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EA, Activision and Ubisoft have nothing to fear from GameStop’s decision to publish a video game, the retailer says. The company last week signed Song of the Deep, a new game from Resistance, Ratchet and Clank and Sunset Overdrive developer Insomniac. It will release the 2D underwater adventure title in …
Read More »Revealed: The best (and worst) paid jobs in UK video games
Marketing, development and sales are by far the best paid sectors in the UK games industry. That’s according to MCV and Develop’s 2016 Salary Survey, which once again shows that UK games workers earn – on average – 29,000 across all markets. Unsurprisingly, publishing is the most profitable market to …
Read More »How did the UK’s PC digital market do in 2015?
In April last year, Russian games veteran Sergey Galvonkin set up Steam Spy. Though not completely accurate, it analyses profile data to better understand how games are selling – and when – on PC download service Steam. Steam Spy has provided MCV with UK figures for between April and the …
Read More »Take-Two beats expectations despite weak release schedule
Take-Two has beaten its revenue and profit expectations and raised its full year projections, despite a thin release slate. The firm generated $486.8 million during its third quarter, a sizeable drop compared with the $954 million the firm made the year before. However, the previous year was bolstered by the …
Read More »ARK: Survival Evolved developers want PlayStation Early Access
Studio Wildcard would love Sony to introduce an Early Access programme for PS4. The team behind hit PC Early Access game ARK: Survival Evolved’s creative boss Jesse Rapxzak told Gamespot: We’re excited about PS4. We wish Sony had an early access program, and a lot of people have been asking …
Read More »Overclockers: We want to bring PC gaming back to the mainstream
One of the UK’s leading retailers of PC gaming hardware is trying to push into the UK High Street via GAME. But with an internet-savvy audience, why bother? We ask marketing and partnership manager Mark Purdy Why work with GAME? GAME made a serious move into the PC market with …
Read More »Nintendo fans can pre-register for smartphone app Miitomo this month
Miitomo – the unusual smartphone app from Nintendo – will launch next month in 17 countries, and fans can pre-register for the game by February 17th. To pre-register, users just need to set up a Nintendo Account. Nintendo will launch its new Rewards Programme – which replaces Club Nintendo – …
Read More »Surprise! PC game boxed sales down, digital up
Sales of boxed PC games in the UK fell by more than 36 per cent, to just over 1m games sold, in 2015. The latest statistics from GfK Entertainment show that a total of just 21.3m was spent on physical PC games last year in Britain – a drop of …
Read More »Opinion: PC game makers should relish High Street interest
‘UK games stores made a major mistake ditching PC games.’ I’ve heard that said a few times, typically by smart PC developers who have made their fortune selling fun, affordable indie games on Steam. The numbers back up their assertion. Depending on which data supplier you believe, between 550m and …
Read More »Xbox One has probably sold around 19m consoles
Electronic Arts says that there are around 55m new-generation games consoles in the market right now. It means that we can work out, roughly, how many Xbox Ones have been sold. Microsoft has decided not to detail the Xbox One install base, but PlayStation has been far more open. Sony …
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