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Former Empire: Total War designer Jan van der Crabben warns free-to-play developers to expect a 70 per cent drop in initial registered users. Crabben, speaking during a keynote at GDC Europe, emphasized that player retention is key for free-to-play titles to find any kind of success. Crabben went on to …

Mobile developer Perblue has revealed staggering financial figures for their free-to-play MMO Parallel Kingdom, also declaring that Android is currently outpacing iOS in nearly every way. Perblue’s CEO Justin Beck spoke at GDC Europe on how his Madison studio of nine staff members started with just $20,000 in savings. In …

Tryst, the upcoming competitive RTS game from Hyderabad-based BlueGiant Interactive, is now up for preorder on Steam. Those who preorder Tryst on Steam will get a 20% discount on the game’s $24.99 price. You can also preorder the Tryst Premium Edition, which includes the game plus all its future DLC …

Crysis 3 tech video demos the engine behind FPS franchise's latest

Brendan Iribe takes charge of virtual reality start-up

Gamescom: PS3 titles Rain, Puppeteer and Until Dawn prove SCE commitment to original titles

Vita may have been about the big brands at Gamescom this week, but PS3 was almost the exact opposite – with Sony announcing even more new IP during its press conference. Joining the already announced new IP of Beyond, Last of Us and Wonderbook were there new games from Sony’s …

Sony looked to answer its critics that said Vita was given short shrift at E3, with a blockbuster Gamescom showing. The platform holder took to unveiling blockbuster IP including Call of Duty, Killzone and Assassin’s Creed, while showing new IP Tearaway. It follows an E3 where Sony was criticised for …

Gamescom: LittleBigPlanet studio developing touch-based 'buddy game' Tearaway

GAME OF THE DAY: This is only the fourth Game of the Day that MCV has published, and it’s the second time a free title has featured. That’s the modern games industry for you. Well, we say free. Day Z, which is still in beta, is indeed free to download. …