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App Store devs routinely claim that Apple’s great games ocean is difficult to be discovered in, yet a GameStop exec believes the PlayStation and Xbox’s digital platforms provide the same difficulties. Chris Petrovic, head of GameStop’s digital business, said that the issue of discoverability cannot be underestimated”. If you start …

Speaking to the audience at last night London Games Conference, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz has warned that upcoming high-profile MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will never produce a profit for either publisher EA or developer BioWare. If you look at Star Wars from EA and BioWare, they estimated a …

In his opening keynote at the London Games Festival last night Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz shrugged off the Facebook goldfish. He warned that although companies are flocking to the social games space, specifically on Facebook, they are missing the point. Facebook games "continue to lose players" he said, saying the …

Assassinâ??s Creed Brotherhood studio buys multiplayer middleware company

A fresh trio of game consoles released in the next few years won’t be enough to stop a seven-year slump in the games market, a leading games analyst has said. Screen Digest chief analyst Ben Keen said the game industry faced structural challenges”, with the UK sales not expected to …

Discoverability issue not unique to Appleâ??s online shop, says GameSpot exec

The modern publishing business was tonight equated to a casino roulette wheel during an enlivening speech by Capcom Europe COO David Reeves. Reeves, once the SCEE boss, was one of an all-star panel at tonight’s London Games Conference at BAFTA. Naturally, he stole the crowd with his inimitable turn of …

As was confirmed yesterday, EA has revealed a brand new free-to-play iteration of its Battlefield franchise. Unlike the existing Battlefield Heroes, which was a third person title with cartoon cel-shaded graphics, this new game sticks more rigidly to the current Battlefield formula. Though expect it to retain Heroes’ premium in-game …

A new survey has suggested the PS3 could be the best-selling console this Christmas. According to a study by online retailer Kelkoo and market research firm GameVision Europe, UK consumers are expected to buy 1.8 million new consoles by Christmas, driven by the launch of PlayStation Move and Kinect for …

Bethesda Softworks parent firm acquires Swedish studio Machinegames, it is said