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It’s a tough time in the games industry, as is evidenced by some shocking numbers from the UK High Street. Still, the news is quite different for digital retail, with Minecraft developer Mojang enjoying soaring profits and digital-only release NASCAR flying off the virtual shelves. Here’s a roundup of the …

China branch to work on CryEngine 3 and provide support for free-to-play shooter Warface

Olympics fever was good news for publishers of Olympic-based games, but it wasn’t enough to save the UK games market from its worst performance ever last week. UKIE/Chart-Track data reveals that the total value of the physical UK games market for the week ending July 28th 2012 was 8.40m – …

MMO failed to gain traction amongst marketers and publishers, claims studio

Brazil is one of the most promising markets in South America. With almost 200m people living there, the audience for video games is colossal and growing demand for the latest technologies means that new releases have as much chance for success as back catalogue titles. Smartphones in particular are expected …

Mojang expecting to more than double profits from last year, says studio MD Carl Manneh

Minecraft developer Mojang is on course to make a profit of more than €14m in its second year. The studio made €7.2m last year, and is confident the hugely popular building game will continue to be its main source of revenue, according to MCV Nordic. Last year, more than three …

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Star Trek: Infinite Space, a browser game by German publisher Gameforge, has been scuppered. The free-to-play MMO was announced in 2010 and originally due for release last year. It was to be based on the Deep Space Nine era of the popular sci-fi show. However, the company has failed to …

Dare to be Digital 2012 competitors LazzyBrains talk exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title What a Day!