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'We will never exploit our players', says Meteor CEO Mark Long

Creator of virtual reality headset unlikely to use crowdfunding site again

Microsoft hoping to reinforce developer and consumer confidence in digital marketplace

Assassin’s Creed III is the fastest-selling game in Ubisoft’s history, shifting 7m units worldwide. The publisher also showed off some other intriguing stats. Players have spent a combined 8,200 years playing the solo missions, with three billion assassinations. The company boasts that it has had a lot more success with …

Up to five indie titles available for just £6

80 per cent of people in the US and Europe are familiar with the SimCity brand, says EA. And more than 12 million people have played a version of SimCity within the last year. EA revealed these stats as it gears up to launchits first true SimCitysequel in ten years …

Rubicon's big mistake was 'expecting a tablet-only store'

Ubisoft says its three games in the Chart-Track All-Formats Top Five is a company record. Far Cry 3 (No.2), Just Dance 4 (No.4) and Assassin’s Creed III (No.5) has resulted in a major sales week for the publisher in the UK, as the company looks to build on its No.2 …

A Square Enix teaser site thought to be counting down to a Star Ocean announcement has in fact revealed something different – Star Galaxy. Siliconera reports that it’s a MMO simulation title that allows up to 2,000 people to engage in space combat in a single battlefield. Players must manage …

Around 40 jobs have been lost at Trion Worlds. Gamasutra reports that the Rift developer has chopped around a third of its workforce, including artists and designers. It is not known whether the losses affected just the Rift team specifically. The studio has said that the move was "in response …