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Annual indie games festival IndieCade has lost one of its co-chairs. John Sharp shared the news on hispersonal website, explaining in depth that his decision to step away was due to a realization that conferences like IndieCade aren’t helping marginalized devs like they should. "For me, a big motivation for …

The producer of The Mummy film franchise has announced a cinematic adaptation of The Witcher. Yes, before pedantic readers point out, there has already been a movie made about the exploits of monster-murderer and serial womaniser Geralt of Rivia. However, that 2001 Polish-language take on Andrzej Sapkowski’s original set of …

With the App Store and Google Play seemingly dominated by a handful of studios, many developers may believe there is little to no chance of generating significant revenue from the mobile space. But a new infographic released by Pollen VC and Priori Data, entitled The App Developers Millionaires Index, claims …

Valve has rolled out a new developer-run storefront on Steam that lets developers sell in-game items. The scheme hasdebutedwith Facepunch’s open-world survival game Rust. It runs similar to existing community markets, but developers can now curate the store themselves. Developers can either sell their own items, or potentially sell items …

Halo 5 has been out for just over a week in The States and its in-game monetisation has already allowed players to crowdfund half a million dollars for the World Championships. The Halo World Championships, to be held from December to March by Microsoft and 343 Industries, started with an …

There were many UK-made games at this year’s Gamescom. Blockbusters like Guitar Hero Live, Tearaway Unfolded and LEGO Dimensions are being developed on these fair shores. However, it wasn’t a triple-A behemoth that took away UKIE’s UK Game of the Show award from the event but instead a retro style …

Though it has been a good week for King following its purchase by Activision Blizzard, the firm’s financial report for Q3 is probably not as sweet as it might like. The firm recorded $480m in revenue for the third quarter, a drop of $35m or seven per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, …

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Lack of key releases damages pubisher’s financials, but back catalogue sales and upcoming releases expected to boost stronger second half

'I would go as far as to say that by not being involved in the marketplace we’re screwing our community,' says Garry Newman