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Soomla CEO Yaniv Nizan examines how to balance your in-game economy

Next year’s FIFA World Cup tie-in could be a full game, after EA admitted that its Euro 2012 download didn’t meet expectations. The publisher decided against building a boxed game for last year’s European Championships, and released a downloadable add-on for FIFA 12 instead. But the firm told MCV the …

Talent manager Emma McGonigle tells us more about the tool and game maker

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag won’t just be one of the year’s biggest games, but will also be a best-selling book, says Ubisoft. The firm is readying a tie-in novel to its pirate-themed video game. The Assassin’s Creed books have proven to be a big success, with 1.8m novels sold …

Another Indian studio has found itself in the midst of cloning accusations, only this time, it’s Delhi-based SuperSike Games’ Yet Another Bird Game that appears to have been cloned. Vinyl Games Studio’s upcoming title Circuit Panic bears a striking resemblance to Yet Another Bird Game, featuring an identical core design …

EA vice president Andrew Wilson wants to make it clear to gamers that the company’s digital distribution service Origin is for them, not EA. Speaking to Games Industry, Wilson spoke on the growing pains the service has gone through. "Over the years … there’ve been some permutations of that vision …

Kickstarter will open up its doors to Canada-based companies beginning later this summer. The crowdfunding site announced the news yesterday on its official site – revealing that the Canada-specific portion of the site will go live in the coming months, and opening up sign-ups for updates on the matter as …

Coinciding with the ongoing Wimbledon Championships, Rolocule Games has released its new game, Motion Tennis, a motion-controlled game that uses the iPhone/iPod Touch and Apple TV. Similar to motion controlled tennis games available on Wii or PlayStation Move, Motion Tennis lets you swing your iPhone/iPod Touch to mimic forehand and …

Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 spin-off Blood Dragon has sold over 500k digital copies across PC, PSN and XBLA. CEO Yves Guillemot provided the figure in an interview with Games Industry, though didn’t mention how the units were split among platforms. Guillemot did, however, mention that Far Cry 3 sales were …

Mobile transition means cuts, but company expect to add 200 jobs by year's end