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Event returns for its ninth year on Thusday, November 13th
Read More »Microconsoles: Growing pains or death throes?
Nick Gibson on the struggles this emerging market faces, and whether it can overcome them
Read More »Games trading app Jiggster launches on Android
An app designed to allow folk to swap their physical games has gone live on the Google Play Marketplace. It allows users to list the games they are looking to swap and what titles they are after. They can then either locate other users who live near by for face-to-face …
Read More »Playing with Fire: Can Amazon become a credible platform holder?
Develop investigates how the launch of the Fire TV reveals grander plans for game development from the online retail giant
Read More »Space Ape’s Samurai Siege averaging $2m a month on mobile
Strategy title downloaded more than 5.5 million times to date
Read More »Making the jump from Facebook to tablet
Gamesys discusses how and why it's entering the mobile social gaming space with Here Be Monsters
Read More »Zynga lost half its active userbase in one year
But social firm halted player exodus during the last quarter
Read More »Technical issues disrupt Soulcalibur: Lost Swords
Bandai Namco’s free-to-play Soulcalibur game has endured a disastrous start to life. CVG reports that an unspecified technical issue” has left Soulcalibur: Lost Swords virtually unplayable for a significant portion of players following its release on PSN in America this week. "There is currently a technical issue that has delayed …
Read More »Pincus steps down as Zynga CPO following $61m loss
Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus is to step down from his role as chief product officer. He stepped down as Zynga CEO last July after that role was taken by former Xbox boss Don Mattrick. Pincus will continue to serve as chairman of the board in a non-operational capacity. Alex Garden, …
Read More »King opens Japan studio
Tokyo office could start developing new games in future
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