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While the PS4’s security systems have not yet been cracked, some retailers in South America have found a working method of selling copied games for the machine. UOL Jogos reports, as translated by VG247, that a Brazilian retailer sold the site ten pirated PS4 games for BR300, which is around …
Read More »Nintendo pulls out of Brazil market
High import duties cited as reason for withdrawal
Read More »Nintendo withdraws from Brazilian market
The high taxation on imported video games goods has been blamed for Nintendo’s decision to quit the Brazilian market. Nintendo of America told Polygon that the decision to stop shipping products to Brazil was due to "high import duties that apply to our sector". These fees could be avoided were …
Read More »IGN to launch in France and Brazil in 2015
Localised IGN websites will launch in France and Brazil early next year. The Ziff Davis-owned games brand has teamed up with Webedia Group to launch in the new territories. Webedia owns entertainment websites AlloCine, AdoroCinema and JeauxVideo. IGN now has 23 international versions of its websites in 17 different languages. …
Read More »Emerging market success in three difficult steps
Moonfrog Labs co-founder Oliver Jones looks at how developers can find success in regions such as Brazil, Russia, India and China
Read More »Latin America: A localised tale
Mauro Bossetti, partner and MD for Synthesis Group Iberia & LATAM, offers an insight into the demand for localised games in Latin America
Read More »No domestic Brazilian league teams for FIFA 15
The Campeonato Brasileiro will not feature in EA’s upcoming FIFA 15. The publisher has announced the failure to reach an agreement for the licence for the Brazilian domestic league, although the national team will still feature. Due to some changes in the ways players are licensed in Brazil domestic leagues, …
Read More »Brazil games market slows, other Latin countries on the rise – Superdata
New research from Superdata shows that Brazil’s digital games market has cooled off, while other areas in Central and South America have picked up significantly. The organization’s report states that while Brazil is still considered the crown jewel” of the Latin America games market, countries like Mexico and Argentina are …
Read More »FIFA 14 predicts German victory at Brazil World Cup
Germany will win the 2014 World Cup, if EA’s licensed PS3 and Xbox 360 World Cup game is anything to go by. EA simulated the entire tournament in 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, which saw the Germans topple hosts Brazil 2-1 in extra time in the final. Even more astonishingly, …
Read More »Next-gen FIFA gets free World Cup mode
The FIFA World Cup standalone game may not be coming to PS4, Xbox One or PC but some free Brazil-themed content is on the way to those platforms. The FIFA 14 Ultimate Team: World Cup add-on is for the Ultimate Team mode and takes the card-collecting mechanic and applies it …
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