at the year to date (and what a year it’s been for mobile revenue) Japan accounted for 22 per cent of all global mobile game player spending from the …
Read More »2K inserts Oculus Rift adverts into NBA 2K21 just weeks after launch
2K has also added in-game billboards imploring players simply to 'VOTE'
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