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New studio Particle City to lead development on several titles using IP

Paradox has acquired World of Darkness publisher White Wolf from CCP in an all-cash deal. Tobias Sjgren, who previously held the role of business development at Paradox, will lead the newly acquired company. Paradox said its new subsidiary would work independently from the publisher, with its own dedicated team. White …

First party titles for PlayStation Vita are still in development, Sony has insisted. SCE’s SVP Masayasu Ito was reported last week as saying that: Currently, first party studios have no titles in development for Vita. Since third parties are working very hard on Vita, SCE’s own strategy is to focus …

Stockholm-based publisher picks up rights to World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Analytics plays an increasingly important role for developers today, particularly in free-to-play. Develop asks how studios can make the most of their data

Developer Respawn has teamed up with Nexon to produce several” new smartphone and tablet titles set in the Titanfall universe. As part of the deal both companies have invested in Los Angeles based mobile developer Particle City, which has been founded by Respawn’s Vince Zampella. The agreement is described as …

Sony posts $280m profit for last quarter

EA’s smash hit FIFA 16 dominated the digital market just as much as the physical one, new figures from SuperData reveal. The console versions of the game were downloaded almost 85,000 times by the end of September, generating more than 4.5m. That revenue included microtransactions made via the game’s Ultimate …

A central cloud storage network will be at the heart of the new ‘Nintendo Account’ system, unveiled by the platform holder overnight. The network will span consoles, PC and smartphones and be compatible with the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Nintendo’s own Nintendo Network ID. Character and game data from …

At least 12GB of RAM recommended for smooth gameplay experience on Windows 10