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A new digital card game-focused report from Superdata states that Blizzard’s free-to-play release Hearthstone is raking in $20m a month between PC and mobile platforms. The company highlights the figure in asummary of its annual digital card game report, with the analyst firm adding that Blizzard has managed to recreate …

Wildstar’s upcoming free-to-play re-release has entered closed beta, developer Carbine Studios has announced. All current subscribers of the game have access to the test, as well as non-subscribers who have received a closed beta key – which anyone can sign-up for by visiting Wildstar’s official website. Carbine and publisher NCSoft …

The Dare to be Digital 2015 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Code Monkeys

The Dare to be Digital 2015 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Pogo Mad

'It is by far the most expensive title we have developed – much closer to the cost of a retail console game'

FACEIT have today launched the CS:GO FACEIT Pro League, where the best European players will compete for $20,000 of prize money each month, including non-professionals. The league follows on from April’s launch of a similar league in Dota 2, and has also been set up with the same level of …

Valve has reiterated their decision not to host a single world championship for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive despite the success of last week’s Dota 2 finals. The International 5 concluded at the weekend, reaching a massive audience with several million watching across five official language streams, with American team Evil Geniuses …

Publisher Majesco has decided to exit physical retail and instead is focusing its efforts on the digital download market. That’s according to a public letter to shareholders from CEO and co-founder Jesse Sutton. In its efforts to focus on the digital market, the firm has also dramatically reduced its headcount. …

Total revenues for publisher Take-Two reach $366.4m for the last quarter

Develop asks those running the studios in the city what makes it an ideal location for development