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The European Commission has announced it will be launching an investigation into the bilateral agreements concluded between Valve and five PC game publishers over a suspected breach in EU antitrust rules. The Commission says it wants to investigate whether these companies are preventing consumers from purchasing digital content due to …
Read More »Potential Final Fantasy 15 PC release could feature exclusive mods and user-generated quests, says Tabata
Hajime Tabata has once again expressed great interest in potentially bringing Final Fantasy XV to PC. Speaking to Famitsu (as translated by Gematsu), Tabata said he was keen to bring the game to PC so he could introduce PC-exclusive content such as mods and user-generated quests. I’d like to release …
Read More »Hutch raises $5.5m of investment to help strengthen its mobile ambitions
British free-to-play mobile studio Hutch has raised $5.5m of investment, the company confirmed today. The investment was co-led by Index Ventures and Backed VC and comes just after the release of Hutch’s licensed Mattel title, Hot Wheels: Race Off. Since it launched last Christmas, Hot Wheels: Race Off has attracted …
Read More »Blazing Griffin secures £5m in funding to support further studio growth
Scottish digital entertainment group Blazing Griffin has just completed its Series A round of venture capital financing, the company announced today, raising a total of 5m led by private investors and matched by the Scottish Investment Bank. Blazing Griffin says the funds will be used to help support its continued …
Read More »Crytek announces further redundancies at Frankfurt HQ
UPDATED: After confirming a number of studio closures at the end of last year, Crytek has now confirmed that it will also be scaling down its Frankfurt office, resulting in a further 15 employees being let go. In a pre-prepared statement, Crytek said the changes will also affect the publishing …
Read More »ZeniMax acquires Doom SnapMap team Escalation Studios
Bethesda Softworks’ parent company ZeniMax Media has announced it’s acquired Escalation Studios, the team responsible for 2016’s Doom SnapMap editor. The Dallas-based studio was founded in 2007 by industry veterans Tom Mustaine and Marc Tardif, and has since been involved with the creation of Disney Infinity’s Toy Box for mobile …
Read More »Jagex brings RuneScape to Amazon Echo
Jagex has announced it’s bringing the RuneScape series to Amazon’s Alexa Engine. Entitled RuneScape Quests: One Piercing Note, Jagex describes the exclusive audio-based adaptation of the studio’s flagship MMORPG as an interactive murder mystery audio adventure game that lets players progress through the story via voice commands. The title has …
Read More »Pokemon Go is the fastest app to reach $1bn gross revenue
Pokmon Go has become the fastest app to surpass $1bn in worldwide gross revenue, according to a new report from data analyst Sensor Tower. After just seven months on the market, Niantic’s mobile mega hit continues to show up its rivals, earning almost double the revenue of rival title Clash …
Read More »New Xbox One controller colours announced
Microsoft has announced two new Xbox One controller designs. The Ocean Shadow Special Edition and the Winter Forces Special Edition will come to retailers worldwide next month, and will retail at 59.99 each. The Winter Forces Special Edition is launching on February 16th and has a light and dark grey …
Read More »Capcom’s digital sales increased 21.1% in 2016 to 6.1m units
Capcom has released its latest financial report for the nine months ending December 2016, but while net sales and operating income have both fallen for the company year-on-year, accelerated digital sales and higher sales of flagship software titles have given Capcom’s consumer business its first market expansion in four years. …
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