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Production cancelled on Ashes 2013 after game was pulled from Steam
Read More »Ashes Cricket 2013 cancelled
It’s bad news for cricket fans, 505 Games has cancelled Ashes Cricket 2013. The game was due in the Summer to coincide with the UK tournament but was delayed because, well, the game was broken. The title’s developers, usually quite adept at cricket games, couldn’t get its new engine to …
Read More »Ashes Cricket 2013 pulled from Steam
505 Games’ Ashes Cricket 2013 has been pulled from PC games store Steam. The game, which has been without a release date since its delay in the summer, made a surprise appearance on Steam last week and was finally released on Friday (November 22nd). However, feedback from Steam users has, …
Read More »Ashes Cricket 2013 is out this week, according to Steam
Having been without a release date for the best part of six months, Ashes Cricket 2013 could be out sooner than you expected. With the second Ashes tournament of the year kicking off this weekend, the clock has been ticking on 505 Games’ efforts to get the game out, having …
Read More »UPDATED: 505 Games refutes How To Survive copycat accusations
Recent digital release How To Survive is not a rip-off of indie title Roam, publisher 505 Games has stated. Roam’s lead creator Ryan Sharr took to Kickstarter yesterday to accuse the company of stealing ideas from his top-down zombie shooter. I am not foolish. There are tons of zombie games …
Read More »Updated: Roam dev calls out 505 Games for ‘blatant’ copycat zombie game
But 505 claims its zombie title How to Survive has been under development for two years and points to early development videos that narrowly predate Roam Kickstarter
Read More »80% of Payday 2’s 1.58m sales were digital
The increasing importance of tracking digital sales has been highlighted once again by multiplayer heist shooter Payday 2. Its developer Starbreeze told investors last night, via a note translated by Eurogamer, that its game has to date sold a total of 1.58m copies. Perhaps more interestingly, however, it added that …
Read More »The survival of 505 Games
I don’t think I’ve mentioned Cooking Mama once.” 45 minutes into our interview with Tim Woodley, head of global brand for 505 Games, and indeed he had not mentioned the franchise on which the publisher had made its name. It’s been two years of almost constant change for 505. It …
Read More »505 Games: Lack of boxed SKU is hurting Terraria sales
Publisher 505 Games is releasing digital hit Terraria in a box because it’s missing out on sales. The 2011 PC action construction game was launched on PSN and XBLA via 505 Games this year. It has sold over 2m copies, but now 505 is releasing the game in a box …
Read More »Terraria makes mobile debut with iOS launch
Indie hit Terraria has arrived for iOS, 505 Games has announced. Developed by Codeglue, the debut mobile version or Re-Logic’s 2D exploration title costs $4.99/3.99 and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. The iOS edition packs 75 enemies and all the crafting options of the original PC …
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