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Racing firm Codemasters has made its first operational profit in five years and predicts ‘double digit’ growth going forwards. The news follows the publisher’s acquisition of the Evolution team, the creators of games such as DriveClub and Motorstorm. Speaking to MCV, Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier said that the firm had …
Read More »Fairytale Distillery adds €100,000 to MMO investment
Total funding for German studio’s Das Tal now at €180,000
Read More »Stardew Valley passes 1m sales in under two months
Lone dev Eric Barone’s Harvest Moon-a-like is the second-biggest paid Steam release of 2016, according to SteamSpy
Read More »Lead Fallout and Diablo III designer moves to Obsidian
Leonard Boyarsky joins fellow Fallout creator and Troika Games co-founder Tim Cain at studio
Read More »Red Dead Redemption’s development “a recurring nightmare”, Houser emails reveal
Lawyers involved in Rockstar lawsuit argue that ‘the Houser brothers were incapable of completing large and complex games without Leslie Benzies' oversight’
Read More »Jo Twist guest stars in second MCV & Develop Podcast
Episode available now, discusses the state of UK games development and more
Read More »Applications for Stugan accelerator double in 2016
Developers from 43 countries have applied for this year’s program, teams to be announced soon
Read More »Enter the Gungeon sells 200,000 units, makes $3m in first week on sale
Devolver Digital’s latest release Enter the Gungeon generated $3m (2.1m) globally in its first week on sale. What’s more – developer Dodge Roll has announced that over the dungeon-crawling twin-stick shooterhas been downloaded over 200,000 times since its launch on April 5th. The title is currently available on PlayStation 4 …
Read More »Candy Crush creator: Free-to-play is not a sustainable business model on VR
But Resolution Games CEO Tommy Palm predicts that the medium’s growing audience will pave the way for more than just premium products
Read More »Rockstar says Benzies’ claims are ‘without merit’ and ‘bizarre’
The shock legal battle between Rockstar Games and former director Leslie Benzies has quickly descended into a slanging match. News of the falling out emerged last night. It centres around a dispute over royalty payments that Benzies believes is owed to him following his sabbatical in the summer of 2014 …
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