The soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto V is the top-selling video game album for the second year in a row. The album comfortably outsold the second place Destiny soundtrack, which is also enjoying its second year in the charts. The highest charting new game soundtrack was Halo 5: Guardians, which …
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[Industry news] Loaded announced as new front-of-shirt sponsor for Derby County
This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Partnership marks digital…
Alan Boswell Group announced as sponsors at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
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Games Growth Summit Returns with Industry-Defining Lineup — Last Tickets Available
Games Growth Summit, the games industry’s essential commercial conference, takes place in 3 we…
[Industry news] Manchester Games Network launches
Manchester Games Network, a new business organisation, launches today to strengthen Greater Manchest…
Keywords Studios announced as sponsors of the Major Publisher of the Year Award at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
Keywords Studios has been announced as the sponsor of the Major Publisher of the Year Award at the M…
Having hired 38 ex-Zynga devs in 2015, FanDuel will now lay off 55 staff
Orlando office of US fantasy sports leagues studio to be home to just 19 customer support and talent team employees following cuts
Read More »Blizzard might offer free copies of WoW to Warcraft moviegoers
Buying a ticket to Duncan Jones’ upcoming Warcraft movie might also grab you a free copy of the MMO. PCGamesN reports that Blizzard sent a survey to players of the game. In it was touted the possibility of offering anyone who buys a ticket to see the film an ‘Ultimate …
Read More »Goat Simulator: The Bundle getting physical release on Xbox One
The surprise phenomenon that is Goat Simulator is to receive a boxed console release. Goat Simulator: The Bundle will be released on Xbox One on March 4th. Included in the box is the original title and its two expansions, GoatZ and MMO Simulator. All three games are utterly ridiculous, of …
Read More »Nuendo adds Perforce Helix integration
Collaboration allows users to automatically store, manage and protect projects and audio pool references in a single repository
Read More »User numbers fall, but Zynga losses narrow
Zynga says its slow and steady turnaround is continuing, despite big drops in its user numbers. The mobile giant reported that its average active daily users have fallen 24 per cent year-on-year from 24m to 18m, and down from 19m in the previous quarter. Active monthly users are down from …
Read More »Develop: Brighton opens call for speakers
New funding and virtual reality tracks added to July conference
Read More »VIDEO: The games press looks back on Street Fighter’s legacy
Ahead of next week’s release of Street Fighter V, the games press has taken a moment to look back at the very rich history of one of gaming’s most treasured brands. This year is the 25th anniversary of Street Fighter II, don’t you know. And that means that, for those …
Read More »Hitman dev IO: ‘Episodic model opens up audience for triple-A games’
‘Releasing Hitman as episodes means we have more opportunities than ever before,’ says studio head Hans Seifert
Read More »Opinion: Pay no attention to the ‘battle’ between physical and digital games market
Ahead of this year’s market report, a prominent UK games industry veteran asked me how we would be presenting the data. ‘Is it a case of: The boxed market is still huge,’ he asked. ‘Or that digital is killing the High Street?’ I hear it a lot. The never-ending, tedious …
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[Industry news] New Swedish Incubation Model Aims to Speed Up Indie Game Releases
Arctic Game is introducing a new incubation model designed to help indie game studios move more efficiently from prototype to release and investment readiness in just six months.
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