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Mobile data firm App Annie reports that games were responsible for more than 80 per cent of consumer spending on the App Store and Google Play outlets. This news comes as part of the company’s Gaming Spotlight 2015 Review. The firm also reports that the number of downloads on both …

The latest entry in Square Enix’s Dragon Quest series – Monsters: Joker 3 – was this week’s best-performing game in Japan, according to data provided by Famitsu. The 3DS title sold 375,612 units during its first week on shelves in the region ahead of fellow new title, Dark Souls III. …

‘We want them to learn the basics of level design, and start to think about the strategy and creativity that goes into creating games’

A major feature of the Xbox One touted before the console’s launch in 2013 has come to fruition. Before Microsoft’s console was released, the company revealed that every retail machine would double as a dev kit, opening the doors for budding game creators to build for the platform. However, the …

Veteran console and PC studio N-Space has shut its doors after 21 years in the development business. The American developer was founded in 1994 by Erick S Dyke, Dan O’Leary, and Sean Purcell, and went on to create GameCube shooter Geist, as well as multiple Call of Duty adaptations for …

Twitch and mobile MOBA Vainglory developers Super Evil Megacorp have signed an investment deal to see the touchscreen eSport promoted on-site for the next three years. The game, in which teams of three players compete using touchscreen devices across a single lane MOBA map has grown throughout the last year …

Forerunner to 3DS’ eShop put focus on indies and smaller titles

Alibaba, the world’s largest e-commerce site, has entered the eSports arena with a $5.5m tournament to be held through their sports subsidiary Ali Sports reportedly beginning this April. The World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) will feature a $1.5m CS:GO tournament, the same for Dota 2, with a $400,000 StarCraft II …

Creative director Jonny Watts says that from now on, the Elite developer is only making games ‘for itself’

Generation Media’s assistant media executive Joe Phelan investigates the growing toys-to-life craze and the ad support accompanying its continued rise during 2015/16. As gaming sits on the precipice of VR, it is more apparent than ever that the way we interact with gaming media is consistently evolving. Over the past …