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Read More »PC game Hadean Lands comes with £27 DLC… for a certificate
Consumers purchasing PC title Hadean Landshave the option of shelling out 27 for a digital certificate. As reported by Kotaku, this digital piece of paper – available as either a PDF or JPG and viewable below – asks consumers to promise to finish the notoriously tough text adventure game without …
Read More »Indie dev releases single-page PDF as £27 DLC
Andrew Plotkin’s ‘add-on’ for text puzzle adventure Hadean Lands makes players vow they won’t cheat
Read More »EA Mobile renews partnership with Minions film studio Illumination Entertainment
Pair co-develop film spin-off The Secret Life of Pets: Unleashed
Read More »Rovio exec Peter Vesterbacka exits Angry Birds studio
Former chief marketing officer and brand frontman leaving to focus on entrepreneurial pursuits
Read More »The marketer’s guide to mobile ad formats
AppLovin's Mark Rosner offers devs a breakdown of the different ways to advertise your game on mobile
Read More »Criterion’s vehicle game put on hold for Star Wars
In 2014 Criterion revealed that it was working on an extreme sports vehicle title with more than a hint of Burnout about it. Now it’s not clear whether we’ll ever see that game. EA has told GameSpot that folk should forget about any previous projects mentioned by the UK studio. …
Read More »Inafune opens up on Mighty No. 9 launch issues, multi-platform development and Kickstarter budgets
‘I’m the key creator; I will own that responsibility,’ says former Mega Man designer in response to critical backlash
Read More »Develop Awards 2016: The Finalists – New IP: Mobile
Rounding up the hottest new names in mobile who will be competing for the award in July
Read More »Fable Fortune Kickstarter axed, but development will continue
The crowdfunding push for free-to-play card game Fable Fortune has been cancelled. But the game, from former Lionhead developers Flaming Fowl Studios, will still see the light of day. In a post on the Fable Fortune’s Kickstarter page announcing the cancelation, the studio said that it had secured additional development …
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