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75 per cent of PC download stores won’t make enough money to justify support from publishers, Gamefly says. The US retail rental firm, which acquired Direct2Drive 12 months ago, opened its .co.uk site earlier this year. And co-founder Sean Spector believes the rush to open rivals to Steam has ended. …
Read More »GameStop expands PC offer
US retail giant GameStop has announced a fresh push into the digital PC space. As of yesterday the retailer claims to have upwards of 1,500 PC titles available at each of its 4,400 US stores. They are sold in the form of codes that can be redeemed against a PC …
Read More »Gamescom 2012: More space for mobile and online
Expo organisers debut new 'Mobile Games World' space, and devote increased capacity to online
Read More »Splash Damage founders launch digital publishing arm
The founders of UK developer Splash Damage have launched a new publishing operation named WarChest, that will focus on releasing free, digitally distributed games. Gamers are well served by high-end console games, but sometimes over-charged by mid-tier titles, or under-served by low-quality free-to-play games that unfairly exploit the player.” said …
Read More »Splash Damage founders launch WarChest publishing outfit
New operation to publish free digitally distributed games across multiple platforms
Read More »Doctor Who to get limited physical release on PS3
The first ever outing for Doctor Who on the PS3 WILL now get a limited physical release. When the game was announced it was claimed that it would be downloadable over PSN only, with a PC release to follow at a later. However, Amazon is now listing the game for …
Read More »Activision vets raise $5m for new digital studio
U4ia working on first-person social game to work 'synchronously' across PC, Mac and mobile
Read More »INTERVIEW: Chris Early, Ubisoft
Publishers are honing their digital strategy as downloads become more popular.MCV speaks to Ubisoft’s digital VP Chris Early about what the worldsof retail and downloads can learn from each other… Does digital need traditional retail brands like Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty and FIFA to grow? Digital’s biggest challenge is …
Read More »Sony launching new networking device
A new content streaming device called Nasne is on the way from Sony. The small black box comes with 500GB of internal storage and, in Japan at least, both digital and satellite tuners. It will offer streaming and storage interoperability with other Sony devices such as PS3, PlayStation Vita, VAIO …
Read More »Gravity Rush WILL get boxed release in Europe
Space-shifting action title Gravity Rush will now be released as both a boxed and digital title in Europe, MCV understands. Sony had previously stated that it would only be available in Europe via the PlayStation Network. The reason for the decision is unknown, though it is likely linked to the …
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