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Once upon a time, the traditional media was the gatekeeper for information about video games. Now consumers have thousands of places where they can get their news from, such as Twitter or direct-to-consumer publisher blogs. Last year Kotaku changed its editorial policy to focus on post-release coverage. Rather than chasing …
Read More »Why are some of the games media’s biggest names turning to Patreon?
In the first week of 2015, IGN veterans Greg Miller and Colin Moriarty left the gaming site. For some time the duo – along with producers Tim Gettys and Nick Scarpino – had been working on their side project, Kinda Funny. It was essentially the four of them talking to …
Read More »A4T lands Batman licensing deal
Accessories firm A4T has partnered up with Warner Bros to produce peripherals and merchandise based on the upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight. So far the company has a headset in the works, along with storage and charging accessories. Arkham Knight launches on June 2nd for PS4, Xbox One and PC. It …
Read More »Recruiter Hot Seat: Creative Assembly
Creative Assembly’s Sophie Malik on how to land a job at studios like the Total War and Alien: Isolation dev
Read More »Find out how much the UK games market made in 2014 in this week’s MCV
MCV has once again worked out how much the UK games market is worth. Last year it rose 13 per cent fo 3.94bn. We break down the numbers, and show where the biggest areas of growth were. We also speak to Capcom’s UK team about its plans for a comeback …
Read More »Resident Evil HD re-release is the fastest selling game on PSN
The recent re-release of Capcom’s classic survival horror title Resident Evil has become the fastest-selling digital title in the PlayStation Store’s history The game, which launched on January 20th, broke the record for day one sales of a digital title on PSN in Europe and North America. Resident Evil HD …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto tops boxed charts in quiet January
January is generally a quiet month for games, and this year it was no different. 3.5 per cent fewer units were sold this year – only 2m games – with 58m being generated from software sales. This is 4.5 per cent more revenue than last year. The rise in revenue …
Read More »Plain sailing for Yacht Club Games
In 2014 a retro-themed NES-style platformer launched onto Wii U, 3DS and PC. The game was called Shovel Knight, a title funded via Kickstarter and made by a team of veterans of California-based developer WayForward Technologies. The first time they all worked together was on old-school fighting game Double Dragon …
Read More »Minecraft fan fiction is HMV best-seller
HMV has started selling a range of Minecraft fan fiction. The Battle for the Nether and Invasion of the Overworld from the Gameknight999 Adventureseries by Mark Cheverton were first stocked by the retailer in October after they were published in September. And they were amongst the Minecraft products that helped …
Read More »Indie retailer Hitari unveils new tech site
Online games store Hitari has opened a new brand called Hitari Technology. The site – HitariTech.co.uk – is dedicated to PC components, software, tablets, and launches with a catalogue of 62,000 products. The firm aims to be stocking 1m items within twelve months, and will continue to sign up new …
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