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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 …

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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 …

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Despite the promise of photorealism in games, it could be a long wait before it is ever achieved in virtual reality hardware, says AMD’s chief gaming scientist Richard Huddy. Virtual reality is a staggeringly exciting field,” he told Develop as part of our in-depth feature onthe future of game graphics. …

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Can F2P be as successful on consoles as it has on smartphones? There’s every chance, Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley has argued. The exec told Gamasutra that the PS4 version of free-to-play MMO DC Universe Online has been monetising amazingly well” and is making between 3-3.5 times as much …