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We ask Unity, Epic and Crytek what's behind the trend to lower price-entry and expanded services

Moon Studios celebrates the success of its Xbox One and PC indie title

Rockstar has said that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V was part of the plan from the beginning and that development of the SKU began early in the process. We were always going to bring GTA 5 to PC,” a group of Rockstar North developers told PC Gamer. …

Nintendo’s mobile partner cuts jobs as it “reshapes North American studio operations”

Battlefield Hardline spent its fourth week in pole position of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It managed this in spite of a 56 per cent sales decline. EA’s shooter was nearly No.2 this week as FIFA 15 came extremely close to taking the top slot with less than …

Microsoft has issued a statement about the energy consumption of the Xbox One following criticism from an environmental group. Late last month, Noah Horowitz of the Natural Resources Defense Council posted a blog accusing the Xbox One’s ‘Instant On’ mode – which keeps the box in a lower-power state when …

Recent Xbox One and PC release Ori and the Blind Forest was able to turn a profit in just a week’s time, developer Moon Studios has revealed. Games Industry reports on the studio’s CEO Thomas Mahler statement to fans, in which he claims Microsoft is quite pleased with the title’s …

Following up on its recently announced plans for expansion into new business segments such as mobile and tablet games, NCSoft has invested $5m into Vancouver-based mobile startup This Game Studio. Speaking with Games Beat, NCSoft West executive Michael Chang explained the acquisition strengthens the company’s continued expansion into the western …

Pre-orders kept Grand Theft Auto V on top of Steam’s best selling products chart ahead of its PC release this week. Recent Steam arrival Elite: Dangerous was the closet to dethroning the chart’s recent champ, climbing up the charts from its fourth place debut last week to the runner-up spot …

Aranda Morrison talks to us about launching a multiplayer game out of Perth, Australia