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Over two million people downloaded the Resident Evil 7 demo within its first week, beating previous PS4 records. That includes Konami’s PT, which was the acclaimed ‘playable teaser’ for the since cancelled Silent Hills project. PT was released in 2014 and was downloaded 1m times in a month – although …
Read More »All new Microsoft Studios games will support Xbox Play Anywhere
Microsoft has confirmed that its Xbox Play Anywhere program will apply to all future titles it publishes. Xbox Play Anywhere was unveiled at E3. Although the exact terms vary by title, in general XPA games will be available on both Xbox and PC and boast cloud-based achievements and game saves …
Read More »Founders of closed Microsoft studio Press Play form Lightbulb
Danish indie shuttered alongside Lionhead working on PC construction title Pioneers
Read More »Key reseller G2A agrees to pay devs auction royalties and introduce anti-fraud measures
Move follows heated criticism from studios including TinyBuild and RageSquid over sale of allegedly illegally-gained codes
Read More »Develop: Brighton Indie Showcase shortlist revealed
Three VR titles and iPad game Twisted Lines join six PC entrants
Read More »G2A accuses TinyBuild of ‘unjustified demands’
The war of words between TinyBuild and G2A.com has significantly intensified, with the retailer rebutting the studio’s recent accusations. TinyBuild this week claimed that it had lost in the region of $450k worth of revenue to keys illicitly sold through the G2A marketplace. Before TinyBuild reached out to G2A, we …
Read More »Indie dev releases single-page PDF as £27 DLC
Andrew Plotkin’s ‘add-on’ for text puzzle adventure Hadean Lands makes players vow they won’t cheat
Read More »ReCore devs detail dynamic symbol-based colourblind mode
‘It's very important to keep [accessibility] in mind and have a solution,’ says Armature game director Mark Pacini
Read More »TinyBuild says G2A’s ‘fraud economy’ has cost it $450k
Indie developer TinyBuild has revealed that it lost nearly half a million dollars in sales for its games to key selling website G2A. Detailing the Punch Club, SpeedRunners and Party Hard creator’s dealings with the grey code marketplace on itsblog, TinyBuild’s Alex Nichiporchik posted figures based on numbers released by …
Read More »Bethesda combats Fallout 4 console mod piracy with mandatory Steam login
PC creators had complained their work was being plagiarised on Xbox One
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