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With Dota 2 and League of Legends continuing to dominate the competitive PC scene, Super Evil Megacorp hopes that its debut title Vainglory will be the mobile MOBA to make pro-gaming portable. Matthew Jarvis speaks to COO Kristian Segerstrale about the colliding the worlds of hardcore and casual
Read More »Platinum president Tatsuya Minami has reportedly left the studio
Head of Star Fox Zero co-developer replaced by admin director Kenichi Sato
Read More »Rod Fergusson: Players see multiplayer betas as highly polished demos
‘I joked that we should call our beta an alpha just so people understand where we are and that we are actually looking for feedback and testing systems’
Read More »Owlchemy drops Job Simulator price by $10: ‘No one knew what to expect from VR’
Player feedback, limited install base and need to recoup costs of 15-strong dev team cited as reasons behind price cut and offer of refunds
Read More »Industry vet Adam Roberts returns at Pole To Win
Former Vivendi, D3P and THQ exec Adam Roberts is back in the games industry. He has taken the role of European head of sales at QA firm Pole To Win International. Roberts has been involved in games since the early 1990s and has held senior roles at Vivendi (including EVP …
Read More »UPDATED: Gumi closes Canadian office after 18 months
Mobile developer of Brave Frontier moved into Vancouver to strengthen Western output
Read More »BioWare and Remedy execs form new mobile studio
Armada Interactive has raised $3 million in investment from backers including Next Games and Initial Capital
Read More »Peter Jackson: ‘AR will be bigger than mobile in 10 years’
'I find mixed reality much more exciting than VR – mixed reality doesn’t take you out of this world,' says Lord of the Rings director
Read More »80 per cent of consumers are unaware of virtual reality
New SuperData Research report shows general public yet to be reached by VR hype, revises 2016 forecasts for VR industry
Read More »Journey and The Sims dev Robin Hunicke leads Develop: Brighton Indie Dev Day speakers
Funomena co-founder renowned for her advocacy of diversity, experimentation and independent development
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