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London-based studio PlayStack has appointed Mads Jensen as COO and board director, the company has announced, effective immediately. In his new role, Jensen will work alongside CEO and founder Harvey Elliott to guide the company towards bringing even more creative games to market over the next year, driving the studio’s …

British mobile developer Hutch is crossing the pond and opening a new office in Nova Scotia, Canada, the company announced. The racing developer behind free-to-play hit Hot Wheels: Race Off (pictured) already has a London and a Brighton office and is now moving to Canada to broaden its capabilities and …

Blizzard has once again changed the name of its online gaming network, this time settling on the moniker ‘Blizzard Battle.net.’ The news comes just less than a year after Blizzard announced it had decided to move away from its long-standing Battle.net brand, and simply change it to Blizzard. Services such …

PUBG developer Bluehole received investment after failed buy out according to Chinese press

Games publisher Soedesco has announced a new partnership with PC publisher 1C Company to bring new indie titles to retail. The first games to receive the boxed treatment are sci-fi platformers Blackhole and Shiny, which will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One in early 2018. Blackhole, developed by FiolaSoft, and …

Every year, Gamescom gets bigger. Not only does its 345,000 public attendees make E3’s 15,000 punters look positively paltry, but this year the show will also be accommodating over 900 exhibitors, marking a 20 per cent increase year-on-year. That’s over three times the number of exhibitors at E3 2016.  That’s …

Three years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Luca Dalc, the founder of LKA, a small indie developer from Italy. He presented a demo of The Town of Light. It blew me away and ticked so many personal and professional boxes: an Italian developer with a great game – …

In the absence of new releases last week, the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy made it to No.1 again. It’s the fourth consecutive No.1 for Activision’s title, which has been at the top spot a total of sixth times since launch on June 30th. Crash Bandicoot’s sales only declined one …

Nintendo is facing a new lawsuit over the design of the Switch. According to Engadget,accessory maker Gamevice has taken issue with the tablet-based console, alleging that it has violated a patent used in the company’s Wikipad device, a gaming-focused Android tablet. Gamevice is also arguing that the Switch and its …

After a very successful 2017 edition, the London Games Festival is coming back bigger than ever in 2018. Games London just announced the dates for the 2018 edition, which will take place from April 5th to April 15th. The organiser also revealed some figures about this year’s festival, which gathered …