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Veteran of the flight sim genre and retail hero passes away

They may be the highest rated sports games in history, but EA is never truly happy with its FIFA titles. FIFA 14 producer Sebastian Enrique says the development studio is always critical about its output, and that this attitude is why the firm, and the franchise, has been so successful. …

Publisher Nordic Games has significantly bolstered its brand portfolio, after acquiring ten former THQ properties. The firm bought Darksiders, Red Faction, Stuntman, Full Spectrum Warrior, Destroy All Humans, MX vs ATV, Supreme Commander, Frontlines, Juiced and Titan Quest in a $4.9m deal. Nordic Games sales and marketing director Nik Blower …

THQ went to the grave with creditors chasing over $200m in unpaid debts. Polygon reports that claims to the bankruptcy court steam from as little as $2.98 from a US tax assessor all the way up to $39m the UK firm THQ Holdings. Other claimants include $213,772 from Microsoft relating …

Jamie Stowe takes up role of technical designer on Kickstarter-funded title Godus

This week we look at jobs in the UK from Playground Games, Jagex and Microsoft

Funding boost aims to supply 16,000 schools across the UK with subject experitse

Rick Gibson ponders who the PS4 will serve, and if it has what it takes to thrive

We know, we know. ANOTHER next Xbox rumour story. But there’s reason to put weight in this one. It comes from tech blogger Paul Thurrott who earlier this month correctly named May 21st as the date for the new console’s reveal. So he clearly knows something. Or is a good …