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Digital Bros, the parent company of indie publisher 505 Games, has invested in Italian indie studio Ovosonico. The studio is best known for indie title Murasaki Baby, which launched last year for the PlayStation Vita. The deal is valued at €1.44m (1m), and will ‘fuel growth and innovation’. This follows …

Shigeru Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda also given new job titles

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is top of the UK charts once again. Sales of the stealth blockbuster declined 78 per cent week-on-week. According to GfK Chart-Track, the average decline in sales Week One to Week Two this year has been 67 per cent. Nintendo’s Super Mario Maker …

Developing a game for eSports can be a daunting prospect. To give you an idea of the scope, we speak to experienced developers in the competitive gaming space. Competitive gaming has come of age and it’s now becoming an increasingly significant part of the games industry. The headline eSports games …

Nintendo has finally named its successor to the late Satoru Iwata. Tatsumi Kimishima, who has since July 2013 served as the company’s MD, is the man now in the top seat at the expense of the widely tipped Shigeru Miyamoto and fellow director Genyo Takeda. Kimishima has formerly served as …

Microsoft is taking steps to gradually pull support of Xbox 360’s Xbox Live Indie Games service, the firm has told registered developers. Gamasutrareports XBLIG devs will no longer be able to purchase a subscription service, effective immediately – though those interested can directly contact Microsoft to maintain access for the …

Blizzard has announced Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void will launch in November. During a livefeed of the game’s World Championship Series season three finals on Twitch, the studio revealed the Protoss-focused expansion pack for the RTS sequel will release for PC and Mac on November 10th. Notably, Blizzard is …

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Mad Max lead this past week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. The Phantom Pain holds its position from one week earlier, while Mad Max moved up a spot from third to second following its launch week. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt finished …

Free-to-play eSports hit Smite is now available through Valve’s Steam service. The Steam version of Hi-Rez’s third person MOBA, which is also available on Xbox One, is no different to the SKU that has for a while already been available on PC bar for the added potential of tapping into …

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