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The head of music at UK developer Rare has suggested that the studio will unveil at least one new title in 2015. This is a HUGE year for Rare,” Robin Beanland, alongside a picture of musical notes – which may perhaps link to a Banjo Kazooie title, owing to the …

The cheapest price developers can charge for a paid-for app on iOS has been increased to 79p. It’s only the second time that the baseline app price has been increased following its jump from 59p to 69p back in the summer of 2011. The price increase puts even more pressure …

Supergiant has revealed updated sales figure for both of its critically acclaimed titles, Bastion and Transistor. Supergiant’s debut Bastion has surpassed the 3m sales mark. The game debuted in 2011 on Xbox 360 and PC, and later released on Mac, Linux, iOS and Google Chrome platforms. Transitor has sold 600,000 …

Turtle Rock’s upcoming multiplayer shooter Evolve has gone gold, and to celebrate both the studio and the game’s publisher 2K Games are making substantial donations to charity. A post on the Evolve’s official website announces that the game is ready for release, as well as details a charitable agreement made …

App Store developers combined to generate revenue exceeding $10bn in 2014, Apple has announced. The figure marks a new annual record for Apple’s digital shop, and it brings the cumulative total for developer revenue to more than $25bn since the App Store’s launch in 2008. This year is off to …

Consumers also spend half a billion dollars on New Year's day

The latest title from DmC and Enslaved developer Ninja Theory is headed to PC. Originally announced for PS4 at Gamescom, Hellblade is a third-person hack and slash adventure based on a dark interpretation of Celtic mythology. Confirming the game would land on PC, creative chief Tameem Antoniades told PC Gamer: …

2K could be on the cusp of announcing a third game in the Mafia series. Videogamer reports that Rick Pasqualone, who voiced Mafia 2’s Vittorio Scaletta, has twice dropped hints about the game, saying that he "might have some Mafia news very soon”. The game was previously rumoured to be …

PS4 outsells Wii U as Xbox One fails to reach 50k units sold

Rebellion’s Zombie Army series is the latest to be remastered for a release on PS4, Xbox One and PC. The SKU will include three games – Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 1 and 2 and well as, for the first time, Zombie Army 3. The games will apparently run in …