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Minecraft dominates the iPad and iPhone paid charts. The Pocket Edition of Mojang’s hit is No.1 on both platforms, while Telltale’s new episodic Story Mode takes second place in the iPad ranks and No.5 on iPhone. These titles are absent from the Grossing Top Tens which are ruled by mobile …

At last! The UK games industry has some digital download charts. UKIE has signed agreements with leading providers of mobile and digital sales data, and MCV will be printing the results. Analytics firm Reflection will offer UK mobile sales charts, which will be distributed by UKIE alongside the boxed charts …

November proved to be a major month for the UK games industry, driven by a trio of major launches – Call of Duty, Fallout and Star Wars Battlefront. Activision’s military shooter sold over 1m units in just over a week. The game is part of the Black Ops line of …

Second round of investment brings total to €2 million for Finnish dev

The forthcoming Resident Evil 2 remake is going to be a ‘from the ground up remake’. That’s according to UK senior marketing director Stuart Turner, who took to Twitter to clarify some confusion surrounding the title. This follows the firms latest financial report, which seems to have referred to the …

Namco’s twenty-year-old patent from original Ridge Racer finally expires

Production designer behind Watchmen, Man of Steel and Minority Report to lead new conference in February

Reflector-based depth mapping and object tracking systems outline headset-free solution for living room

Former Rovio director of advocacy to focus on building brand awareness of UK analytics firm in the US

The second chapter of The Odd Gentlemen’s King’s Quest revival is set to release later this month across all platforms, publisher Sierra has announced. King’s Quest: Rubble Without a Cause will launch December 16th on PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360. The first chapter is available on the …