Publishing

Former members of the UK THQ team have found a new home amongst the ranks of Koch Media. Mark Fisher and Mike Richardson joined the firm earlier this week. Huw Beynon started at Koch last week and Suzanne Panter is due to join them. Fisher has taken on the role …

Keita Takahashi, the man behind cult franchise Katamari Damacy, has unveiled his latest title. And yes, it’s very odd. The game is called Tenya Wanya Teens and is being made in collaboration with his wife Asuka Sakai, UK studio Wild Rumpus and indie game site Venus Patrol. Furthermore, it uses …

Ovosonico to focus on 'unconventional and artistically-crafted' titles

'Respect your customers and they may in turn purchase your game instead of pirating it'

OMGPOP’s social gaming hit Draw Something is getting a sequel. Unconventionally, Draw Something 2 was revealed by US TV host Ryan Seacrest, who used Twitter to post a picture of Mariah Carey and Randy Jackson (with whom he works as a presenter on American Idol) that was seemingly drawn using …

Attendees Amsterdam’s Black Hat security conference have discovered a security vulnerability in EA’s Origin client. ArsTechnica reports that an attack using the loophole takes just seconds to execute” and can even be done without any interaction from the PC owning victim. The weakness is similar to the one discovered in …

Hobbyist makes mod over three days to realise her dream of playing as Princess Zelda

Develop examines Crytek's next-gen ready engine powering triple-A development

Event returns on July 10th - deadline for nominations is April 16th

Ashes Cricket 2013 is set to feature dynamic changes to weather and pitch conditions, as well as 360-degree shot selection while batting, publisher 505 Games has revealed. From green, seaming wickets on day one to deteriorating day-five pitches, playing surfaces are set to change over the course of play, affecting …