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Free-to-play 3DS game Pokmon Shuffle has been downloaded more than 2.5m times since launching just over a month ago. The match-three game – which lets gamers play five sessions per day – wasannounced earlier this yearamongst a slew of seemingly contrary announcements regarding Nintendo’s stance on mobile games. It hit …

The owner of 505 Games has acquired a 2.67 per cent stake in Payday and Brothers developer Starbreeze. The deal, worth $5m, values the Swedish studio at $187m. The agreement also brings with it a two-year extension to the existing partnership between the pair, with Digital Bros investing $13.4m into …

Nintendo’s free-to-play venture proves to be successful

Publisher providing $13.4m investment for Payday game development

Curse is the latest Gold Partner to be announced for the 2015 MCV Awards. "We’re delighted to once again be working in partnership with MCV as a sponsor of this year’s awards," commentedJoseph Noone, UK sales manager at Curse. "Curse is proud of the achievements of the UK games industry …

The Netherlands continues to host a flourishing games market, experiencing massive growth propelled by thestrength of serious games and social titles. According to the latest data from research firm Newzoo, the Netherlands is the 16th largest games industry in the world, generating market revenue of $433.2 million (287.1m) last year. …

There will be an added hurdle for New 3DS owners to navigate if they want to purchase the digital version of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D. Nintendo has admitted that those still using the SD card that shipped with their device won’t actually have enough room to download the game in the …

Developers can now fully build their games on Windows, Mac and Linux

Former Infinity Ward dev joins charity firm following the closure of indie studio Robotoki

Restructured studio will “focus on Driveclub as a service”, according to Sony