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Total fundraising pot of £260,000 represents 44% annual jump
Read More »Cut the Rope studio accumulates 400m downloads
ZeptoLab accrues 60 million monthly active users across its portfolio of games
Read More »Rockstar confirms GTA Online microtransactions
GTA V multiplayer economy 'balanced for the vast majority of players who will not buy extra cash'
Read More »GTA Online economy designed "for the vast majority of players who will not buy extra cash"
The in-game economy of Grand Theft Auto Online has been designed for those who won’t pay out on the included microtransactions. That’s according to Rockstar, which has moved to reassure players who were perturbed by yesterday’s news that users will be able to buy in-game currency using real-life cash. You …
Read More »Creative England and Microsoft debut Greenshoots funding programme
£250,000 pool to be divided between ten up-and-coming studios
Read More »Select Committee condemns Google’s failure to tackle piracy
'The continuing promotion by search engines of illegal content on the internet is unacceptable'
Read More »Rockstar warns gamers to expect early tech pains for Grand Theft Auto Online
Grand Theft Auto Online is liable to suffer from various tech issues in its formative days, creator Rockstar has warned. The GTA Online component of GTA V will be activated via a free download next Tuesday (October 1st). The first couple of weeks we expect to be heavily focused on …
Read More »Artistic judgement central to making photorealism happen
'More about artistic judgement, and much less about coders' says Geomerics
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One not ready for photorealistic visuals, say tool providers
Next-gen consoles have potential, but engineers are taking a careful view on the topic
Read More »UK games tax relief delays ‘harmful to industry’
European Commission expected to announce whether it will approve incentives 'in the very near future'
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