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For many, the first word that comes to mind when discussing digital games is Steam. The Valve-owned digital distribution platform celebrates its tenth anniversary this year having opened its virtual doors back in September 2003. Since then, the success of the service has skyrocketed. Its most recent figures reveal there …

It may already be sold out at most stores but Sony is still spending more money than ever has on promoting the PlayStation 4. The blockbuster marketing campaign includes a multi-million pound in-store PlayStation rebrand. Alongside the usual TV, cinema, outdoor, print and digital advertising, Sony has partnered up with …

We’re just a week away from this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference, so here’s everything you need to know about this year’s event in one place. Dates:15th and 16th November, 2013 Venue:JW Marriott Hotel, Pune (location details) Official website, social media:Website,Facebook,Twitter Event app:Android Registration:Fee – Rs 3,000. Online registrations are …

A SteamOS version of Total War: Rome II will launch early next year, developer The Creative Assembly has announced. The studio’s brand manager Rob Bartholomew revealed the news on Steam’s community site, adding that the game will support the recently revealed Steam Controller as soon as it can. "We’ve always …

The planned second and third games for Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock have been cancelled, the BBC has revealed. Speaking with Polygon, BBC’s vice president of digital entertainment and games Paul Joffe confirmed that the trilogy has been cut short and the original three-game agreement with developer Supermassive Games has …

Disney Interactive has revealed its Q4 2013 results, reporting a year-over-year revenue increase of 107 per cent thanks to Disney Infinity. Interactive brought in $396m for the quarter, up $205m from the $191m earned in the fourth quarter of 2012. The company’s Japanese mobile business also contributed to the division’s …

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Influential media exec Rich Keen has been named head of product marketing at PlayStation UK. Keen was international publishing director at Ziff Davis, the owner of video games media giant IGN and men’s lifestyle specialist AskMen. He leaves IGN after six years and will replace Mark Bowles, who left PlayStation …

Nintendo is backing its biggest Wii U game of the year with a major TV advertising campaign. Super Mario 3D World launches on November 29th, and will be backed by advertising aimed at kids, families and girls. Nintendo will be using the TV ads to push the hardware, which has …