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Lego games dev was last month’s most valuable studio thanks to latest Star Wars tie-in

CEO Tim Cook adds that July 2016 saw a record-breaking amount of money earned by devs

Nintendo is putting together a triple-A software line-up, to ensure NX flies out of the gate next year. Developer Game Freak will bring Pokmon to the platform, while Nintendo’s first party titles include the previously announced Zelda game – Breath of the Wild – and a new Mario game. All …

Brand director calls widely criticised reference to Black Lives Matter movement an ‘unfortunate coincidence’

In the latest edition of MCV, we uncover some of the key games designed to launch NX. Nintendo is putting together a triple-A line-up for the console, including a Pokmon title, a new Mario game and the previously announced Zelda title, Breath of the Wild. We also talked to studios …

Square Enix’s upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has stoked the fire once again by drawing on another controversial topic in its marketing. A little over a year ago the game was dragged into controversy over its use of the term ‘Mechanical Apartheid’ in its positioning of a future where mankind …

Niantic’s Pokemon Go has, in less than a month, surpassed $160m in global App Store and Google Play revenue. That’s according to analytics firm Sensor Tower. This is a number that is set to increase further, too, what with the Chinese and Brazilian rollouts yet to happen. Furthermore, despite the …

Ark: Survival Evolved’s free-to-play spin-off Survival of the Fittest is being reintegrated into the main game. On a technical level it will still exist as its own game, and those who have already played it will not have to buy the main game to continue. The change will enable developer …

The man behind Pokevision has, via an emotional open letter, urged Niantic to open the service back up to trackers. Niantic recently ordered Pokevision and similar services to cease operations, claiming in a letter to fans that this was primarily to improve server stability. However, at the same time it …

Trade body’s Genre Report also shows that a quarter of UK-made games last year were action/adventure