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Google Play’s game-related revenues are growing twice as fast as iOS

Valve gives control of sales on Steam to developers

Live Gamer adds MasterCard’s new payment service to digital game and app storefronts

Only 0.15 percent of mobile gamers account for 50 percent of all in-game revenue (exclusive)

EA founder Trip Hawkins’ If You Can raises $6.5M for social-emotional learning games
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Court dismisses shareholder lawsuit against Zynga [update]

Microsoft: Twitch broadcasting looks ‘crisp’ on Xbox One

Candy Crush Saga publisher abandons the ‘Candy’ trademark in the U.S. after acquiring Candy Crusher

Following fan outcry, Konami cuts price for its upcoming Metal Gear Solid V prologue

Nextpeer makes it easy to challenge your friends in mobile multiplayer matches

How to get Pokémon X or Y for free in March

Xbox One Twitch streaming release date is March 11

Confirmed: Former Nokia chief Stephen Elop will run Microsoft’s Xbox and tablet businesses

Analysts: Titanfall bundle and Xbox One price cut ‘reveal the importance’ of Respawn’s shooter

Mobile game Shapist was inspired by ancient Asian block games

Xbox One getting Titanfall bundle on March 11 — includes game and console for $500

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to direct a movie about how Sega took on Nintendo

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Why Steam matters: Valve’s ambitious plan for the future of the PC

DayZ creator plans to leave developer Bohemia Interactive

The Last of Us fan makes awesome Wolf of Wall Street-style trailer

BioShock franchise isn’t dead even after Irrational closure and underwhelming Infinite sales

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Irrational winds down, Harmonix makes a shooter, and where the Kickstarters are now

Report finds free-to-play microtransactions make up 79% of U.S. app store revenues

Will Eve: Valkyrie be the exclusive that Oculus Rift needs to take flight? (interview)

The DeanBeat: What Facebook’s $16B acquisition of WhatsApp says about the rise of Asian games

Ditching the physical: 16% of consumers play digital only

Xbox One Media Remote makes life easier for you … and Microsoft

Indie heist hit Monaco reaches 500K in sales — but only 36K on Xbox 360

The memes, music, and religions of the Twitch Plays Pokémon experiment

Freddie Wong wants his Video Game High School webseries to go out with a bang

Call of Duty: Ghosts patch fixes stability errors and introduces new features

PS4 horror game Daylight puts Twitch viewers in control of its scares

Chasing the world’s hottest game market, Kabam opens office in South Korea

Mobile-gaming social network Weeby.co turns to Kik to launch its first game

PapayaMobile’s next product isn’t a game service. It’s a smart calendar

Phoenix Online Studios creates new indie label with four story-based games under development

Infamous: Second Son’s cast dishes on playing superheroes and goofing off in spandex suits (interview)

Leak shows World of Warcraft players might be able to buy a Level 90 character for … $60
