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CD Projekt Red has announced that recent RPG release The Witcher 3 has sold over four million copies. And that number only accounts for the first two week’s sales of the game. The best-selling game of the year has since then stayed firmly at the top of the UK charts, …

The UK studio discusses how it built a community before asking for a penny – and how it kept that community on board

UK consumers will be able to start using Apple Pay next month, the company has announced. Although the full scale of support won’t be known for a few weeks, some companies have already pledged their backing, including Transport for London, Waitrose, McDonalds, Costa, Boots and M&S. A total of 250,000 …

GameplayKit will handle game logic, while ReplayKit lets players edit and share gameplay videos

Sega has announced that since its release in March 2013 mobile title Sonic Dash has been downloaded over 100m times. Throughout that time, players have amassed 123 million hours played across 4.5 billion runs, collecting 850 billion rings in the process. The highest number of concurrent players ever was on …

Refund rates rocket as gamers blitz titles within two-hour limit

Developer behind Star Wars and X-Men games seeking new titles to publish

Ex-Ubisoft Toronto MD says studios need to find better ways to engage and retain talent

Steam’s new refund policy is hitting some developers hard. Destructoid reports that Ball King and Bike Baron creator Qwiboo has struggled with its latest release, Beyond Gravity. Of the 18 copies sold in the last three days, 13 have been refunded – that’s 72 per cent. Prior to the policy …

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