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Key-reseller marketplace G2A has revealed some improvements to its offering to keep game companies happy. The firm has announced that studios and publishers can now make money from third-party auctions. One of the criticisms levelled at G2A by publishers was that they didn’t see a penny from some sales of …
Read More »PlayStation: ‘VR uncertainty is liberating for developers’
PlayStation surprised us this year. If you had asked us what we would have expected ahead of their pre-E3 press conference, we would have suggested a hardware-centric show, featuring PlayStation VR and the firm’s new ‘Neo’ console. We would have put our money on the traditional sizzle reel of inventive …
Read More »What’s PlayStation new structure means for Europe
One of the key differences between PlayStation and Xbox is how they operate on a worldwide level. Whereas Xbox takes a more global approach to its marketing and content acquisition, PlayStation adopts a more local strategy. Sony develops marketing campaigns for each territory, and it’s not unusual for Europe to …
Read More »CEO Michiel Bakker on Ginx’s eSports bet
At the start of June, popular video games show VGN was dropped by broadcaster Challenge and production firm Ginx. Just ten days later, Ginx announced it was launching a 24-hour eSports channel with Sky and ITV. We had been reviewing our programming output for some time,” Ginx CEO Michiel Bakker …
Read More »Develop Awards 2016 Partner Spotlight: Nordeus
Nikola Cavic, head of business development at the Top Eleven studio, reveals why its 'one for all, all for one' mentality is key to its success
Read More »Firewatch artwork unwittingly stolen by car dealer for Ford promotion
Asset from Campo Santo’s indie hit was reportedly discovered on ‘DMCA compliant’ wallpaper website
Read More »The Big Game: Battlefield 1
If you ever needed a solid indication that consumers weren’t exactly satisfied with the state of the shooter genre, you need only look at the reaction to Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare this year. The reveal trailer for the former, a first-person shooter set during World War …
Read More »Key reseller G2A agrees to pay devs auction royalties and introduce anti-fraud measures
Move follows heated criticism from studios including TinyBuild and RageSquid over sale of allegedly illegally-gained codes
Read More »Acer invests $9m in Starbreeze to drive VR ambitions
Payday studio and tech manufacturer form joint company to collaborate on StarVR headset
Read More »Dev slams Activision for pulling game from Steam over allegedly stolen art assets
Trek Industries rebuffs claims that it reused weapon models from Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Advanced Warfare in Orion
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