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Switch digital file sizes highlight need for external storage
New information puts biggest single release at 32GB, more than all available internal storage
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Horizon Zero Dawn: Critical Consensus
Guerrilla Games employs some familiar open-world tropes, but its visually spectacular new IP has emerged as an early contender for game of the year
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Terraria passes 20 million sales
Re-Logic's five-year old hit has built success across ten platforms, selling 8.5m units in the last 18 months alone
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PewDiePie dropped by Maker & YouTube ad platform over antisemitic content
Update: PewDiePie calls out "old school media" for attempt to "decrease my influence and my economic worth"
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Fig opens $500k "Finishing Fund" for successful campaigns
CEO Justin Bailey cites Steam Direct fee as a key use of $20,000+ contribution for devs with 1000 or more backers
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Keywords Studios buys animation firm Spov for £1.2 million
Seventh acquisition in 12 months, with just over €20 million spent
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Dead by Daylight boosts Starbreeze revenue
Behaviour's horror title inspired 58% full year rise, Payday 3 in production as IP sales show decline
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NetEase game revenue topped $4 billion in 2016
Blizzard's Overwatch sold 5 million units, Chinese publisher says, setting a new record for "buy-to-play" in mainland China
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Forza Horizon 3 has sold 2.5 million
Playground Games' racer nudges the Forza IP past $1 billion in lifetime revenue
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Nazara will invest $20 million in eSports for India
Five year plan will be the "first project of its genre and scale" in the country
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"By keeping it small I have the chance to be more hit-and-run"
Despite the success of Reigns, Nerial's Francois Alliot will respond to a fickle premium mobile market by keeping things tight
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Conan Exiles points to brighter future for Funcom
Survival game has recouped idev costs to date after selling 320,000 in its first week on Early Access
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Valve is making three "full" VR games - and not a moment too soon
VR's strength may be flexibility, but Valve's reputation and skill can boost the games market like no other developer
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Nexon's profits tumble on Gloops impairment
Full-year report shows 63% decline, but Korean publisher looks to Titanfall Online and LawBreakers in 2017
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Does VR need a Killer App?
At Casual Connect today, Valve's Chet Faliszek argued that, like the App Store, VR will succeed on flexibility rather than franchises
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Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider boost game revenues for Square Enix
Nine month sales up 30% year-on-year, unit sales in US and Europe double to pass 20 million
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Splash Damage buys Dirty Bomb publishing rights from Nexon
Two year partnership comes to an end, Splash Damage now in control of "marketing, servers, anti-cheat - the lot"
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Telltale Games has hired Leah Hoyer as VP of creative
Hoyer was formerly director of narrative design at Microsoft and head of narrative at ArenaNet
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Starbreeze invests $8 million in Double Fine's Psychonauts 2
Swedish publisher will take 85% of revenue until investment is recouped, and 60% thereafter
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Sega's games revenue up 13% after nine months
Football Manager 2017 drives Entertainment Contents division to $136m operating profit
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Mad Catz investors pour water on strategy to avoid delisting
Rock Band 4's legacy looms large as shareholders question the company's financial stability
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Rec Room VR studio Against Gravity raises $5 million
New funding will allow the Seattle startup to keep its social VR game free to users
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Valve under investigation by European Commission for Steam geo-blocking
Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media and ZeniMax also named in antitrust investigation
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Sony's Q3 game profits up 24% on strong Network sales
Combined PS4 and PS4 Pro sales reached 9.7 million, division revenue topped $5 billion
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Nintendo's nine-month profits soar on Pokémon and Seattle Mariners sale
Pokémon Sun & Moon sold 14.7m units worldwide, full-year profit forecast almost doubled to ¥90 billion