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China is now the biggest video games market in the world. The Chinese industry had revenues estimated at more than $22.2bn (over 15.5bn) last year, according to data firm Newzoo, and outperformed the US for the first time. With over 446m players – which represent a third of the total …

A new title in Level 5’s Yo-Kai Watch series has once again gone straight to No.1 in Japan. Called Sangokushi, this release is a crossover between the popular Yo-Kai Watch franchise and Koei Tecmo’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. Though Yo-Kai Watch claims yet another No.1, its initial sales …

Angry Birds firm maintains positive outlook, already profitable in first quarter

Concerns about Apple’s iOS security remain with the news that the tech giant still doesn’t know how US authorities successfully hacked into an iPhone. The New York Times reports that FBI has confirmed that while it has been in discussions with Apple since it successfully broke the encryption of the …

Capcom’s long-serving Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono tells Will Freeman about shaping the latest in the series, and how it's connected to the world-dominating sport

The finalists of this year’s Women in Games Awards have been announced, with almost 50 individuals in the running for the accolades presented by MCV and WIGJ. The news comes following the announcement of the Top 30 Women in Games earlier this week, with all of the winners and finalists …

The CEO of Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear developer Beamdog has spoken out against the harassment aimed at some of its developers. The game sparked fury this week by having the audacity to include a transgender character. The studio has said that it feels the idea may have been better …

If you’re a fan of plastic instruments, the last week’s headlines haven’t made pleasant reading. First, Activision announced it would be ‘restructuring’ (read: making a lot of redundancies) its FreeStyleGames Studio – the makers of Guitar Hero Live. Then, yesterday, Harmonix’s crowd-funding effort for Rock Band 4 on PC failed. …

Crowdfunding push shows there is not enough of an audience to justify port

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