Electronic Arts has added another company to the list of rival publishers selling its games through EA’s Origin download service. Capcom’s Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition and Dead Rising 2: Off The Record are now available to but through Origin, according to Capcom Unity. The games are priced at …
Read More ȣ1.8m boost turns Newcastle studio into digital publisher
Ferrari Challenge developer Eutechnyx will start publishing games after securing 1.8m in Government funding. The Gateshead-based company has received investment of around 10m altogether. The funding will be used primarily for Eutechnyx to publish their own games including free-to-play online racer and car community Auto Club Revolution. Additionally, the firm …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 development already underway
Developer Polyphony Digital has confirmed it is already hard at work on the next instalment in the Gran Turismo series. "Of course we’re working on GT6 already," studio boss Kazunori Yamauchi told IGN, backing up previous claims. When asked how he decides what content to release as GT5 DLC and …
Read More »Sega: Digital could overtake retail by 2015
Sega’s UK and digital boss John Clark predicts that the digital games market will match or even surpass boxed games in terms of revenue by 2015. Speaking at London Games Conference today, Clark says that although we are seeing a shift from the packaged goods business to digital business, digital …
Read More »GoG.com: ‘DRM harms sales’
Digital rights management fails to prevent illegal game sales, says digital download firm Good Old Games. Speaking at the 2011 London Games Conference, GoG.com’s MD Guillaume Rambourg said: DRM does not protect your product, I should think it will harm your sales in the long run. DRM does not protect …
Read More »‘Digital revolution will help, not hinder retail’
LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE 2011: Growth for the industry can only be good for retail, GameStop boss says
Read More »GameStop: Digital sales will hit $35bn by 2014
Global retail giant GameStop predicts the digital games market will hit $35bn by 2014. The firm says the current value is around $20bn, so will grow by 75 per cent over the next two years. It also expects points card sales to double by 2014, rising by 110 per cent. …
Read More »New digital games publisher emerges
Industry veteran Charlie Barrett has formed a new company that aims to break into digital distribution. Digital Game Factory is a new publisher that focuses on downloadable titles. It works with indie developers looking for a route into the market and publishers that have yet to set up their own …
Read More »Digital games market to reach $50bn in five years
The global digital games market will more than double over the next five years to $53 billion, a research company has claimed. In the report, business analysts Ovum said revenues will grow at an annual rate of 17 per cent from $24 billion at the end of 2011. It also …
Read More »Digital ‘will be worth $50 billion by 2016’
Mobile gaming to triple in value to more than $17.5 billion, says Analyst firm
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