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Gift key giveaway intended to solve problem of underactive servers

Latest batch of titles to stress test dev tools and publishing system

Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with Lick Creative. Lick Creative Sector: Creative & Promotional ServicesYear Established:2008Number of employees:42Address:153 – 157 Blackhorse Lane, London, E17 5QZ Key contacts: Daniel.Bacon@lickcreative.comAndi.Ewington@lickcreative.comGavin.Miller@lickcreative.com Website:www.lickcreative.com Email:Daniel.Bacon@lickcreative.comTwitter:@LickCreativeFacebook:Click HereLinkedIn:Click HereYouTube:Click HereVimeo:Click Here As a truly integrated agency, Lick Creative are able …

GAME says it has secured more stock of the Xbox One Day One Edition. The ‘Day One’ version of the console, which features the words ‘day one edition’ and a few little treats to make those that pre-ordered the console feel a bit special, was sold out at GAME from …

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Sony has shrugged off Xbox One’s FIFA 14 giveaway. The platform holder told MCV that it would only need to offer free games at launch if pre-orders were low, and that PS4 demand is currently much higher than expected. Xbox announced at Gamescom that FIFA 14 would be included with …

Deep Silver has announced that Saints Row IV has sold over 1m units in its first week at retail, calling it a smashing commercial success.” Games Industry reports on the launch week milestone for Volition’s latest entry to the series, which was bolstered specifically by a major spike in PC …

Rami Ismail, one half of influential indie developer Vlambeer, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Vlambeer is the team behind the critical and commercial hit Ridiculous Fishing. The studio was also in the news a few months ago when its next game, Luftrausers, was cloned by a …

Valve has approved a stout 100 indie titles for release on Steam through its Greenlight program. The digital distributor explained in a post on its official news feed that the large number of approvals are part of a plan to run a stress-test on its improved and streamlined developer tools. …