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Sometimes games aren’t about multi-million pound budgets and transmedia marketing – sometimes they’re about changing people’s live for the better. Such is the case for Tom Francis. Many of you will know him as a writer for PC Gamer. Some of you will know him as the developer of PC …
Read More »Valve – provider of games to high-income households
Take an average internet user. Then take an internet user whose household income is 50,000 or more. That second user is known as a ‘high income’ user. That’s despite the fact that families making 50,000 in London are PROPER SKINT. But that’s not a debate for these pages. What is …
Read More »Killer Instinct’s limited character roster suited to the modern gamer, MS says
Free-to-play Xbox One fighter Killer Instinct won’t have an expansive character roster. And rightly so, argues Microsoft. "Most fighting games that come out are disc based games where you get a huge cast of awesome characters, but it is a massive cast," Microsoft producer Torin Rettig told Polygon. "Some games …
Read More »Microsoft: Digital world is the future for consoles
Console manufacturer aiming to satisfy publishers, consumers and retailers with Xbox One
Read More »Q1 2013 halts decline of US games market as digital grows 15% to claim majority share
The US video games market has ceased its decline, according to the latest numbers from NPD. Game Informer reports that $3.5bn was spent on game content in Q1 2013. That’s around the same as was reported in Q1 2012. There is a difference, though. The physical games market has declined …
Read More »GAME beats Steam in MCV’s digital store survey
Think Steam is the be all and end all of download games? Think again. In a new study by MCV, UK High Street chain GAME outperformed Valve’s market leading store, commended for its convenience, ease of use and customer service. We conducted a special digital edition of our Mystery Shopper …
Read More »Microsoft: Each Xbox One will contain the power of four machines thanks to the cloud
The Xbox One will technically outstrip the PS4 thanks to the power of the cloud, Microsoft has claimed. The platform holder made lots of noise about its 300,000 server network during last week’s Xbox One reveal, but the claims it has since made are staggering. The headline here is that …
Read More »Green Man Gaming adds Telltale games to its line-up
Customers will from today be able to buy Telltale developed games from digital retailer Green Man Gaming. Telltale’s titles include the hugely successful episodic series The Walking Dead as well as Jurassic Park: The Game, Back to the Future: The Game, Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse. We are delighted …
Read More »Download firms wary of UK digital consumer rights bill
Download retailers have their doubts over a UK bill that will allow consumers to return ‘faulty’ digital content. The bill – revealed in the Queen’s speech opening Parliament last week – says that any product a reasonable person would judge to be faulty must qualify for a refund. This could …
Read More »Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 5 skips physical release
Capcom has confirmed that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies will not be released physically in Europe or North America. Historically it’s been tough to attract long term retail support for Ace Attorney titles,” a rep stated on the Capcom forums. With the release of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney …
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