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Develop:Brighton is delighted to reveal the first keynote for this year’s event: ustwo’s Maria Sayan…
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[Event News] Games Growth Summit Welcomes New Speakers for June Lineup
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Far Cry 4 creative director working on ‘personal project’
New title to be developed in the same way as Child of Light, Valiant Hearts and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Read More »Street Fighter II producer is ‘never’ going back to consoles
Yoshiki Okamoto has said that his future lies completely within the realm of mobile game development. The Street Fighter II creator left Capcom in the mid 2000s to found Forsaken Kingdom developer Game Republic. After that closed in 2011 he joined Mixi and subsequently created iOS hit Monster Strike. Not …
Read More »Apple removes ‘Free’ from App Store downloads
Word changed to 'Get' as firm plans to make it clearer that free-to-play games include in-app purchases
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Read More »iOS banishes ‘Free’ icon from F2P game descriptions
Free-to-play games are no longer listed as being ‘Free’ on the Apple App Store. Instead, apps such as Candy Crush Saga, Angry Birds Stella and Clash of Clans now have a ‘Get’ button, below which is the line ‘In-App Purchases’. Beyond confirming to Re/Code that the change has been made …
Read More »EA: Virtual reality devs must fix motion sickness
CFO says publisher will back pioneering tech if big hurdle overcome
Read More »LGC 14: We are not the games media, says Yogscast
Yogscast says comparing it to the games media is a ‘category error’. Rich Keith, GM of the hit video network and speaking today at London Games Conference, says Yogscast and other video stars – such as PewDiePie – are not the games media. They are far more powerful than that …
Read More »Johhny Rotten has spent £10k on iPad apps in two years
It turns out that Sex Pistols star John ‘Rotten’ Lydon is quite the gamer. Despite telling The Telegraph that he and his wife are normally really careful” with money there is one hobby on which Lydon is happy to splash the cash – gaming. I wasted – you’re the first …
Read More »LGC 14: Video games ads are the lowest performing on Facebook
Video game advertisements on Facebook are less successful than dating ads, the firm has revealed. In fact, game ads are the worst performing on the social network in its entirety. The news was announced at today’s London Games Conference. You are not just competing with other video game ads, you …
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Games Growth Summit Announces First Speakers for 6th Annual Event – 4th June
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