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According to research outlet McCormick AMS, Irish gamers spent €206m (149.1m) on boxed video games in 2014. However, when compared to figures published by the firm for 2012, this represents a decline in games retail of around 17 per cent, with spending in 2012 totalling €248m (178.8m). Meanwhile, market tracker …

MMO publisher continues expansion into smart devices with investment in This Game Studio

YouTube kingpin PewDiePie is to star in his very own game. PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist has been revealed by the man himself in the video below. It’s being developed by Outerminds and is apparently due out on iOS and Android this summer, Pocket Gamer reports. It appears to be …

Founder of Steam firm will be added to retro-styled dungeon crawler Crawl as a knife-wielding foe

Japanese publisher DeNA has laid of an unspecified but reportedly significant number of employees in the US. Most of the layoffs appear to be from its Vancouver development studio, according toVentureBeat. However, the site’s sources also suggest the firm has laid off dozens” from its San Francisco office as well. …

Influential dev to give keynote at Indie Dev Day this July

Unity plug-in released on Asset Store

Tools provider focuses on flexibility and performance for latest additions to its animation and VFX range

There have been some major changes at Ubisoft’s UK PR team. The company has confirmed the departure of both Stefano Petrullo and Lydia Cutland, while Ollie Coe is leaving the PR team to join Ubisoft’s brand management operations. Joining Ubisoft is Stefan McGarry, who has left Sega after 12 years …

The price of Xbox One at UK retail is 299.99, Microsoft has announced. The deal is led by retail, the platform holder tells MCV, and this price is for the UK only. The last retail-led Xbox One price cut was in September, when the price fell to 330. Despite being …