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Warner Bros’ Mortal Kombat X is likely to join the list of triple-A console games featuring microtransactions. "We are not releasing any details on that yet," NetherRealm Studios marketing manager Brian Goodman told IGN when asked about the possibility. "Nothing to say about microtransactions yet." The site speculates that the …

IHS analyst and director of the firm’s games department Piers Harding Rolls shares his view on Microsoft’s newly unveiled video games plans for Windows 10 Microsoft holds a unique platform role and is best positioned to bridge the community divide between core PC and console gamers. With the ambition to …

Cathy Campos is one of the games industry’s most experienced PR professionals and has worked in the games industry for over 20 years. Fifteen years ago, Campos founded Panache PR and has since worked with many of the industry’s top developers and publishers, including Lionhead Studios, Media Molecule, Microsoft and …

In 1998 work on three titles was suddenly halted as Nintendo entered a furious race to secure the exclusive game rights to Harry Potter. That’s according to Unseen64 which says that workers at Nintendo of America’s internal team Nintendo Software Technology were in 1998 suddenly told to down tools on …

The Boy Who Lived could have been exclusive to Nintendo

Jonathan Blow is ploughing all the money he made from time-bending platformer Braid into upcoming puzzler The Witness. Speaking toEngadget, Blow said though Braid still sells well on certain platforms, the income was not nearly enough” to continue funding his current project. As a result of the lack of his …

Epic Mickey designer reunites with Looking Glass co-founder Paul Neurath on Kickstarter project

EA Montreal has been hit by a round of layoffs, the publisher has confirmed. In a statement toGamasutra, a spokesperson said a small number” of staff had been let go at the mobile developer. It added these would not impact our current development plans”. "We made a staffing change in …

'20 years from now, I am not going to care about whether we took an extra six months or a year in development; I am going to care about the quality'

Gamers got the chance to try EA’s next Battlefield game this weekend, and the numbers suggest significant interest in the multiplayer FPS. Developer Visceral Games said that over 6m players tried the open beta that kicked off last week on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, and concludes …