‘The fact that the movie industry hasn't collapsed despite releasing box office numbers gives me faith that the games industry will survive as well,' insists creator Sergey Galyonkin
Read More »PlayStation Plus prices increased in North America
Sony has announced an increase to the subscription prices for PlayStation Plus in both North America and Canada. As of September 22nd an annual subscription to the service will increase from $50 to $60 in the US. A three month membership plans will jump from $18 to $22. Monthly membership …
Read More »No Man’s Sky is the biggest Steam launch of 2016
Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky is doing the business on PC, too. Having shot straight to the top of the UK All Formats physical Top 40, the ambitious space adventure has also enjoyed strong digital sales. We don’t know what the digital PS4 sales numbers look like, but PC Gamer …
Read More »Humble reassures devs over fraud worries: ‘Let us take care of this’
Bundling platform details machine-learning defence system, SMS verification and key cancellation measures utilised in battle against sham purchases
Read More »NPD adds data for digital games to its sales figures
Major publishers including EA, Activision and Ubisoft sign up to service, but platform holders Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo remain untracked for now
Read More »RageSquid backs key reseller criticism: ‘We’d rather players pirated our game’
'Just torrent it instead of putting money in the wrong hands,' says founder Lex Decrauw
Read More »Why you should value your Steam keys and think before you give your game away for free
Kiss CEO Darryl Still explains why you should consider physical and digital SKUs as equal, and reveals the right way to use giveaways
Read More »Rockstar’s PS2 classics on PS4 have been a success
Take-Two has said that Rockstar is currently the top publisher of digital PS2 classics on the PS4 store. The publisher has described its selection of titles as a tremendous success”, citing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Bully in particular. Take-Two’s overall digital revenues grew 36 per cent year-on-year to …
Read More »First-ever online game music and sound design master’s degrees announced
Online music school ThinkSpace Education and University of Chichester partner to offer MAs in Composing for Video Games and Sound Design for Video Games, plus MFA in Game Music and Audio, from this September
Read More »Itch.io launches Early Access rival Refinery
Distribution platform for in-progress titles aims to solve ‘problem’ of Steam’s competing service by offering devs more control over their release
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