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Users of Valve’s modding storefront Steam Workshop have made a total of $57m between them since it went live in 2011. The income has been spread across 1,500+ creators, who themselves stem from 75 countires. Valve has also announced that curated Workshops will no longer be limited to first party …
Read More »Twitch hits 100m monthly viewers in 2014
Streaming video service Twitch continues to boom, with monthly viewer numbers reaching 100m in 2014. All of which came from 1.5 unique broadcasters. Those numbers are up from 45m monthlies and 90k broadcasters in 2013. Viewers throughout 2014 watched 16bn minutes of footage, with a peak of 1m concurrent viewers …
Read More »Warner announces LEGO Jurassic World and Marvel’s Avengers
Two of May’s biggest films are getting the LEGO game treatment. Warner Bros has announced both LEGO Jurassic World and LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, which will tie in with the release of Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Jurassic Park title will follow the plot of not only the …
Read More »Resident Evil 7 will ‘blow our minds’
The producer of Revelations 2 has said he is confident that the team working on Resident Evil 7 will produce something good enough to dispel the nightmares of Resident Evil 6. "Unfortunately we work on Revelations and that’s kind of it. We don’t really have a window into whatever else …
Read More »New Lumines on the way to iOS after Q Entertainment sells rights
The Lumines series has swapped ownership and is on track for a new entry on iOS. Gematsu reports that Mobcast and Enhance Games have acquired both the Lumines and Meteos properties from previous owner Q Entertainment. Enhance is owned by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, formerly of Q Entertainment and the creator of …
Read More »‘Free-to-start’ could be free-to-play’s way into the console market, EA boss says
Free-to-play may still be finding its feet in the console market, but EA has identified what it thinks may be a potential avenue for the business model. Speaking to investors yesterday EA CEO Andrew Wilson said, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, that games must inevitably follow the lead set out …
Read More »Apple posts biggest quarterly profit ever for a public company
11.9bn – that’s how much profit Apple made in its last quarter, representing the highest ever number for a publicly traded company. The record was previously held by ExxonMobil, which in Q2 2012 posted a profit of $15.9bn. The colossal success stems from the success of the iPhone 6, which …
Read More »Nintendo Creators Program wants to recruit YouTubers with new ad sharing offer
Wii U and 3DS platform holder Nintendo is taking another step toward repairing relations with video creators by launching a new ad revenue sharing video model. The Nintendo Creators Program offers users a 60 per cent share on ad revenue form any videos using footage from a Nintendo title. Those …
Read More »Fahrenheit Remastered for PC listed by retail
Quantic Dream’s 2005 title Fahrenheit appears to be in line for a re-release. As spotted by NeoGaf, Amazon.com has a listing for the game on PC going by the name Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered (the original went by the name Indigo Prophecy in the US). The listing is only for …
Read More »Apple now offers iTunes refunds in Europe
Consumers can now get a refund on any digital purchase made from Apple, no questions asked. Apple last month quietly altered its European iTunes terms and conditions to allow for the return of any digital purchase from iTunes or the App Store within 14 days of purchase. Until now all …
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