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We take a closer look at EA's Firemonkeys studio in Melbourne, born of Firemint and Iron Monkeys' merger.

Activision Blizzard has posted financial results for its recently concluded quarter, revealing digital sales as the publisher’s current torchbearer. The company reached $970m in revenue (GAAP), nearly half of which came from digital sales. Further, Non-GAAP revenue totaled $658m, with digital making up 73 per cent of that total. Activision …

Upcoming film sequel The Expendables 3 and Steam Early Access title Broforce have crossed over to form a new free-to-play title by the name of The Expendabros, publisher Devolver Digital has announced. IGN reports the expand-alone content is currently available to download for free on Steam, but will only be …

State of Decay developer Undead Labs has unveiled its next project, Moonrise – a mobile multiplayer RPG featuring Pokmon-like creatures. A departure from Undead’s previous release, the game has players assuming the role of a Warden in a world where peaceful creatures called Solari have been suddenly transformed into dangerous …

GTA Online and NBA 2K15 continues to do the business for Take-Two, which beat its expectations in Q1 despite not releasing any major titles. The firm saw revenue (GAAP) of $125.4m for the quarter, a decline of 12 per cent compared to the same period in its last financial year. …

2K’s upcoming multiplayer shooter has slipped from October in 2015. The game will launch February 10th 2015 in the US and UK. It’s a surprise because the game was looking pretty impressive at E3, winning numerous show awards. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told MCV the delay was not due to …

Remember Twitch Plays Pokemon? Well, it has just beat 3DS title Pokemon X, meaning that every generation of Nintendo’s series has now been bettered. VentureBeat reports that due to the lack of 3DS emulation, one of the community actually concocted a modified physical 3DS that would recognise and input the …

Nintendo’s quest for an original item to bundle in its Hyrule Warriors: Special Edition has led to the inclusion of a scarf. The turquoise and orange garment carries the Hyrulian crest. Japanese gamers are instead getting an LCD Triforce clock while American gamers are getting one of a selection of …

Amid the hype surrounding Early Access titles like DayZ you might be forgiven for not knowing what Starbound is. It’s a sandbox title being made by London-based Chucklefish and is another in a list of successes on Valve’s Early Access platform. It has sold over 1m copies. It was initially …

Back in 1975, Franz Koch formed a company called Koch International Music in Austria, which specialised in the distribution of German Folk and classical music recordings. Franz is a natural entrepreneur, so expanded his interests into the manufacturing of CDs soon after with Koch Digitaldisc. The company extended its music …