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Or do they? One of the most popular ways of paying for games is under constant scrutiny from the media and core consumers. So what can be done about free-to-play’s negative image? The successful freemium game is based on five principles,” says Canada’s minister of mobile gaming. Entice the player …

Arc System Works has acquired a number brands formerly owned by Technos Japan Corp. AGB reports that the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue developer has purchased all of the company’s IP, which is currently owned by Million. This includes Double Dragon, River City Ransom and Super Dodge Ball. Double Dragon will …

Avadon dev attributes previous issues to age and health, rewriting engine to continue series

Oculus last night named a number of titles that it hopes will win it its first generation of virtual reality gaming fans. Chief among the titles on show was a new VR exclusive from Ratchet & Clank, Sunset Overdrive and Resistance developer Insomniac Games – Edge of Nowhere. Studio boss …

505 Games’ SVP of global brand Tim Woodley, a former marketing boss at Activision and Codemasters, shares his experiences with the rapidly changing landscape for video games promotion It would be a brave person to argue that the rate of change in our industry is pedestrian. What is perhaps often …

German developer aims to diversify portfolio and develop for new platforms

Game’s success provides significant return on €1m development costs

Back in 1995, a handful of gaming giants united to create the global trade show E3. At the heart of its creation was Sega, which had run a number of events in the years prior. So it was very much the end of an era when Sega announced it wouldn’t …

MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we examinePDP’s new glowing headset for Xbox One and power up our Amiibo with Datel’s latest Action Replay Afterglow Anka Wireless Headset for Xbox One Hot on the heels of its Kral wireless headset for PS4, …

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that two of Xbox One’s big exclusives will be saved for Gamescom. Rest assured that titles like Crackdown, Quantum Break and Scalebound will be front and centre at Gamescom along with new game reveals for both Xbox One and Windows 10,” the exec wrote …