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Reigns has sold more than 600,000 copies, primarily on iOS and Android. The narrative game, which mixes a Tinder-style swiping mechanic with kingdom management, was released this summer and announced this sales milestone via itsofficial Twitter account. Responding to a congratulatory tweet, developer Nerial added that the majority of sales …

Rift update 1.8 will introduce new tool to warn players when they’re out of sensor range

Many players who had invested cash into Pokemon Go have suddenly found themselves locked out of the game after its latest update. Niantic had warned users that the game’s 0.37.0 update would end the game’s support for rooted and jailbroken phones – those are devices that have had their basic …

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Nerial’s Develop Award-nominated narrative game proves people are still willing to pay for mobile games

PlayStation has laid off an unconfirmed number of employees from its San Diego development studios. GamesIndustryconfirmed the layoffs, which closely follow around of job cuts made at the platform holder’s London Studio. The London team was just winding down after its first major VR project. The San Diego studio was …

2016 has witnessed VR become a reality. Already this year, the consumer versions of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR have been priced, with the former pair made available to consumers directly via their websites. Now the Oculus Rift is finally coming to UK retail on September 20th following …

The new CEO of Remedy says the developer will not take five years to make its next title. The firm released the hugely ambitious Quantum Break on Xbox One and PC earlier this year, a project that took almost five years to finish. It has now split its team in …

YouTube specialists Yogscast will manage and produce Xbox’s official UK channel – Xbox On. Xbox On was previously produced by Attention Seekers and boasts 143,000 subscribers. It will relaunch later this month, headed up by Official Xbox Magazine’s Matt Castle, current presenter BennyCentral and Yogscast’s head of production Adrian Ruiz-Langan. …

Jobs cut at Drawn To Death and MLB developer in wake of London Studio redundancies