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Mobile platformer Leo’s Fortune has made it to the top of both the iPad and iPhone UK charts. This is the game’s first week at No.1 – when it launched last week it made it to No.2. The title was met with critical acclaim when it was released on April …
Read More »WTF is… TotalBiscuit?
There are many ways to measure the influence of John Bain, but recently MCV stumbled across a new one by accident. He was one of the hundred entrants in our Brit List. Bain tweeted out a link to the magazine, which instantly more than doubled our typical readership. And this …
Read More »Defiance to go free-to-play next month
The MMO game based on SyFy TV series Defiance will soon be free-to-play. This change will take effect on June 4th for the PC version and July 15th for the PlayStation 3 edition. There are plans to have the Xbox 360 release make this transition, but a date has not …
Read More »Lionsgate makes move into gaming
Hunger Games film company Lionsgate has announced that it will be opening a game division. This arm of the company will be headed up by Peter Levin, formerly of YouTube and podcasting network Nerdist Industries. He has also served as an executive advisor for Angry Birds firm Rovio. In his …
Read More »Hitman Go and Spider-Man top UK App Store charts
Square Enix’s bald killer made it to the top of the UK iPhone paid chart last week. This is Hitman Go’s first week at No.1 – it debuted last week at No.2 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 leads the way in the iPad paid charts, no doubt helped by the film …
Read More »How Steam Early Access revolutionised publishing
One of the biggest successes at the end of last year and the start of this one was not a triple-A title. It was not polished to a mirror sheen and had not benefitted from a huge marketing push. Rather it was an unfinished zombie game from a studio based …
Read More »Steam removes need for publishers, says DayZ creator
Valve’s Early Access store eliminates the need for a publisher, at least according to DayZ developer Dean Hall. The platform allows studios to sell unfinished games with the aim of funding their full development. Hall feels that consumers are serving the role of a publisher, paying for a title’s development …
Read More »UK retailers tip VR as ‘the next big thing’
The UK High Street is optimistic about the success of virtual reality headsets. The new hardware from Oculus Rift/Facebook and Sony is expected to arrive at the back end of the year or early 2015. And leading buyers and store managers have told MCV that if the price is right, …
Read More »Xbox One rules the month: the March charts
March istypically when big releases coming to stores. This year was no different with EA’s Titanfall and Sony’sInfamous: Second Son hitting shelves. Last month 64.5m was generated from software sales – 8.6 per cent less than last year. 2.1m units were sold in this time, a 19.9 per cent drop …
Read More »Nintendo plans year-long Mario Kart 8 marketing campaign
Nintendo’s marketing campaign for Mario Kart 8 will run until the end of the year, the firm says. It is already underway with a social media programme designed to get gamers nostalgic about classic Mario Kart moments. This will lead into a launch campaign, which includes online and TV activity …
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