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Flight simulators have been around since the early days of computer games, with the first one landing around 30 years ago. Technology and business models have advanced dramatically, but flying sims have always remained a more traditional part of the market. Lucrative, too: Microsoft releases new version, third-parties sell extra …
Read More »SPIL users fork out £38 per month on virtual goods
Free-to-play customers are spending up to 38 a month on virtual goods in games from publisher Spil Games, according to the social games company. It also claimed that since breaking into the casual games market in July 2011, it now has more than 170 million unique users playing its games …
Read More »Rumours point to mass layoffs at THQ
Online chatter pointing to an impending announcement of significant layoffs at THQ is quickly gathering pace. Talk intensified last night after analyst Kevin Dent claimed that the publisher would soon be announcing 170+ layoffs spread across its various operations. Note, though, that Dent was also the source of claims that …
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Charts: January
The most bankable games studios in the world today, measured by retail sales data
Read More »Sweeping THQ layoffs ‘could hit 170 staff’
Technology exec Mark DeLoura parts ways with struggling publisher
Read More »Kaz Hirai officially becomes Sony president and CEO on April 1st
Sony has at long last confirmed the rumours of Kaz Hirai’s appointment as president and CEO of the company. The change will take effect as of April 1st 2012. Current chairman, CEO and president Sir Howard Stringer will assume the role of chairman of the board of directors in June. …
Read More »Wii U and digital distribution: Your definitive guide
Develop compiles assurances made by Nintendo over the past seven months
Read More »Activision reveals first Online Pass
Upcoming action title Prototype 2 will be the first Activision title to include an Online Pass type system. The publisher has taken a different approach to the traditional Online Pass method by only offering free codes in a limited number of copies. It all takes the guise of Radnet – …
Read More »Develop in Brighton issues call for speakers
1,500 developers expected to attend, with tracks available in art, audio, business, coding, design and education
Read More »Trade-in your 3DS and get Vita for £99.99
UK retailer GameStation has unveiled a range of trade-in options for those wishing to offset the cost of a PlayStation Vita by handing over an old machine. As spotted by PocketGamer, a range of deals are available, some of which bring the price of a Wi-Fi Vita down to as …
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