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FarmVille 2’s hefty stint as Facebook’s No.1 game has come to an end. Well, it has according to one measure, at least. AppData reports that Zynga’s game currently commands some 8.8 DAUs (daily active users). That places it second behind King.com’s Candy Crush Saga which currently has 9.7m DAUs. However, …
Read More »Ex-Konami Europe boss heads to Capcom
Kunio Neo to take on yet to be announced senior role
Read More »Codemasters restructures digital business
British publisher and developer Codemasters has confirmed spreading reports that it is restructuring its digital operations. Reports emerged this morning that jobs have been lost at the UK firm, but Codemasters has emphasised this is not across the entire company. Instead, selected areas with the publisher’s digital business have entered …
Read More »Senior Capcom role for Konami’s Neo
Former Konami Europe boss Kunio Neo has joined Capcom Europe in a senior role. His exact role has yet to be announced. He joins following the departure of Capcom’s Europe COO David Reeves. Neo was replaced as European president for Konami by the firm’s US chief, Shinji Hirano, last year. …
Read More »Crytek opens Istanbul studio
New Turkey office to focus on free-to-play operations
Read More »Kevin Butler and Sony settle out of court
Sony Computer Entertainment and Jerry ‘Kevin Butler’ Lambert have settled their differences out of court. The dispute stemmed from a complaint from Sony last October that Lambert had starred as comedy CEO Kevin Butler in a Bridgestone Tyres ad – a move that Sony claimed was a breach of contract …
Read More »Splinter Cell: Blacklist pushed to August
Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Sam Fisher’s latest adventure, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, which ends with a new release date. Blacklist, which is being developed at the new Ubisoft Toronto studio, was initially slated for release this spring, which would be anywhere from March to May, but the trailer …
Read More »Jurgen Post: Digital comes first for new Sega
2013 will be the first full year for the new Sega: a big publisher that focuses on digital first, complemented by select boxed brands. MCV asks European COO Jurgen Post how these plans will come to fruition this year.. The restructure Sega announced last year showed a focus on digital …
Read More »Dice+ brings traditional dice rolling to digital games
A new type of die hopes to change the way people play virtual board games. Dice+ can be used to interact with a digital board game, whether it’s played on a tablet, mobile or traditional game platform. It contains a number of patents and works out elements of the selection …
Read More »Gambling firm Betable snaps up former Zynga exec
'Developers who stick with virtual currency will get left behind', says Jonathan Flesher
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