Q4 has now officially launched with the release of FIFA’s new entry, which once again debuted at No.1 to impressive sales. Two days on shelves were enough for EA’s FIFA 18 to take the top spot by a wide margin. Sales may be down 25 per cent compared to Week …
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[Event news] Games Industry Specialist Stevie Ward Announced as Host for the Women in Games Awards
The MCV/Develop Women in Games Awards is thrilled to announce that games industry specialist and voi…
[Industry news] Acclaim Inc. and Antstream Partner
Acclaim Inc. and Antstream today announced that Ground Zero Hero, Acclaim Inc.'s brand-new modern re…
[Industry news] Mooncolony Brings in 10th Anniversary with Brand New Online Festival: MoonFest
Premium game art production studio Mooncolony turns ten years old on the 1st of September, and to ce…
[Event News] VIVA! Games Marketing Returns This November with a Day of Unfiltered Industry Insight
VIVA! Games Marketing is back this November, bringing together some of the games industry's leading …
[Industry News] 80% of Western game developers plan to launch title in China
New independent research commissioned by Rokky, the PC game distribution platform delivering publish…
TIGA and ITN join forces to produce a second current affairs programme on the games industry
The second series, called 'The Next Level' will be launching in November and look at how the UK is an industry leader in games development
Read More »Sony reveals PlayStation credit card for the US
Sony has announced a brand-new PlayStation credit card for the US that lets gamers earn points on their everyday purchases and PlayStation Store items. Revealed in partnership with Capital One, the Visa card comes with a number of benefits, including a $50 PlayStation Store code after the first purchase, pre-sale …
Read More »PlayStation VR is getting a minor hardware update
The US PlayStation blog confirms the update but it might not be the improvement users were expecting.
Read More »Yves Guillemot: State of the UBIon
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot wants to disrupt the games industry at every turn. Financial gain is an important goal, sure, but it’s the creative freedom and experimentation that interests him more. Jem Alexander finds out how a diverse, free environment makes Ubisoft one of the most creative developers on the planet
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Read More »Play Expo Manchester 2017 unveils biggest indie zone ever
Play Expo Manchester has revealed that this year’s event will have the biggest roster of indie games the event has ever seen. Taking place between October 14th and 15th at Manchester’s Event City, event organiser Replay Events will be hosting upcoming titles such as Hyper Sentinel by Huey Games and …
Read More »Yooka-Laylee dev confirms Unity issues are to blame for Switch release date delay
Earlier this week there were reports that Unity issues were delaying the release of the Switch version of Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee. To help clarify the situation, the developer has now issued a statement explaining its continued delay. The team are "very nearly there," according to a new blog post, but they …
Read More »Rebellion: Building and testing an in-house cross-platform triple-A game engine
Mike Healey from Rebellion talks us through how the independent developer keeps its technology the best it can be
Read More »Pokemon Gold/Silver hits No.1 in Japan
Pokemon reigned supreme at the top of the Japanese charts last week, with the download card version of Pokemon Gold and Silver taking the top spot and Pokken Tournament DX taking No.2, giving Nintendo titles four spots in the Top Ten for the week ending September 24th. The download card …
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[Industry news] ZBD Launches Complete Payments Stack Built for Games
ZBD, the money layer for games, today introduces a full platform of embedded financial infrastructure that powers the money lifecycle in games: money in, money through, and money out. The pioneering technology enables money to flow into games, move through them as users earn and transact, and be paid out to players and creators in exchange for the value they create, equipping ZBD to cater fully to PC and console titles following its extensive success in mobile games.
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