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Dead Good Media takes up second place as Firefly Studios rounds up top three

Recent rumblings about micro-transactions in Konami’s upcoming stealth title Metal Gear Solid V appear to have been backed by Sony’s Playstation Store. Rumours of in-game purchases began to swirl following early previews of the title appearing on various media outlets this week, with multiple reports of so-called ‘reduced time features’. …

Ubisoft’s Toy Soldiers: War Chest is adding two new brands to its arsenal – He-Man and G.I Joe. The Most Powerful Man in the Universe will be joined by Cringer, in his Battle Cat form, and some unspecified Eternian Warriors. Fingers crossed for Moss Man Duncan. Both will come via …

Consumers after Valve’s Steam Machines and Link tech need to get a move on. Over 35 per cent of Steam’s ‘get it early’ hardware pre-orders have already been sold. That’s according to Valve, who says that the its Steam Machine, Controller and Link hardware is shifting quickly. Last week, Valve …

22cans founder among several experts heading to new evening conference on July 1st

A new report has seemingly confirmed a long-running assumption of the industry – boxed games are on the way out. The latest GamePulse report from research outlet EEDAR estimates that the number of physical titles released for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo’s machines has more than halved over the last six …

Hack and slash title Devil’s Third is coming to the UK at the end of August. The Wii U-exclusive action game – fromNinja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki anddeveloped by Valhalla Game Studios – is set for an August 28th release date in the region. It’s coming to Japan on August …

PC hardware specialist Razer is reportedly in the process” of acquiring Ouya. The Kickstarted Android console firm was revealed as being up for sale in April. Now TechCrunch says that it has heard Razer could be the buyer. Ouya took to Kickstarter in 2012 on the hunt for 41m of …

A free networking expo will take place next month, aiming to showcase the games talent in and around Guildford. The town counts among its residents No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games, EA, LittleBigPlanet creator Media Molecule, Fable outlet Lionhead, Godus firm 22cans, Supermassive Games and Ubisoft. Set for the evening …

Steam Early Access release Ark: Survival Evolved has sold more than 400,000 copies and generated $10m in gross revenue during its first week on Valve’s platform. In an interview withGames Industry, Studio Wildcard co-founder Jesse Rapczak explained that the game’s current pre-release state makes it premature to call the game …