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GOG.com is opening its new online gaming platform to the public, highlighting its completely ‘optional’ and ‘free’ nature to gamers. GOG Galaxy has been in alpha testing for months, but will be brought into open public beta as of today (May 5th). Among the core factors GOG hopes will attract …
Read More »GamesGrabr launches online store
Video game social network GamesGrabr has teamed up with digital distribution service Sony DADC Genba to sell games. Right now only digital PC titles through Steam are available. Over time GamesGrabr says it has plans to sell games across a variety of platforms and also aims to be selling boxed …
Read More »The Witcher 3 dev rules out platform exclusive content
CD Projekt Red will not offer different exclusive content on different platforms in The Witcher 3. Games such as Watch Dogs have recently come in for criticism for releasing a huge number of SKUs (specifically, ten) with certain content locked away for owners of specific partner platforms. This isn’t a …
Read More »Nintendo unveils NFP Platform for both Wii U and 3DS
A range of Mario-themed figures will use near field communication have been unveiled by Nintendo. Going under the name NFP (NFC Featured Platform or Nintendo Figurine Platform), the range will use a base station peripheral that is compatible with both Wii U and 3DS. It will use infra-red to talk …
Read More »VR needs to sell 1m units to be viable, Ubisoft exec says
Virtual reality hardware will need to hit the seven figure sales milestone before it becomes a realistic proposition for triple-A publishers. That’s according to Ubisoft’s VP of creative Lionel Raynaud, who as reported by GameSpot told a GDC roundtable that "VR would need to sell at least 1 million units …
Read More »The Last Guardian still "absolutely in the mix"
Sony Studios’ Scott Rohde has given the strongest hint yet that The Last Guardian very much lives on. We’re not going to announce what platform it’s coming on, who’s working on it or who’s involved,” he told IGN. But that is still a title that’s absolutely in the mix at …
Read More »‘Twitch could become a games platform in its own right’
Streaming specialist Twitch says it could become a new platform for games developers following the incredible reaction to ‘Twitch Plays Pokmon’. The social experiment has seen tens of millions of gamers tune into Twitch to play a single game of Pokmon Red. To play, users simply enter the command they …
Read More »Mutant Mudds finds most success on Nintendo platforms
Developer Renegade Kid has revealed a surprising statistic about its action platformer Mutant Mudds Deluxe. The game, which is available on 3DS, Wii U, PSN and Steam has enjoyed its strongest sales on Nintendo’s machines. NintendoEverything reports that the Wii U sales better the combined sales of both PSN and …
Read More »Nintendo plans to break away from gaming; Wii U price cut "not an option"; Smartphone service revealed
You’ve likely read dozens of different editorials this past month predicting what the future might bring for Nintendo. Some said it must expand onto smartphones. Others insisted that new IP is the key. Or that a Wii U price cut is essential. A few even still believe that the problem …
Read More »Mail.Ru Games offers new developer platform
Developers offered API and tools support to launch games on Russian portal
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