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The Rock Band 4 gamble has not paid off for Mad Catz. The company suffered a $11.6m loss in the financial year ending March 31st, with operating losses growing up 470 per cent. CEO Karen McGinnis, who was put in place following an exodus of staff from the company, says …

‘We want to make sure players can create characters they can identify with or relate to,’ developer explains

The new CEO of Women in Games has identified development and management as key areas that needs better female representation. As a researcher at Norwich University of the Arts, Marie-Claire Isaaman found out that women in the games industry tend to work in marketing or HR – but not in …

Five PC and mobile titles focused on narrative with budgets of between £2,000 and £20,000 to be supported by Sunless Sea studio

Blizzard’s Overwatch enjoyed an incredible first week. The team shooter has since May 24th welcomed over 7m players, who between them have logged over 119m hours of gameplay time. The total number of players does not necessarily equate to total sales, as households and friends can use multiple accounts on …

MVP Balck, who are generally regarded as the best Heroes of the Storm team in the world, may leave the game at the end of the year. Team coach, Gwang Bok Kim, said in an interview with Korean eSports site DailyEsports that his team are not happy with multiple aspects …

Mojang has confirmed a monumental sales milestone for its smash hit Minecraft. The studio has now sold a total of 106,859,714 copies of the game. Since the start of 2016 it has sold an average of 53,000 copies every day. There have been sales in every country on the planet, …

But sources suggest upcoming platform will still be console/handheld hybrid

Dying Light and Dead Island developer Techland is changing tact by announcing plans to become a global publisher. The company says that it intends to publish two major” multiplatform titles, as well as four digital titles, every year. It sounds, however, as if it hasn’t signed anything yet, with CEO …

505 Games believes it has a Game of the Year on its hands with its upcoming indie title, Abzu. The game is being made by Giant Squid, a studio formed by alumni from Thatgamecompany, who created the award-winning PS3 game, Journey. Similar to Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, critically …