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Mino Games has another mobile hit on its hands with Mino Monsters’ sequel. Games Industry reports Mino Monsters 2 has brought in $1.7m in its first month out on the App Store and Google Play. "We see this early success is a validation of the unique approach we are taking …

The PC port of Bandai Namco’s Playstation release Saint Seiya: Soldiers’ Soul has arrived on Steam. A Windows edition of the game – previously available exclusively through PS3 and PS4 platforms –launched on Valve’s digital distribution serviceahead of the holiday weekend. At $50, the PC version’s price tag splits the …

Infoscout has released its list of most popular Black Friday games in terms of revenue, with Call of Duty: Black Ops III coming out on top. Discounts on Walmart.com in particular gave the shooter a major boost, according to themarketing research firm. The news follows last month’sannouncement from Activisionthat retail …

Just how did the UK games industry perform during an epic Black Friday sales period? Well, we’re still waiting for GfK Chart-Track to tell us. The firm normally releases its UK physical charts on Monday morning, but the data company said yesterday that these were going to be delayed following …

Lee "Flash" Young-ho, a Korean StarCraft pro who has played for KT Rolster for eight years, announced his retirement today at the age of 23. Lee, who was initially signed to the largest Korean eSports organisation in 2007 at the age of 14, has since gone on to win an …

At the age of 25, Andrew Bennison feared that he was running out of time to realise his dream of leading his own games studio. Bennison, alongside friends from the University of Salford, Jack Bognar and Tim Sherliker, were working as Prospect Games in their spare time from 2011. By …

Intel Developer Blog: A critical review of some of the leading game-making technology

Generation Media account executive Joseph Phelan takes a look at which games are pulling ahead in the race for Q4 TV advertising presence Q4 is at the halfway point and the plethora of triple-A titles is not easing up as Christmas fast approaches. Generation Media has looked at the Top …

Phuong Nguyen, head of eBay Advertising, discusses how games brands can utilise online insight to find new shopping groups Its ready-made customer base of digital natives means the games industry is ideally placed to capitalise on the power of online marketing campaigns, but many struggle to connect with new, relevant …

Excalibur has made its name in PC sim games from other studios. Now its focus is on its own IP and indie games. Marketing boss Richard Barclay tells us why How would you assess Excalibur’s performance in the last twelve months? A year ago 75 per cent of our output …