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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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Don’t expect Sony or Microsoft to cut the price of the next-gen consoles at E3 next week, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has warned. Furthermore, he even expects the promotions currently in place for Xbox One will actually be reversed. "We do not expect price cuts for the Xbox One …

Koji Igarashi’s Kickstarter sensation Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has met a stretch goal promising a PS Vita port for the upcoming title. Anupdate postfor the campaign notes the Vita port is being developed by Armature, the same studio that will be developing the Wii U port promised at the …