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Microtransactions on consoles accounted for approximately$352m in sales last year, research group Superdata has announced. The firm notes the microtransactions model – typically associated with the mobile market – is rapidly becoming more popular among console gamers. That $352m is strictly tied to small purchases tied to in-game economy, like …
Read More »Free to Play documentary garners 5.5m viewers on opening weekend
Dota 2 documentary Free to Play had over 5.5m viewers over this past weekend, according to Valve. The company revealed the figure in a statement released this week, further claiming the numbers make it one of the largest debuts of any documentary film.” Free to Play – created internally at …
Read More »Ouya ditching free demo requirement, offering up OS for other hardware
The Ouya team has announced a couple of initiatives that it hopes will bring relevance to the struggling console. Eurogamer reports that head of developer relations Kellee Santiago told a GDC audience that Ouya is removing the need for devs to include a free-to-play demo of all titles uploaded to …
Read More »MLG Xbox 360 app hits today
The Xbox 360 version of Major League Gaming’s app is out today in a handful of territories, including the UK and US. Xbox Live Gold subscribers in the UK, US, Canada and Australia should have access to the app at some point in the day, according to the eSports organization. …
Read More »Gameloft nets £161m in profit in 2013
Free-to-play comes good for French mobile firm as sales rise to £195m
Read More »Google Play update allows cross-platform multiplayer with iOS
Owners of Android and iOS devices are now able to compete against one another online. Engadget reports that amongst the new features coming to Android being announced at GDC this week is the ability for developers to implement cross-platform multiplayer between Android and iOS devices via an update to the …
Read More »Kontagent and PlayHaven reboot as Upsight
GDC 2014: Developers can use new platform to track acquisition, engagement and revenue metrics
Read More »App Game Kit goes free during GDC
GDC 2014: Game engine available at no cost until March 21st
Read More »Apple launches cheaper 8GB iPhone 5C
An 8GB version of the supposedly ‘budget’ iPhone 5C is now available. The SKU this morning appeared on Apple and mobile operator websites and is priced at 429 standalone. The existing 16GB (469) and 32GB (549) models are still available. Apple has never published official sales date for the 5C …
Read More »Google Play Games gets cross-platform iOS multiplayer support
GDC 2014: Raft of new features added to Google's games service
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