Opinion: The case for data in esports
Esports games and their players generate a lot of data for developers. DC Labs visualisation and data analytics experts Florian Block and Anders Drachen talk about how we can put this data to even better use
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Only 1% of players in favour of microtransactions model, Qutee report says
Qutee’s Gaming Today report highlights the popularity of streaming, while the microtransactions model still divides gamers
Steam Spy overturns data removal, refuses future dev takedown requests
‘The fact that the movie industry hasn't collapsed despite releasing box office numbers gives me faith that the games industry will survive as well,' insists creator Sergey Galyonkin
Analyse This: An expert guide to making the most of game analytics
Dr. Maria Sifnioti, producer and researcher at A Clockwork Brain 2.0 developer Total Eclipse Games, offers her advice on fully understanding analytics and using collected information to refine your title
Reality Games building engine for real-world data-driven games
Studio hopes to help other devs enjoy similar success to its own Landlord Real Estate Tycoon
Rad introduces high-speed Mermaid and Selkie compressors in Oodle 2.3.0
Mermaid said to be about twice as fast as Kraken tool
NPD adds data for digital games to its sales figures
Major publishers including EA, Activision and Ubisoft sign up to service, but platform holders Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo remain untracked for now
Paradox requests takedown of all game stats from Steam Spy
Creator complies, responding: ‘I firmly believe Steam Spy should be seen as a useful tool by developers, not as a threat'
Minecraft Pocket Edition server provider hacked: 7m accounts breached
Lifeboat Network compromised in early January, but didn’t tell users
Number of Steam releases doubled in 2015
EEDAR believes that almost 3,500 titles hit the PC marketplace last year
'New features are wasted if you don't know what players want'
Halfbrick Studios and OtherLevels discuss the importance of player data and how using it will help retain your audience
App Annie picks up mobile marketing analyst AppScotch
Acquisition of company is third in two years following purchase of Distimo and Mobidia
Couchbase Mobile released for Unity developers
Tool makes it easier for studios to manage and synchronise game data
Navigating the hazards of game data
Oscar Clark analyses when and how developers can use analytics to assist game design
Amazon: Get gamers playing more often, not longer, to succeed in free-to-play
F2P Summit: More than a third of paid players still spend after one month in top grossing apps
Knowledge gap stopping mobile devs acting on data
Mobile devs must recognise 'significant skills gap', says Dimoso
Game design by data
Develop finds out what data analytics can do for your studio and its games
Konami admits consumer data exposed
Pro Evolution Soccer dev latest to fall victim to security breach
Develop July: The inside story of Surgeon Simulator's climb to the top
Also under the knife: Nintendo Web Framework, Mark Pincus and The Develop Awards
PlayHaven integrates with Marmalade
Performance platform aims to help developers acquire and engage with players more
Latest ESA survey shows rise in diversity of gamers
Essential Facts infographic shows rise in age and diversity of gamers
Get That Job: How to be a data analyst
Tag Games' Chris Kelly offers advice on how to land a role in analysing data
GDC 13: Data expert tells devs to be cautious about analytics
Joost van Dreunen encourages developers to focus on internal data they can trust
Is data size development's greatest hurdle?
Maybe, and Black Rock has the problem in its sights
Tiga calls for more abundant industry data
Absence of a Standard Industrial Classification leaving Ministers out the loop?