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Free-to-play model pulls in the punters despite 'vocal minority'

Twitter’s bite-sized video service Vine has become the latest marketing tool available to publishers and game makers. EA has taken to the service to promote the upcoming Battlefield 4 which, as we learn from the short, will be debuted in some form on March 27th. Given Vine’s nature (clips are …

Indies 'must sell endless amounts of games to survive' with standard 69p pricing

BlackBerry 10 is about to debut in Australia, and BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins – a man seemingly exhilarated from the Z10 release – has spoke to theAustralian Financial Reviewto explain that Apple’s time as a dominant force is over. Of course, his comments are ridiculously premature, given that BlackBerry has …

Friday release Gears of War: Judgment will offer an array of XP-boosting in-app-payment options for gamers. Videogamer reports that the entry-level purchase costs 80 Microsoft Points (around 70p) for which gamers receive double XP for ten games. 320 MSP (2.75) buys a 50-match long boost, 560 MSP (4.80) a 100-match …

Riot Games title accrues an extra two million concurrent players in just five months

Middleware maker to show new workflow features, platform support and game lighting tech

Creative Assembly’s community manager Craig Paycock has paid tribute to a cancer victim who will now forever be remembered as a star of upcoming game Total War: Rome 2. Last summer a 24-year-old James visited the studio as part of a Special Day initiative organised by charity Willow Foundation, which …

The publisher of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: Overclocked has expressed its desire to publish predecessor Devil Survivor 2. However, in a candid blog post Ghostlight has admitted that the weakness of the European DS market may prevent the release. That’s not to say it isn’t working on a plan, …

Silicon Studio joins wave of middleware firms offering tech for PS4 development