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Steam topped 9.5m concurrent users over the past weekend, setting yet another new record for Valve’s service. The digital distributor was busy as usual last Sunday, at one point surpassing the new milestone by a couple thousand individuals – 9,502,661 total according toGameSpot. Steam reached 9m concurrent usersless than two …

Ubisoft has provided some more information about the latest entry in its Assassin’s Creed series, Syndicate. In a announcement video, the publisher revealed that the title is being developed by Ubisoft Quebec. This is the first Assassin’s Creed game that the Quebec studio has headed up development on, though it …

The strength of Ubisoft’s core brands and the growth of its digital offerings have seen the publisher outperform its financial targets for the last year. According to the firm’s full report for the full 2014-2015 financial year, software sales generated €1.46 billion in FY2014-2015, up by 45 per cent compared …

Former LinkedIn and Microsoft exec Elizabeth Brown to oversee hiring and talent development

Square Enix has reported an increase in sales and income for the year ending March 2015. Net sales were up 8.3 per cent at 168bn, with operating income up 55.8 per cent at 16bn and net income up 49 per cent at nearly 10bn. In isolation, digital entertainment division sales …

Perforce enables cloud-powered cross-platform version control and security features in Unity’s newest engine

First virtual reality outing for the winged sensations unveiled

Mariina Hallikainen and Unity boss John Riccitiello open 30 hours of sessions

Publisher Konami has reported a 147 per cent increase in net profit for the year ending March. The numbers don’t quite fit the wider narrative of a company in decline, what with the recent fallout with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and the cancellation of Silent Hills – both of …

Right now, most major publishers are chasing the booming indie market and Microsoft is no different with its ID@Xbox programme. The firm is coming off a busy few months. Earlier this year at GDC it announced that it was planning on having games from the scheme appear on both Xbox …