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Amazon’s day of discounts exclusive to its Prime scheme is now underway. Amazon Prime Day sees products being discounted over the course of 24 hours, boasting better deals than Black Friday. To be eligible to take part in the discounts, you need to sign up to Amazon Prime, a scheme …

It might be the land of the free, but is it the land of free-to-play? As the industry recovers from another huge E3 showing, SuperData CEO Joost van Dreunen examines the state of games in the US of A In America everything is bigger – and its games market is …

Dead Island 2 publisher Deep Silver has parted ways with the game’s developer Yager, bringing the upcoming game’s current state into serious question. Deep Silver issued the following statement earlier today regarding the decision to cut ties with the studio: With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated …

Industry analytics group GameAnalytics has launched a new indie-focused initiative to assist mobile developers in launching and promoting their games by providing data gathering and other resources. Titled ‘Runway,’ the initiative will offer small teams the ability to soft launch a title in territories such as Canada, Ireland and Australia …

Electronic Arts and Comcast have announced a partnership to offer subscribers of the cable company access to game streaming via their set-top box. Polygon reports on the deal, officially dubbed ‘X1 Games Powered by EA.’ The lineup is currently limited to around 20 games, including EA IPs NBA Jam and …

Twitch broadcasters VideoGameBootCamp have refused to allow a Smash Bros. player to use the in-game tag of their sponsors, YouPorn. Melee player Jason "Bizz" Yoon, who was signed by the "Team YP" eSports branch of the popular adult video streaming site last month, declared the situation last night over Twitter. …

Matthew Wiggins discusses how to effectively spend your money

It is inevitable that there will be a smartphone game that will generate $10bn in the West. That’s the prediction of N3twork’s Neil Young, the former EA exec who set up Ngmoco and sold it to Japanese mobile giant DeNA for $400m. Young is a video games development veteran and …

Having been announced in 2013, developer Metanet has finally confirmed a release date for N++. The platformer was announced at Gamescom in 2013 and is a sequel to 2008 Xbox 360, DS and PSP game N+. It will be released for PS4 on July 28th. I have been waiting for …

Ahead of Amazon’s members-only Prime Day sale tomorrow, the promotion’s first video game offers have started to appear. For those not in the know, Prime Day is much like Amazon’s highly popular Black Friday sales – except you have to be subscribed to the retail giant’s 79/year service (which counts …