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It has taken over half a year to successfully take SimCity offline, Maxis has claimed. The studio on Monday confirmed plans to finally introduce an offline mode to the game. Much of the reaction to the news in the games press focused on previous claims from the studio that such …

Analytics firm gets capital injection fresh from merger with monetisation company PlayHaven

Project already due out on iOS, Android gets $178k for PC and Windows Tablet port

Publisher Majesco Entertainment has absorbed major revenue drops from both Q4 and full year periods in its fiscal 2013. The company’s latest financial report reveals Q4 2013 revenue reached just $10.1m, down significantly from Q4 2012’s $26.6m. Majesco’s operating loss also rose to $4.5m, versus $3m during the same period …

Former World of Warcraft lead systems designer Greg Street has accepted a lead position at League of Legends developer Riot Games. Polygon reports on Street’s updated LinkedIn profile, which lists his current job as lead game designer at Riot. Street’s Facebook page further reveals that he’s been with Riot since …

Double Fine has decided to forego an Early Access release of its adventure game Broken Age, instead electing to move forward with the Season Pass method for the title. The studio revealed to Kickstarter backers that it has decided to shift the point and click title into a two-act Season …

Publisher issues no fiscal guidance for 2014 due to 'industry turmoil'

Greg Street joins League of Legends studio as lead game designer

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Consumers have become so accustomed to movie-style trailers that marketing online-only games is a big ask. That’s according to a producer at Respawn Entertainment, which has claimed that the game’s focus on 6v6 online-only multiplayer means that there isn’t much in the way of cinematic material from which a ‘traditional’ …