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EA has announced launch week numbers for Madden ’13. The game continues to sell very well, climbing to 1.65m in its first week available. The figure is an eight percent jump on HD platforms, and the best start for the series this console cycle. EA added that daily average user …

Over the past eight months more than $50m has been put toward game campaigns on Kickstarter. A Kickstarter blog post entitled ‘The Year of the Game’ breaks down games meteoric rise on the service since it started in 2009. The numbers count for digital games, as well as board and …

The NPD Group has released its latest monthly report on US retail, showing Darksiders 2 claimed the software crown amidst another month of decline for the market. Total retail spending was down 20 per cent year-over-year, at $515.6m compared to 2011’s $647.2m. Hardware sales were down 39 per cent, bringing …

Office to focus on development for Unreal Engine

Document with power to influence government policy lists nation's games sector as having a gross value of £0

Brian Baglow of Scottishgames.net reacts to a new government report that seems to misrepresent the status of Scotland's games sector

Square Enix president and CEO Yoichi Wada has a visionary plan to cope with the digital transition, should the static games console become irrelevant. Last week, Square Enix unveiled Core Online, a brand new HD games streaming service for browsers. The service has back catalogue titles available free-to-play with a …

Chronicles of Riddick and Syndicate developer Starbreeze Studios has signed a two-game publishing deal with 505 Games. Previously announced titles Payday 2 and P13 (working title) will both release in 2013 under the agreement. The former title is a sequel to Sony Online Entertainment’s Payday: The Heist. The latter is …

Over 300,000 units scheduled for customers worldwide

Art outsourcing production house launches two new art and animation asset collections