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Originally Posted by wraggster

Have you noticed that the number of annualised franchises in games is actually shrinking?
As the mid-tier of boxed games essentially vanishes off of High Street shelves and top publishers knuckle down solely on triple-A, retailers have been banking on fewer hits to see them through.
A total decrease in the number of games released means there are less iterated sports games and other sequels on the market.
In that environment, retailers love nothing more than knowing what actually

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Syndicate and The Chronicles Of Riddick developer Starbreeze has revealed that its next game will be free-to-play.
Only the title of the project, Cold Mercury, is known at this time, but Starbreeze CEO Mikael Nermark moved to assure players that the studio would not "leave the AAA segment".
“We are discussing with several leading game publisher on publisher financed games, but we will broaden our product portfolio of games in the new business models and segments that have arisen

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Reports suggest that the forthcoming Epic Mickey game for 3DS,Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, will be a sequel to the Megadrive Sega classic, Castle Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.
According to a preview in Nintendo Power the game, developed by DreamRift, is a side-scrolling platformer that uses the stylus to paint objects into existence. Each level is based on a Disney film, including Sleeping Beauty and Tangled.
DreamRift was founded by Peter Ong and Ryan Pijai, previously

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Ronimo Games is currently working toward bringing its upcoming 2D MOBA title, Awesomenauts, to PC. Speaking to Joystiq, Ronimo's Jasper Koning and Olivier Thijssen revealed that the company is actively pursuing a PC version to follow the XBLA and PSN releases later this year. "It is our number one request, actually," said Thijssen, noting that the MOBA genre is very popular on PC. He added that Ronimo

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