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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 …

First game from Criterion co-founders also uses Apex Destruction and Flex for physics-based mayhem

First mobile title Churchill Solitaire now available

The total revenue of the eSports industry in 2015 was between $325m and $400m, claim two market reports issued by NewZoo and Deloitte this month. The 2016 Global Esports Market Report released by research firm NewZoo yesterday suggests that this figure will increase to $463m in the coming year, a …

Microsoft has compensed the father of a 17-year-old who rackedup a bill of over $8,000 on FIFA. The teenager spent a grand total of $8,206.43 on FIFA in-app purchases, as well as other Xbox services on his feather, Lance Perkins. Perkins, who had given his son his credit card for …

Competitive gaming platform FACEIT has today raised $15m in Series A funding in order to expand to more games and communities. The service allows tournament organisers to easily draft brackets and initiate matches for players competing in Dota, CS:GO or other team-based eSports events, as well as distribute prizes for …

Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has made an unexpected foray into the video games industry. The politician has released a mobile version of Churchill Solitaire, Sir Winston Churchill’s extra difficult version of solitaire. According to an FAQ on the title’s website, the game was taught to Rumsfeld by …

Less than a week after it launched, new MMO Blade and Soul has shot past one million active players. NCSoft’s title launched on Tuesday January 19th 2016 in Europe and America following its debut in China and South Korea in 2012. The publisher announced that Blade and Soul was set …