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Crime writer one of a dozen experts confirmed for October 2nd conference

Gamescom has firmly established itself as a major date in the games industry calendar. And not just for the console giants, but eSports firms, mobile specialists and online games giants, too. We speak to Dr. Maximilian Schenk, MD of Gamescom co-organiser BIU, to discuss the future of the world’s biggest …

Daily magazine will feature breaking news from the show, exhibitor profiles, a show guide plus international territory guides

The average salary for game developers saw a year-on-year decrease of 2 per cent in 2013, according to the latest Game Developer Salary Survey. Gamasutra’s research found that professionals working in audio made a higher salary than all other disciplines, with professionals making an annual average of $95,682 USD. Programmers …

Facebook has officially completed its $2bn acquisition of Oculus. The shock deal wasfirst announced in late March. It includes $400m in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock, valued at $1.6bn. A further $300m will also be offered depending on the achievement of certain milestones. A joint statement …

Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs is at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 for the fifth week. The hacking title managed this despite a 12 per cent drop in sales. Last week the market dipped due to the hot weather and a lack of new releases. There …

Marvel has announced that Thor is becoming a woman – and the hope is that the change will be reflected in Disney’s upcoming Disney Infinity 2. "This October, Marvel Comics evolves once again in one of the most shocking and exciting changes ever to shake one of the ‘big three’ …

Prominent YouTuber John ‘TotalBiscuit’ Bain has said that he will fully disclose when he is being paid to promote a game in future. From now on we’ll be clearly disclosing promotional videos in a splash screen at the start of the video,” he tweeted. If the audience trusts you, you …

Industry charity GamesAid has called on games professionals to sign-up and vote on the charities it will donate money too. GamesAid’s nominations open from August 4th to August 18th and any member of the charity can put an organisation forward. You can join GamesAid here, and nominate for charities by …

The remake of Grim Fandango will be launching on PC alongside PS4 and Vita, the game’s developer has confirmed. Double Fine previously announced that the dark comedy point and click adventure, originally released exclusively on PC in 1998, would be coming to PS4 and Vita at Sony’s E3 conference in …