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Konami producer Tak Fujii has announced his exit from the company. Fujii departs following nearly two decades with the firm, having begun his career at Konami working in audio and localization. It’s been great 20 years of creation. Thanks for all who supported, loved my titles. Farewell and may the …
Read More »Mega Man Zero re-release on Wii U highlights ‘Mega Manniversary’ sale
Game Boy Advance release Mega Man Zero has arrived on the Wii U Virtual Console, with all currently available 3DS and Wii U Mega Man eShop titles on sale for Mega Man’s 27th anniversary. Mega Man Zero is available now on the Wii U eShop for $7.99. The game stars …
Read More »Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 revealed for PC, PS4 and Xbox One
CI Games has announced its hard at work developing Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 for Windows PC and new generation consoles. Don’t expect to see it anytime soon however, as the game currently carries a release window of 2016. "The Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise is one of the most popular in …
Read More »Humble Bundle raises $50m for charity, developers gross $100m
Humble Bundle has announced that its digital distribution platform has raised more than $50m for charities, while participating developers have grossed more than $100m between Humble’s bundle and storefront promos. In an interview with Joystiq, Humble co-founder John Graham explained how the focus on charity has been infused in the …
Read More »Trine Enchanted Edition hits PS4 this month
The visually-enchanced Enchanted Edition of indie puzzle platformer hit Trine will land on PlayStation 4 this month, developer Frozenbyte has announced. According to a post by Frozenbyte’s Kai Tuovinen on the PlayStation Blog, the PS4 version launches tomorrow (December 17th) in Europe, and December 23rd in North America. The game’s …
Read More »Valve removes Hatred from Greenlight
Valve has pulled Destructive Creation’s controversial title Hatred from Steam’s Greenlight pages, expressing concern that it doesn’t fit the company’s publishing standards. The game was pulled earlier today, just a few hours after it launched on the Greenlight service. A post from Destructive Creations shares a portion of the message …
Read More »Sega hires veteran TV producer
Sega has hired veteran television executive Evan Cholfin to lead its joint venture Stories International in development of the publisher’s IP portfolio. Variety reports Cholfin has been appointed the venture’s head of development and production, following a three-year stint as an executive at Break Media. "With his impeccable taste and …
Read More »Popular messaging app Viber expands into games
Voice, video and messaging service Viber has launched its own mobile games client, Viber Games. Viber Games has already launched in Belarus, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore and the Ukraine. A staggered global rollout is planned over the coming months. Viber’s messaging service boasted more than 100m monthly active users at the …
Read More »US digital revenue up in November thanks to Black Friday
November digital games sales surpassed $1bn in November, according to new research from Superdata. Games Industry reports the total for the period is a year-on-year increase of 23 per cent, and Superdata points to a spike in digital deals during Black Monday and Cyber Monday as a major driving force. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 7-13
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is back on top of Steam’s weekly top ten sellers list, beating out Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for first on the chart. Dungeon Defenders II, Far Cry 4 and Metro Redux round out the top five, while chart regular DayZ finished right behind in …
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