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The smartphone sector is king, consuming all other formats in its wake, right? Apparently not. Actually, the good ol’ PC still rules the roost. The latest report by SuperData Research shows that the downloadable PC games market earned over $32bn last year – significantly more than the $25.1bn earned by …

Pixelmage Games, the studio headed up by John Smedley, has pulled its Kickstarter campaign for debut title Hero’s Song. The campaign had only been running for one week and was attempting to raise $800,000. After seven days, 3,037 backers had only managed to pledge $136,849 towards this ambitious target. We’ve …

Former SOE boss admits that Pixelmage Games “made mistakes” with first crowdfunding push

Three Fields’ in-development sports game has at last been revealed. It’s called Dangerous Golf and it’s due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC in May and is described as a physics-powered experience – that’s no surprise from key members of the team who first brought us the creative destruction …

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You haven’t got long left to participate in MCV’s Salary Survey. The Salary Survey will be closing at 5pm tomorrow (Wednesday, December 27th). In December, MCV launched its Salary Survey with sister title Develop to form a detailed look at the games industry jobs market and see just how much …

Today, Soedesco is an up and coming indie publisher, but this is a relatively new business for the company. The firm opened its doors in 2001 and until recently was publishing game and accessories bundles. For example, it was behind a Resident Evil 4 and Light Gun bundle for the …

SuperData report shows games for smart devices failed to match PC success

The age-old conspiracy that late pop king Michael Jackson wrote the score for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is true, according to a new report. Jackson had a relationship with Sega, which made his Moonwalker game. He also starred in Space Channel 5 and its sequel. It has long been claimed …

Cooking Mama, Zumba, Terraria… 505 Games’ decade in the games industry is littered with surprise blockbusters, and the publisher is now set to launch its most unusual line-up yet. We speak with 505 Games president Ian Howe and global marketing chief Tim Woodley on the firm’s story so far How …