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Epic Games has made Unreal Engine 4 free for anyone to download and use. Epic announced the news earlier this week in a post on the official Unreal Engine blog. The $19/month subscription service the company debuted last year is no more, and former subscribers will receive a $30 credit …
Read More »One in five eSports fans would pay $200 for event tickets – Eventbrite survey
Live event marketplace Eventbrite has released the results of a recently conducted eSports event survey that includes a few notable findings for the industry to take note of. Gamasutra reports on the survey, which polled 1,500 individuals who attended eSports-related events with tickets purchased on Eventbrite. In terms of ticket …
Read More »Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 hits Xbox One this month
Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 will arrive on Xbox One later this month, Halfbrick has announced. The sequel, developed by Hibernum Creations, is scheduled to launch worldwide for Microsoft’s latest console on March 18th – the original Fruit Ninja Kinect was released for Xbox 360 back in 2011. The game packs …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 22-28
Gearbox’s Homeworld Remastered Collection has grabbed the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The release beat out Dragon Ball Xenoverse, which settled for runner-up ahead of Grand Theft Auto V (pre-orders), H1Z1 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive. Last week’s winner, Total War: Attila, fell to sxith. Pre-orders …
Read More »Payday 2: Crimewave Edition heading to PS4 and Xbox One in June
An upgraded edition of Payday 2 is heading to Playstation 4 and Xbox One this June, publisher 505 Games has announced. Previously dubbed Payday 2: Crimewave Edition, the new-gen release boasts 1080p resolution and improvements to frame rate. The release also includes what developer Overkill describes as a year’s worth …
Read More »Dota 2 surpasses 40m players, user activity on the rise – EEDAR
Dota 2 has seen its community swell past 40m players worldwide this month, but perhaps even more impressive is the level of user engagement Valve’s free-to-play MOBA has maintained throughout its rise. Games Industry reports on new findings from EEDAR, indicating that Dota 2 has been one of the main …
Read More »OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood lands on PS4 and Vita next week
OlliOlli 2 will launch on PS4 and PS Vita next week in North America and Europe. The PS edition of Roll7’s skateboarding sequel hits North America on March 3rd and Europe on March 4th. Publisher Curve Digital has also revealed in a related announcement, that the original OlliOlli will release …
Read More »January’s top US digital console games generated majority of revenue on PlayStation
New data collected by research firm Superdata claims PlayStation hardware is generating significantly more digital revenue than Xbox in the US. Superdata’s research, which pulls data from 37m paying online gamers" and focuses on the performance of the top ten digital console games of last month, shows 63 per cent …
Read More »Final Fantasy: Record Keeper heading to North America this spring
Free-to-play mobile release Final Fantasy: Record Keeper is heading to North America this spring, Square Enix and DeNA have announced. The game has players customizing pixelated versions of Final Fantasy characters such as Cloud and Lightning with "iconic gear, powerful spells, summons and hundreds of weapons to choose from.” Those …
Read More »Updated Humble Widget allows devs to offer browser-based demos
Humble Bundle has launched the latest version of its Humble Widget sales tool, with a new feature that allows developers to offer playable browser-based demos of games. Along with the in-browser demo option, the update also introduces new payment methods and more customization options. The release follows Humble’s partnership with …
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