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Only 4.7 per cent of UK physical sales of games are generated through indie retailers, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s annual survey. Competing with High Street giants such as GAME and online behemoths like Amazon: that’s the daily struggle of indie retailers. Which is why distributor Koch Media decided to launch …
Read More »Hello Games breaks 3 month silence with new No Man’s Sky patch
Foundation Update hopes to win over vocal fanbase
Read More »Survey suggests Pokémon Go most played Japanese mobile title
Pokémon Go emerges as the most played mobile game, beating out Puzzle & Dragons and Monster Strike.
Read More »Former StarCraft pro Flash says salaries capped at $60,000
Former StarCraft II player Lee “Flash” Young-ho has claimed that salaries for players in Korea were capped at 70 million won, which is roughly $60,000. The revelation came during a livestream on Afreeca TV, which was then translated by Yahoo eSports. In the video Flash claims that teams and organisation …
Read More »Attention Seekers and event firm Done & Dusted partner for new venture
UK creative agency Attention Seekers and American events giants Done & Dusted are teaming up for a new venture called AD+D. This new firm will be based in Santa Monica with the aim of raising the profile of games industry events, including helping to get competitive gaming more into the …
Read More »Hello Games delivers massive update for No Man’s Sky
After months of radio silence, developer Hello Games has announced a sizeable new update for No Man’s Sky. Called the Foundation Update, this was revealed via the studio’s blog, and it promises some considerable improvements to the sci-fi survival title. According the post, this is’a foundation for things to come’ …
Read More »OSVR certified by Steam and supported in update
OSVR technology now integrated into Steam platform
Read More »Misterio and Tse444 out of the Capcom Cup, K-Brad and Yukadon are in
Both Felipe "Misterio" Patricio Torres Carvacho and Tse "Tse444" Wa Ping will not be able to compete at the Capcom Cup this weekend. They will be replaced by Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley and Fujimura "Yukadon" Atsushi. No reasons for the drop outs have been given, but as is usually the case …
Read More »Sproing Interactive restructures, laying off staff
Vienna based game reportedly lets go two thirds of workforce
Read More »1.9m games were sold during Black Friday week
The numbers are in for what looks to have been a massive Black Friday week. 1,936,636 games were sold for the week ending November 26th, according to GfK figures. That’s a nine per cent increase on last year’s 1,778,851 games. Meanwhile, 58.4m was generated in revenue for the sales period, …
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