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John Broomhall talks with composer ace Gareth Coker about the iconic Abbey Road Studios and how scoring ARK: Survival Evolved became a unique production process
Read More »Heard About – Scoring Ark: Survival Evolved
DLC and Microtransations to be responsible for over half of digital console revenue in 2017
Data analysts SuperData believe that over 50 per cent of all revenue from the digital storefronts on console this year
Read More »Craig Fletcher, Multiplay’s founder, on how the company is upping its GAME
Craig Fletcher is a UK esports veteran, having clocked up 20 years in the industry. He is now working for GAME as ‘Multiplay founder & SVP esports and competitive gaming strategy at GAME’ – phew. Multiplay’s impact on GAME has been obvious, with the company expanding rapidly into competitive gaming …
Read More »Formula E-sports: Milestone on the future of its MotoGP esports championship
With its new MotoGP esports championship underway, Katharine Byrne talks to Milestone’s marketing manager Andrea Loiudice about the future of real world esports. Why turn the MotoGP series into an esports championship now? It’s something that’s been discussed for months with [MotoGP owner] Dorna, and in the end we agreed …
Read More »Xbox hardware revenue down 29% after fall in Q4 sales
Microsoft has released its Q4 earnings report for FY17, and its gaming revenue has increased three per cent year-on-year to hit $1.6bn, driven largely by Xbox software sales and services. This figure may well have been higher, however, were it not partly offset by a decline in Xbox hardware revenue. …
Read More »New 2DS XL tops Japan’s hardware charts after 30% fall in Switch sales
Nintendo’s New 2DS XL sold over 36,000 units in its first week on sale in Japan, making it the best-selling piece of hardware in last week’s charts, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. Sales were bolstered by the release of Hey! Pikmin, which debuted at No.2 with over 79,000 …
Read More »Gfinity partner with ELEVEN SPORTS to bring Elite Series to TV in the U.S and other international markets
Gfinity has partnered with ELEVEN SPORTS to broadcast The Elite Series in the USA and seven other major international markets. This will include live competitive streams of competition at the Elite Series, across the three games being featured: Street Fighter V, Rocket League and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. All matches are …
Read More »Haggar, Spider-Man, Frank West and the Nemesis confirmed for MvC:I at SDCC
Four new characters were confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite last night at an SDCC panel. Final Fight’s Haggar, the professional wrestler turned Metro City Mayor, will be showing that he’s still the mayor of pain, while Dead Rising’s Frank West has a series of unique mechanics, levelling up during …
Read More »Award winning composer Russell Brower leaves Blizzard
Facebook post says a "sound de-centralization' inititative has made his position redundant
Read More »Over 50% of global digital console revenue to come from DLC and microtransactions in 2017 – SuperData
As publishers shift to a games-as-a-service business model, additional content should have a growing importance in digital console revenue in 2017, SuperData reports. The data firm expects worldwide digital console revenue to reach $7.8bn (6bn) in 2017, with $4bn (3.1bn) coming from additional content such as as DLC and microtransactions. …
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