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A new report says that total Google Play downloads are currently tracking ahead of the Apple App Store in terms of volume. Google Play downloads lead the App Store by 45 per cent in Q1 2014, up from 35 per cent in Q4 2013. However, App Annie’s Q1 2014 Market …

Unity warns shift by Epic and Crytek to subscription models is irreversible

Free-to-play firm still mulling floatation, not worried by King slump

Massive Entertainment’s MD David Polfeldt has heaped praise on publisher Ubisoft for delaying Watch Dogs. "It’s tremendously important for us as a developer studio, to know that the owner and the publisher are ready to take that hit, and [the Watch Dogs delay] was a massive hit. I think their …

Frankfurt studio hires expert from ecommerce sector as its continues its new focus on online games

The new MMO from EverQuest and Vanguard designer Brad McQuaid has run out of money, forcing studio Visionary Realms to slow” development. Pantheon failed in its Kickstarter bid earlier this year, raising just $460,657 of its $800,000 goal. Its developers however began an independent crowdfunding drive via its own website, …

Games that treat players like idiots are Jade Raymond’s biggest bugbear, the Ubisoft developer has said. I don’t like the assumption that all people who play games want big chain saws and women in bikinis,” Raymond told The Grid. It’s like, really? Not all gamers are teenage boys, and even …

Sony taking its developer event outside of the UK, starting with Poland

UK retail sales in March fell by the largest amount in the last 12 months due to the late timing of Easter this year, says the British Retail Consortium. Like-for-like sales dropped by 1.7 per cent year-on-year in March in terms of value, reportsReuters, following a 0.7 per cent rise …

The bond between a fanboy and his or her console can chemically be compared to love. That’s according to Dr David Lewis-Hodgson, director of research at Mindlab International, who has told Kotaku UK that enraged forum commentators are effectively defending a loved one. "It often takes time to develop such …