Wealthy Washington group launches new revenue model on PC store
Read More »E3 2011: Xbox Live ‘too closed’ for Dust 514
Xbox Live is too closed for the developer of PS3 exclusive Dust 514. Speaking to Eurogamer during an E3 presentation, CCP CTO Halldor Fannar said: Let’s just say that with Sony at least they have policies that allow us to build the game the way we want.” That is one …
Read More »CCP: Xbox Live ‘too strict’ for MMOs
E3 2011: CCP says Microsoft service isnâ??t MMO friendly
Read More »SONY: Dust 514 is free on PS3
Developer CCP has placed a rather big feather in the PS3’s hat by confirming that shooter Dust 514 will be exclusive to Sony’s console. Dust 514 will link players to the real-time goings on of popular PC space MMO EVE Online. The consequences of the battles in the console game …
Read More »Freemium, micropayments and in-app billing explained in new ME report
Self-publishing your mobile game? The Mobile Payments report details your opportunities
Read More »Capcom introduces Smurfs DLC cap
Players of Capcom’s hit iOS title Smurf’s Village will, once having installed the latest update, find that the game has introduced a cap on the game’s micro-transactions. From this point on the game will limit users to five in-game purchases every 15 minutes. PocketGamer reports that the move has been …
Read More »Android in-app purchases locked to Google store
Battle of the Android app stores heats up
Read More »Android to unlock in-app purchase system
Google smartphone devs can soon thrive from free-to-play
Read More »Bigpoint tops 1bn daily transactions
Bigpoint has announced that its network of browser-based games now generates over one billion transactions every day. The publisher is best known for its online titles such as SeaFight and Dark Orbit, as well as an MMO based on Battlestar Galactica, which launched earlier this year. Bigpoint operates 60 different …
Read More »Rovio to launch Angry Birds microtransactions
Rovio Mobile has announced it will launch its own in-app microtransactions system. The service will be named Bad Piggy Bank –after the Angry Birds’ arch enemies, of course – will use mobile carrier billing to let consumers pay for extra content in Rovio apps, such as the Mighty Eagle power-up. …
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