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Tanmay Chinchkar is barely out of college and his first game, which he created as part of a three-day development sprint, has already earned him a BAFTA Award nomination. Project Heera has come along quite a bit since it won Chinchkar first place at last year’s BYOG competition at the …
Read More »Amazon brings new 3D GPU instances to the cloud
Developers can now access top of the line hardware through Amazon Web Services
Read More »Asphalt 8: Airborne is now free for iOS, Android
One of the best mobile racing games to come around in a while is now free. Gameloft has announced that Asphalt 8: Airborne is now free for iOS and Android. The game was earlier priced at Rs 55. The free-to-play update also coincides with the release of the game’s first …
Read More »Humble WB Games Bundle is live; includes Batman: Arkham City
Once a platform dedicated to providing great indie bundles for charity, the Humble Bundle has of late featured games from some of the biggest game developers, including THQ and EA. Warner Bros. is the latest to get in on the action. The Humble WB Games Bundle includes six games, namely …
Read More »Report: Foxconn working on mobile games, first title planned in 2014
Controversial (if not infamous) manufacturing company Foxconn will try its hand at developing mobile games, according to a new report. A piece on Bloomberg states that Foxconn chairman Terry Gou addressed media in Taiwan regarding the company’s plans to move away from contract manufacturing for Apple and other large companies …
Read More »Ouya games library surpasses 500 titles
The Ouya catalogue has officially surpassed 500 game releases, company CEO Julie Uhrman has announced. Uhrman revealed the new development on the Android-powered microconsole’s official site, while also providing a full list of developers who have available games on the hardware. "Just wanted to take a moment and say thank …
Read More »ID@Xbox devs offered free Unity Xbox One deployment add-on
Xbox One developers registered with Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program are entitled to the Unity Xbox One deployment add-on at no cost, Unity CEO David Helgason has revealed. In a blog post on the company’s site, Helgason announced a new agreement had been reached to support indie developers who sign up through …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s GAME’s 2013 UK Christmas TV ad
This is the GAME Christmas TV ad that UK folk are going to be seeing on their sets this year. It revolves around the idea of a mum being asked for a Christmas present from her son. However, everything he says is completely indecipherable to her. She then wonders into …
Read More »GamesAid auctioning off White Commemorative Edition Xbox One console
UK video games charity GamesAid has a very special item on auction for those pondering an Xbox One Purchase. The Xbox One White Exclusive Launch Team Commemorative Special Edition is normally only available to members of the console’s launch team. It comes with an exclusive Launch Team Achievement and has …
Read More »Seven reasons why you can’t miss London Games Conference 2013
On the eve of new console launches, the November 13th London Games Conference will prepare you for next-gen - don't miss out
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