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Develop Conference: 'I was very worried about the move to 3D', says Development Legend winner

Develop Conference: 'These mod devs are able to iterate and ship straight away', if we can't do that we'll lose'

Telling signs of the consumer shift to digital in the US have arrived courtesy of NPD’s latest report. The report covers Q1 2012, with over $3.4bn spent on gaming for the period. Out of that total $1.38bn, just over 40 per cent, was linked to digital purchases across all platforms. …

A war has erupted in the mobile games space, with two Japanese giants hoping to buy their way into the hearts of Western gamers. DeNA and GREE may not be household names in the US or Europe, but they are the two most lucrative firms in mobile games. The pair …

Parisian pan-disciplinary digital entertainment conference a resounding success, say organisers

Valve has announced plans for ‘Steam for Schools’, a program that aims to provide a free, limited version of Steam to classrooms for educational purposes. Valve’s director of educational programs Leslie Redd unveiled the initiative earlier today at the Games for Change festival in New York City. We have a …

Twitter, Facebook and other online networks are a part of our daily lives, but is the games industry taking full advantage of these direct connections to fans? James Batchelor asks experts about the best way to build a community with social media The fence is down. Publishers need no longer …

Bossa Studios is currently working on a new Facebook game based on the hit BBC drama Merlin. The browser-based title will allow Facebook users to fight alongside each other against the dark forces that threaten Camelot. Merlin: The Game will launch this autumn, coinciding with the beginning of the show’s …

UK trade body schedules gatherings to ensure tax relief policy benefits games sector