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Halo: The Master Chief Collection has turned into a black eye for all those involved with the FPS series, according to Halo franchise director Frank O’Connor. In an interview with Xbox Achievements, O’Connor explained the difficulty of developing a product with the complexity of Master Chief Collection. Halo: The Master …
Read More »Digital game revenue to reach $58bn by 2019, according to Juniper
Research firm Juniper projects worldwide digital content revenue will reach $154bn annually by 2019, with gaming expected to represent the largest share of that total. Games Industry has word on a portion of Juniper’s findings from its Digital Content Business Models: OTT & Operator Strategies 2015-2019 report, which shows gaming …
Read More »eSports now a $612m business thanks to emerging western markets – Superdata
New data from Superdata shows that the eSports market currently boasts an audience of 134m, with the business generating $612m. Games Industry points to a new report from the research firm, which points to the accelerated growth of Western markets as a major factor for the market’s continued emergence. North …
Read More »TV DVR support heading to Xbox One this year – report
Xbox One users will be able to DVR television shows later this year, according to a new report. Tech blogger Paul Thurrott originally reported that his sources confirmed Microsoft would offer a replacement for Windows Media Center on Windows 10 that would include a new playback feature. Windows Media Center …
Read More »Bungie files trademark for ‘The Taken King’
Bungie has applied for a trademark relating to something called The Taken King,” according to a US Patent and Trademark Office filing unearthed today. Polygon reports on the discovery, pointing to evidence that the downloadable video games” trademark could be related to Destiny. The logo attached to the filing is …
Read More »Hearthstone hits 30m players
Free-to-play collectible card game Hearthstone has registered 30m players, Blizzard has revealed. The company announced the news via its Twitter account earlier today: "BY THE POWER OF RAGNAROS, 30 million players have joined us by the hearth! Thanks for pulling up a chair!" Blizzard’s statement would seem to debunkYahoo editor …
Read More »Goat Simulator borrows a page from DayZ this week with GoatZ DLC
Goat Simulator is primed to receive a zombie survival game mode with the release of the DayZ-inspired GoatZ DLC later this week. Tongue planted firmly in cheek, developer Coffee Stain Studios boasts that GoatZ is the only survival game on Steam that isn’t in Early Access.” Though the claim isn’t …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: April 26 – May 2
We’ve entered a new month, and Grand Theft Auto V still won’t loosen its grip of the number one spot on Steam’s top ten selling products chart. A hard-charging Star Wars Collection finished in the runner-up position for its debut, while last week’s runner-up Killing Floor slipped slightly to third. …
Read More »Standalone release for The Last of Us ‘Left Behind’ DLC hits next week
The Last of Us DLC release Left Behind will get a standalone digital release on PS3 and PS4, Naughty Dog has announced. A post on the PlayStation Blog by the studio’s community strategist Arne Meyer reveals that the prequel of sorts will launch on its own for $9.99 on both …
Read More »Chip’s Challenge and unreleased sequel land on Steam this month
Chuck Sommerville’s 1989 release Chip’s Challenge is heading to Steam later this month, along with its unreleased sequel. Following nearly two decades of off and on negotiation with the trademark owners, Chip’s Challenge 2 will be released in its original form. When I couldn’t release Chip’s Challenge 2, it hit …
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